Colombia | 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
Republic of Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Gross capital formation (current US$)
816501492.08741 1960
930454522.38806 1961
898270186.90061 1962
853797211.11111 1963
1046178711.1111 1964
848285714.28571 1965
1034592592.5926 1966
990163165.98537 1967
1137818643.8493 1968
1153120074.8194 1969
1456392795.5672 1970
1518363743.0832 1971
1571842116.0943 1972
1884675267.3757 1973
2654086264.5184 1974
2225786112.6829 1975
2694365182.3029 1976
3651201113.8244 1977
4253561836.552 1978
5071459964.3229 1979
6369031881.434 1980
7504734883.2429 1981
7983437828.6609 1982
7704606410.2971 1983
7254692885.6597 1984
6644212803.719 1985
6290054401.0938 1986
7273748004.4863 1987
8622738058.5099 1988
7898429215.0885 1989
9859102855.095 1990
9483568988.4039 1991
12002686716.729 1992
16580058830.465 1993
20866314999.879 1994
23862798021.678 1995
21520387604.938 1996
22316538471.872 1997
19429466803.194 1998
11112844216.806 1999
14877018659.714 2000
15743773626.566 2001
16897162880.952 2002
17681401845.982 2003
22763932759.648 2004
31531602041.82 2005
37113626820.253 2006
48369655380.304 2007
57524219043.197 2008
51114240447.906 2009
62710983031.837 2010
77027443836.183 2011
81939957749.624 2012
84758105725.576 2013
91510440481.634 2014
69773973006.602 2015
65498951805.987 2016
67361301602.066 2017
70834901643.256 2018
69066146745.038 2019
51527697520.562 2020
60419670814.737 2021
73501931927.476 2022
Colombia | 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
Republic of Colombia
Records
63
Source