Korea - Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in Korea was 561,440,000,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 576,997,000,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 2,240,900,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 2,240,900,000,000
1961 2,860,700,000,000
1962 2,744,500,000,000
1963 4,310,700,000,000
1964 3,749,100,000,000
1965 3,974,600,000,000
1966 6,533,800,000,000
1967 7,789,200,000,000
1968 10,929,700,000,000
1969 14,013,800,000,000
1970 14,202,200,000,000
1971 16,372,500,000,000
1972 14,268,500,000,000
1973 18,813,100,000,000
1974 24,638,900,000,000
1975 24,523,300,000,000
1976 30,016,900,000,000
1977 39,391,000,000,000
1978 51,943,500,000,000
1979 60,728,200,000,000
1980 51,170,600,000,000
1981 52,381,800,000,000
1982 57,429,600,000,000
1983 66,534,500,000,000
1984 73,219,500,000,000
1985 78,528,500,000,000
1986 90,150,100,000,000
1987 103,220,000,000,000
1988 123,114,000,000,000
1989 144,234,000,000,000
1990 167,254,000,000,000
1991 200,019,000,000,000
1992 201,940,000,000,000
1993 212,227,000,000,000
1994 244,059,000,000,000
1995 266,466,000,000,000
1996 296,485,000,000,000
1997 293,289,000,000,000
1998 212,409,000,000,000
1999 267,323,000,000,000
2000 305,770,000,000,000
2001 311,010,000,000,000
2002 335,632,000,000,000
2003 354,037,000,000,000
2004 368,707,000,000,000
2005 376,880,000,000,000
2006 395,728,000,000,000
2007 415,650,000,000,000
2008 414,563,000,000,000
2009 373,573,000,000,000
2010 437,274,000,000,000
2011 451,364,000,000,000
2012 439,479,000,000,000
2013 443,911,000,000,000
2014 459,679,000,000,000
2015 489,602,000,000,000
2016 520,296,000,000,000
2017 576,997,000,000,000
2018 569,404,000,000,000
2019 558,469,000,000,000
2020 561,440,000,000,000

Base Period: varies by country

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts