South Africa - Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in South Africa was 578,490,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 823,735,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 106,462,000,000 in 1962.

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 109,159,000,000
1961 110,635,000,000
1962 106,462,000,000
1963 135,308,000,000
1964 159,216,000,000
1965 180,852,000,000
1966 168,407,000,000
1967 202,163,000,000
1968 195,433,000,000
1969 219,104,000,000
1970 257,281,000,000
1971 283,821,000,000
1972 249,208,000,000
1973 283,845,000,000
1974 330,599,000,000
1975 336,366,000,000
1976 298,774,000,000
1977 282,466,000,000
1978 274,957,000,000
1979 301,915,000,000
1980 399,184,000,000
1981 439,215,000,000
1982 348,182,000,000
1983 360,921,000,000
1984 361,494,000,000
1985 294,442,000,000
1986 257,033,000,000
1987 246,939,000,000
1988 301,021,000,000
1989 309,535,000,000
1990 273,012,000,000
1991 272,104,000,000
1992 255,313,000,000
1993 254,734,000,000
1994 308,160,000,000
1995 352,009,000,000
1996 355,626,000,000
1997 366,098,000,000
1998 378,326,000,000
1999 366,485,000,000
2000 379,359,000,000
2001 381,174,000,000
2002 415,083,000,000
2003 462,573,000,000
2004 536,477,000,000
2005 571,257,000,000
2006 644,191,000,000
2007 699,781,000,000
2008 761,350,000,000
2009 697,231,000,000
2010 702,558,000,000
2011 784,985,000,000
2012 779,368,000,000
2013 818,371,000,000
2014 792,013,000,000
2015 823,735,000,000
2016 754,659,000,000
2017 777,120,000,000
2018 771,707,000,000
2019 768,558,000,000
2020 578,490,000,000

Base Period: varies by country

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts