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