China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Gross capital formation (current US$)
23638465762.372 1960
11415559017.779 1961
7429461014.2379 1962
11034704004.25 1963
14537402056.78 1964
19089166799.699 1965
23364655783.613 1966
17391384871.856 1967
17665789279.347 1968
19933364229.313 1969
30438001510.271 1970
33570752158.271 1971
35525993382.823 1972
45658319637.522 1973
47879670018.005 1974
57258710409.539 1975
51138255627.983 1976
59266474723.372 1977
82165148669.518 1978
95719190738.954 1979
105949098338.23 1980
95411862739.806 1981
90800680433.289 1982
97293717310.32 1983
107854874340.52 1984
121034589283.89 1985
113374999003.71 1986
122072642911.26 1987
159378802127.83 1988
169779190247.27 1989
134775171611.05 1990
145658460288.54 1991
192677822833.93 1992
267971150971.89 1993
226012513727.35 1994
285257162024.12 1995
324266353270.17 1996
341589349101.43 1997
358253939686.61 1998
373163791101.93 1999
406680720635.03 2000
476044465310.66 2001
531657230030.31 2002
657805319596.86 2003
818257819440.14 2004
922297304107.22 2005
1098379877425.5 2006
1437250452840.7 2007
1941981447920.5 2008
2313935057680.6 2009
2833962406811.3 2010
3523560369860.6 2011
3944025353700.5 2012
4440598042402.6 2013
4800345425538.9 2014
4782449534796.5 2015
4788916318332.3 2016
5295148247125.4 2017
6085063022930.8 2018
6176244264469.9 2019
6369586163393.1 2020
7687799528607.3 2021
7776132850869.8 2022
China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source