Burkina Faso | Gross capital formation (current US$)

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. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source
Burkina Faso | Gross capital formation (current US$)
1960 28153525.791692
1961 30311209.770271
1962 33051946.520362
1963 34680452.815984
1964 39551348.310806
1965 36844312.361921
1966 34590056.839217
1967 36162705.200742
1968 38079462.170805
1969 45965968.670311
1970 47078273.21077
1971 71753357.503434
1972 99966809.194295
1973 139213000.30069
1974 191713075.95913
1975 217173380.13717
1976 223087360.0956
1977 221295351.53633
1978 270311191.12085
1979 286752462.76303
1980 291370759.93936
1981 250943030.87541
1982 314513863.8004
1983 274163985.05796
1984 206815794.63534
1985 356348081.60227
1986 410042090.70603
1987 455545229.80136
1988 491525524.28054
1989 533841905.47344
1990 586561316.91918
1991 666059555.10292
1992 647923337.45162
1993 622610515.21218
1994 514877718.18126
1995 569307834.49971
1996 645207470.7181
1997 670460095.85715
1998 678072885.19473
1999 586276460.36384
2000 432512272.5283
2001 432164408.25135
2002 487267115.63768
2003 732888685.73112
2004 845998686.66404
2005 1079520488.3265
2006 1055771814.7918
2007 1391777140.1136
2008 1959468056.4166
2009 1889197354.1378
2010 2223149256.7309
2011 2672585706.5947
2012 3096666174.3801
2013 3187632218.3635
2014 2685738501.7454
2015 2296231628.3532
2016 2668768165.4856
2017 3114550894.3106
2018 3454358151.6547
2019 3167742129.4691
2020 2969811609.6481
2021 2981823409.3182
2022 3293916015.7447

Burkina Faso | Gross capital formation (current US$)

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. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source