Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Gross capital formation (current US$)
71510429184.742 1960
40079136186.469 1961
29770054730.591 1962
40327881830.637 1963
50276392500.817 1964
62752838608.257 1965
76077260057.195 1966
61944594293.838 1967
63728141111.253 1968
71582059008.384 1969
100735308819.44 1970
112085009571.35 1971
118880598227.48 1972
153859614348.8 1973
174355300809.24 1974
195482307899.44 1975
187009392264.84 1976
222302094979.62 1977
292133359904.75 1978
347397125386.97 1979
403168527213.86 1980
388579355760.65 1981
367744111854.91 1982
382605510915.79 1983
412050248905.66 1984
427868265248.07 1985
412429002687.36 1986
450229751586.11 1987
568877991622.73 1988
631983551251.61 1989
574418863108.43 1990
613797999952.65 1991
638855126833.27 1992
709807751819.96 1993
705111926587.23 1994
828133664846.43 1995
903794000072.99 1996
916132451891.65 1997
840027481003.98 1998
769458735021.91 1999
861958907973.08 2000
940795763066.68 2001
1003069940791.9 2002
1207447371933.5 2003
1510596808552.1 2004
1774081301750 2005
2162147739643.2 2006
2876103995359.5 2007
3729854181063.1 2008
3644745266569.8 2009
4556095836015.7 2010
5632184223048.6 2011
6103168216850 2012
6631500395052 2013
6923071054078.4 2014
6490919611972.5 2015
6474954739102.6 2016
7172311903375.6 2017
8054008003987 2018
8251461422577.3 2019
8204146722401.1 2020
9824843058156.1 2021
10083486121102 2022
Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source