Bolivia - Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Bolivia was 15.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 24.69 in 1978, while its lowest value was 11.02 in 2004.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1970 16.39
1971 16.83
1972 20.14
1973 20.42
1974 14.58
1975 23.02
1976 19.19
1977 19.16
1978 24.69
1979 20.83
1980 17.12
1981 15.97
1982 15.64
1983 13.22
1984 19.67
1985 19.46
1986 13.56
1987 13.58
1988 13.98
1989 11.59
1990 12.53
1991 15.58
1992 16.70
1993 16.56
1994 14.37
1995 15.24
1996 16.24
1997 19.63
1998 23.61
1999 18.77
2000 18.14
2001 14.27
2002 16.29
2003 13.23
2004 11.02
2005 14.25
2006 13.87
2007 15.19
2008 17.55
2009 16.97
2010 17.01
2011 19.82
2012 17.67
2013 19.02
2014 21.03
2015 20.28
2016 21.06
2017 22.22
2018 20.60
2019 19.88
2020 15.84

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.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts