Venezuela - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Venezuela was $119,674,000,000 as of 2014. Over the past 54 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $119,674,000,000 in 2014 and $1,911,182,000 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 U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 $1,911,182,000
1961 $1,948,939,000
1962 $2,151,242,000
1963 $2,179,091,000
1964 $2,349,795,000
1965 $2,356,867,000
1966 $2,393,422,000
1967 $2,485,889,000
1968 $3,257,889,000
1969 $3,494,422,000
1970 $4,225,578,000
1971 $4,706,477,000
1972 $5,278,296,000
1973 $6,031,163,000
1974 $7,583,977,000
1975 $10,262,000,000
1976 $13,075,050,000
1977 $18,206,050,000
1978 $20,388,950,000
1979 $18,476,090,000
1980 $17,688,440,000
1981 $18,408,580,000
1982 $21,199,120,000
1983 $9,586,860,000
1984 $10,163,900,000
1985 $11,093,840,000
1986 $12,235,520,000
1987 $11,420,060,000
1988 $16,293,330,000
1989 $5,349,501,000
1990 $4,806,233,000
1991 $9,665,687,000
1992 $13,865,120,000
1993 $10,898,860,000
1994 $8,002,728,000
1995 $13,568,490,000
1996 $11,300,900,000
1997 $23,755,070,000
1998 $28,002,510,000
1999 $25,980,310,000
2000 $28,313,370,000
2001 $33,828,290,000
2002 $19,655,250,000
2003 $12,724,920,000
2004 $24,513,110,000
2005 $33,473,170,000
2006 $49,395,660,000
2007 $69,892,530,000
2008 $84,758,050,000
2009 $85,075,140,000
2010 $86,390,880,000
2011 $73,020,030,000
2012 $101,410,000,000
2013 $101,169,000,000
2014 $119,674,000,000

Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Venezuela was 752,057,000,000 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 752,057,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 6,306,900 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 6,306,900
1961 6,431,500
1962 7,099,100
1963 7,191,000
1964 10,339,100
1965 10,605,900
1966 10,770,400
1967 11,186,500
1968 14,660,500
1969 15,724,900
1970 19,015,100
1971 20,708,500
1972 23,224,500
1973 25,934,000
1974 32,611,100
1975 44,126,600
1976 56,222,700
1977 78,286,000
1978 87,672,500
1979 79,447,200
1980 76,060,300
1981 79,156,900
1982 91,156,200
1983 41,223,500
1984 71,147,300
1985 83,203,800
1986 99,107,700
1987 165,590,800
1988 236,253,300
1989 185,627,700
1990 225,412,300
1991 549,011,000
1992 948,374,000
1993 989,616,800
1994 1,188,405,000
1995 2,398,908,000
1996 4,715,867,000
1997 11,606,730,000
1998 15,334,180,000
1999 15,736,280,000
2000 19,253,090,000
2001 24,481,540,000
2002 22,817,780,000
2003 20,426,040,000
2004 46,361,650,000
2005 69,952,230,000
2006 106,052,000,000
2007 150,059,000,000
2008 181,772,000,000
2009 182,452,000,000
2010 223,415,000,000
2011 313,205,000,000
2012 434,977,000,000
2013 612,418,000,000
2014 752,057,000,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Venezuela was -22.92 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.33 in 2004 and a minimum value of -52.57 in 1989.

Definition: Annual growth rate of gross capital formation based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 -2.55
1962 9.37
1963 -0.17
1964 35.50
1965 -0.42
1966 -11.02
1967 3.87
1968 31.19
1969 1.81
1970 31.99
1971 -20.56
1972 8.56
1973 2.22
1974 0.48
1975 24.10
1976 20.29
1977 26.75
1978 -1.27
1979 -20.54
1980 -16.07
1981 -0.19
1982 6.65
1983 -50.63
1984 34.66
1985 4.18
1986 4.61
1987 14.10
1988 15.24
1989 -52.57
1990 -7.85
1991 80.21
1992 38.19
1993 -18.67
1994 -29.33
1995 36.50
1996 -11.04
1997 33.99
1998 4.35
1999 -10.60
2000 6.71
2001 13.57
2002 -33.99
2003 -35.50
2004 91.33
2005 30.47
2006 36.26
2007 28.16
2008 2.19
2009 -19.08
2010 1.04
2011 15.19
2012 24.06
2013 -13.95
2014 -22.92

Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in Venezuela was 19,286,300,000 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29,079,180,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 4,245,566,000 in 1961.

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 4,356,566,000
1961 4,245,566,000
1962 4,643,432,000
1963 4,635,329,000
1964 6,281,041,000
1965 6,254,594,000
1966 5,565,171,000
1967 5,780,548,000
1968 7,583,654,000
1969 7,721,106,000
1970 10,190,910,000
1971 8,095,581,000
1972 8,788,251,000
1973 8,983,065,000
1974 9,026,356,000
1975 11,201,770,000
1976 13,474,600,000
1977 17,078,650,000
1978 16,862,190,000
1979 13,398,840,000
1980 11,245,060,000
1981 11,223,420,000
1982 11,970,200,000
1983 5,909,341,000
1984 7,957,371,000
1985 8,290,070,000
1986 8,672,228,000
1987 9,895,007,000
1988 11,403,190,000
1989 5,408,129,000
1990 4,983,544,000
1991 8,980,683,000
1992 12,410,590,000
1993 10,093,180,000
1994 7,132,769,000
1995 9,736,559,000
1996 8,661,297,000
1997 11,605,690,000
1998 12,110,400,000
1999 10,826,100,000
2000 11,552,120,000
2001 13,119,480,000
2002 8,660,815,000
2003 5,586,396,000
2004 10,688,710,000
2005 13,945,150,000
2006 19,001,650,000
2007 24,353,320,000
2008 24,886,990,000
2009 20,138,670,000
2010 20,348,140,000
2011 23,439,550,000
2012 29,079,180,000
2013 25,022,550,000
2014 19,286,300,000

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Venezuela was 24.81 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 51.86 in 1978, while its lowest value was 9.89 in 1990.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 24.57
1961 23.80
1962 24.04
1963 22.34
1964 29.01
1965 27.97
1966 27.26
1967 26.87
1968 32.47
1969 33.98
1970 36.55
1971 36.24
1972 37.76
1973 35.40
1974 29.06
1975 37.36
1976 41.61
1977 50.28
1978 51.86
1979 38.24
1980 29.92
1981 27.75
1982 31.30
1983 14.19
1984 16.94
1985 17.90
1986 20.26
1987 23.78
1988 27.05
1989 12.29
1990 9.89
1991 18.07
1992 22.95
1993 18.15
1994 13.70
1995 17.53
1996 16.02
1997 27.67
1998 30.66
1999 26.52
2000 24.17
2001 27.52
2002 21.16
2003 15.22
2004 21.80
2005 23.00
2006 26.92
2007 30.34
2008 26.83
2009 25.80
2010 21.97
2011 23.07
2012 26.60
2013 27.27
2014 24.81

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts