Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
1960 17.90546886
1961 17.04853533
1962 15.92469349
1963 18.13953567
1964 19.73445064
1965 21.73913832
1966 20.30337509
1967 22.32370209
1968 21.27669859
1969 21.68767625
1970 24.00378106
1971 26.22733389
1972 23.58401353
1973 23.33781188
1974 26.5265366
1975 27.01011401
1976 24.83189058
1977 24.5774835
1978 23.68244907
1979 23.42639162
1980 25.23317196
1981 27.25744587
1982 22.47424022
1983 21.14540995
1984 20.72620671
1985 18.79889801
1986 18.12755297
1987 16.45290263
1988 18.69556148
1989 18.65575635
1990 17.89630549
1991 17.40017421
1992 15.82576876
1993 16.10548495
1994 18.31562145
1995 18.40339037
1996 18.1790851
1997 17.61285003
1998 18.47971105
1999 17.39509041
2000 17.33626927
2001 17.32704251
2002 17.25300042
2003 18.17900953
2004 19.19136896
2005 19.02792976
2006 19.67684541
2007 20.91831138
2008 21.64539615
2009 20.61840392
2010 20.88716149
2011 21.32940358
2012

Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
Source