The Bahamas - Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in The Bahamas was 22.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 33.52 in 2006, while its lowest value was 11.34 in 1978.

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.

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

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Year Value
1977 12.51
1978 11.34
1979 12.83
1980 18.29
1981 18.84
1982 21.47
1983 20.33
1984 16.35
1985 19.17
1986 18.42
1987 18.80
1989 31.50
1990 29.41
1991 29.36
1992 27.86
1993 23.34
1994 25.86
1995 27.66
1996 30.49
1997 29.08
1998 32.11
1999 28.75
2000 30.19
2001 26.87
2002 24.21
2003 24.27
2004 23.19
2005 27.34
2006 33.52
2007 30.51
2008 29.46
2009 28.05
2010 27.99
2011 30.18
2012 31.34
2013 29.18
2014 31.46
2015 24.52
2016 25.75
2017 27.56
2018 26.25
2019 26.50
2020 22.65

Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on capital formation may be estimated from direct surveys of enterprises and administrative records or based on the commodity flow method using data from production, trade, and construction activities. The quality of data on government fixed capital formation depends on the quality of government accounting systems (which tend to be weak in developing countries). Measures of fixed capital formation by households and corporations - particularly capital outlays by small, unincorporated enterprises - are usually unreliable. Estimates of changes in inventories are rarely complete but usually include the most important activities or commodities. In some countries these estimates are derived as a composite residual along with household final consumption expenditure. According to national accounts conventions, adjustments should be made for appreciation of the value of inventory holdings due to price changes, but this is not always done. In highly inflationary economies this element can be substantial.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts