Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Gross capital formation (current US$)
416633663.36634 1960
306911437.21898 1961
396153846.15385 1962
749230769.23077 1963
533092163.68548 1964
460584202.44984 1965
852443912.10209 1966
1077937147.6881 1967
1658081656.9972 1968
2298369521.4616 1969
2370588473.9554 1970
2473588316.2056 1971
2333198097.6049 1972
3609394115.3595 1973
6371261334.2069 1974
6214256198.3471 1975
8263842975.2066 1976
11574586776.86 1977
17922314049.587 1978
25087603305.785 1979
22255476945.998 1980
23455412939.521 1981
25048824745.494 1982
28501770484.06 1983
31493997710.601 1984
32688329003.931 1985
38104986055.997 1986
48209903746.501 1987
69489135756.122 1988
90662557386.503 1989
112079842410.79 1990
136339060586.49 1991
137724447345.73 1992
147855509381.93 1993
178552056653.98 1994
220680399541.9 1995
240549327102.02 1996
211884041151.73 1997
106485936896.04 1998
154293172362.06 1999
189526308459.87 2000
173075472197.95 2001
195028840090.66 2002
226833651361.32 2003
258175100880.17 2004
303919367782.99 2005
347491098832.68 2006
388105748537.03 2007
352605837846.98 2008
277518814657.03 2009
372289486882.38 2010
417588877720.96 2011
400241319118.89 2012
409618144582.22 2013
442236237225.03 2014
432910754430.45 2015
452043669382.54 2016
524059222592.95 2017
543271530690.03 2018
520114557120.88 2019
524282326913.14 2020
587848070858.24 2021
555428187628.65 2022
Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source