Kuwait - Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU)

The value for Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) in Kuwait was 2,610,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,610,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 59,000,000 in 1991.

Definition: Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 75,000,000
1973 88,000,000
1974 150,000,000
1977 276,000,000
1978 562,000,000
1979 511,000,000
1980 680,000,000
1981 868,000,000
1982 1,105,000,000
1983 918,000,000
1984 996,000,000
1985 907,000,000
1986 959,000,000
1987 740,000,000
1988 396,000,000
1989 401,000,000
1990 369,000,000
1991 59,000,000
1992 508,000,000
1993 371,000,000
1994 280,000,000
1995 322,000,000
1996 269,000,000
1997 230,000,000
1998 224,000,000
2001 429,000,000
2002 459,000,000
2003 573,000,000
2004 664,000,000
2008 1,645,300,000
2009 1,453,000,000
2010 2,047,000,000
2011 2,017,000,000
2012 2,086,000,000
2013 2,039,000,000
2014 2,361,000,000
2015 2,610,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance