North America - Net investment in nonfinancial assets

Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP)

Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in North America was 1.25 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 1.82 in 2010, while its lowest value was 0.18 in 1974.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1972 0.28
1973 0.23
1974 0.18
1975 0.24
1976 0.28
1977 0.29
1978 0.33
1979 0.34
1980 0.33
1981 0.43
1982 0.40
1983 0.38
1984 0.37
1985 0.34
1986 0.31
1987 0.33
1988 0.33
1989 0.31
1990 0.36
1991 0.36
1992 0.38
1993 0.37
1994 0.36
1995 0.27
1996 0.34
1997 0.28
1998 0.33
1999 0.40
2000 0.43
2001 1.40
2002 1.51
2003 1.56
2004 1.57
2005 1.54
2006 1.47
2007 1.56
2008 1.56
2009 1.75
2010 1.82
2011 1.72
2012 1.59
2013 1.44
2014 1.32
2015 1.15
2016 1.25

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance