Lao PDR - Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Lao PDR was 37,500,800,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37,500,800,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 3,800,000,000 in 1984.

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 current local currency.

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

Year Value
1984 3,800,000,000
1985 7,500,000,000
1986 11,700,000,000
1987 19,400,000,000
1988 31,700,000,000
2000 1,829,680,000,000
2001 2,126,590,000,000
2002 5,134,920,000,000
2003 5,909,020,000,000
2004 7,954,210,000,000
2005 9,927,190,000,000
2006 10,548,700,000,000
2007 13,103,800,000,000
2008 15,081,500,000,000
2009 16,858,400,000,000
2010 16,166,300,000,000
2011 19,719,600,000,000
2012 26,526,700,000,000
2013 28,767,900,000,000
2014 31,827,000,000,000
2015 37,000,800,000,000
2016 37,500,800,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts