Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Gross capital formation (current US$)
266666666.66667 1960
381818181.81818 1961
345454545.45455 1962
266666666.66667 1963
282352941.17647 1964
258620689.65517 1965
298148148.14815 1966
300000000 1967
220689655.17241 1968
299596774.19355 1969
72580645.16129 1970
497983870.96774 1971
375517890.77213 1972
1352392065.3442 1973
648633879.78142 1974
668604651.16279 1975
768715929.73955 1976
883989670.75533 1977
1115191764.9012 1978
1726537381.9852 1979
1762812741.1 1980
2363355878.8103 1981
1817122644.9145 1982
727251570.86339 1983
588177410.40918 1984
538445569.21982 1985
657494353.97599 1986
1053192149.7681 1987
1204905343.5498 1988
1018283004.2275 1989
1134533691.782 1990
1694972847.2991 1991
1981289746.2718 1992
2346528576.3438 1993
2773502815.3715 1994
2973328240.6678 1995
3126599365.5412 1996
4037772898.5463 1997
4401297976.2922 1998
3615659114.7602 1999
3299565043.1849 2000
2994361998.622 2001
1778767003.7781 2002
1831696970.7519 2003
2390791445.7319 2004
3073027554.6804 2005
3841793679.1369 2006
4646766317.1932 2007
7222266792.7551 2008
6418933867.506 2009
8141560599.7724 2010
10512657806.108 2011
12427529772.052 2012
13791403633.933 2013
13038921058.547 2014
11366133813.77 2015
10171249149.609 2016
10567949638.03 2017
9746250179.5754 2018
8895371307.212 2019
8798053530.297 2020
11816844932.175 2021
13379003305.998 2022
Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source