Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source
Greece | Gross capital formation (current US$)
1960 714661760.49259
1961 1104729627.7206
1962 1221183207.079
1963 1600108549.767
1964 2117890647.5552
1965 2679134270.2155
1966 2700018836.8532
1967 2740685076.0075
1968 3237445171.3303
1969 4269900591.2016
1970 4790511363.6364
1971 5547488636.3636
1972 7049193181.8182
1973 10790345224.396
1974 9697613636.3636
1975 10388490967.056
1976 11903610074.627
1977 12207317298.797
1978 14512801484.23
1979 17484691812.327
1980 17397761790.568
1981 13097195571.956
1982 16269051020.408
1983 14157910216.718
1984 14312500000
1985 14989005674.809
1986 17101964459.591
1987 15153228485.153
1988 20279533989.911
1989 21263738984.473
1990 26975621238.177
1991 29865980557.113
1992 29532420450.483
1993 26312174494.649
1994 26572564606.742
1995 30758748345.345
1996 34064330407.701
1997 32125826781.48
1998 36360514239.594
1999 34434796865.215
2000 33691611528.529
2001 35019677878.532
2002 38254183590.56
2003 55398593779.807
2004 60981057217.894
2005 54778679365.08
2006 71537671401.455
2007 86521839117.632
2008 87237819447.753
2009 60755012293.626
2010 53441667179.833
2011 39706105426.79
2012 29280539398.219
2013 28535009195.489
2014 28001349073.798
2015 23632667841.315
2016 24794230135.603
2017 24026625231.446
2018 27884619942.493
2019 25526804076.11
2020 27200564247.079
2021 38002734166.988
2022 46010592989.852

Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source