Kenya | 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 Kenya
Records
63
Source
Kenya | Gross capital formation (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
130479961.80802 1964
143639956.54402 1965
216719913.31203 1966
248639900.54404 1967
271319891.47204 1968
282519886.99204 1969
391187843.52486 1970
425319829.87207 1971
470287811.88487 1972
647603993.71993 1973
764931694.02732 1974
591241725.50006 1975
703393929.47057 1976
1066215907.7907 1977
1579944996.9034 1978
1130468319.1023 1979
1780521164.7631 1980
1570599960.3426 1981
1405957065.0022 1982
1251151164.8147 1983
1226587576.2069 1984
1553686600.4545 1985
1575815762.3855 1986
1936067063.0245 1987
2126364307.408 1988
2059354359.397 1989
2071432801.3896 1990
1709409166.4759 1991
1389052114.4645 1992
1012914651.4615 1993
1379109670.1506 1994
1973885468.3818 1995
1807340284.9734 1996
1985856326.4541 1997
2352671257.4979 1998
2001643284.7511 1999
2212521179.042 2000
2440115015.828 2001
1990332796.2608 2002
2456584864.7866 2003
2730170839.3433 2004
3307179494.3674 2005
4812218887.6176 2006
6537681081.9162 2007
7040012836.9519 2008
8054090391.9743 2009
9655049441.9306 2010
10257764908.468 2011
12516325346.001 2012
13817466552.645 2013
17037797204.354 2014
15499001598.65 2015
14475560160.371 2016
16951610243.129 2017
17865236723.765 2018
19415030878.419 2019
19780800103.109 2020
22369934325.63 2021
21731503116.256 2022
Kenya | 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 Kenya
Records
63
Source