Papua New Guinea - Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Papua New Guinea was 2,530,590,000 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,530,590,000 in 2004 and a minimum value of 27,600,000 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 current local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 27,600,000
1961 28,700,000
1962 30,800,000
1963 39,600,000
1964 52,100,000
1965 66,400,000
1966 78,200,000
1967 86,500,000
1968 94,100,000
1969 143,000,000
1970 239,800,000
1971 270,899,900
1972 199,600,000
1973 141,600,000
1974 178,100,000
1975 207,700,000
1976 223,500,000
1977 280,500,000
1978 312,400,000
1979 383,300,100
1980 430,600,000
1981 458,100,000
1982 562,500,000
1983 630,699,900
1984 619,200,000
1985 480,700,100
1986 507,700,000
1987 585,300,000
1988 862,500,000
1989 707,300,000
1990 751,900,100
1991 988,100,000
1992 984,100,000
1993 858,300,000
1994 1,181,635,000
1995 1,359,067,000
1996 1,545,490,000
1997 1,490,792,000
1998 1,397,366,000
1999 1,445,030,000
2000 2,131,363,000
2001 2,386,147,000
2002 2,470,032,000
2003 2,503,600,000
2004 2,530,590,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts