Botswana - Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Botswana was 13.33 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106.91 in 1989 and a minimum value of -31.25 in 1987.

Definition: Annual growth rate of gross capital formation based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. 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.

See also:

Year Value
1976 -15.29
1977 0.65
1978 28.09
1979 24.85
1980 16.76
1981 10.95
1982 -8.01
1983 -15.96
1984 19.17
1985 -7.46
1986 -6.74
1987 -31.25
1988 101.44
1989 106.91
1990 8.89
1991 -10.96
1992 -8.86
1993 1.93
1994 -4.63
1995 8.35
1996 -0.47
1997 1.21
1998 71.04
1999 -23.93
2000 34.26
2001 -2.40
2002 2.72
2003 3.54
2004 23.93
2005 -16.30
2006 14.73
2007 6.76
2008 27.30
2009 -22.46
2010 29.35
2011 9.56
2012 19.04
2013 -12.64
2014 -1.91
2015 22.77
2016 -5.36
2017 5.26
2018 13.90
2019 11.31
2020 13.33

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts