Gabon - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Gabon was $3,047,500,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $6,396,701,000 in 2014 and $103,472,100 in 1970.

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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1970 $103,472,100
1971 $122,023,600
1972 $207,120,100
1973 $271,435,300
1974 $799,319,700
1975 $1,352,228,000
1976 $2,211,755,000
1977 $1,631,393,000
1978 $836,672,300
1979 $997,547,800
1980 $1,178,533,000
1981 $1,403,960,000
1982 $1,266,866,000
1983 $1,193,231,000
1984 $1,174,029,000
1985 $1,402,519,000
1986 $1,578,085,000
1987 $865,119,400
1988 $1,436,974,000
1989 $1,101,225,000
1990 $1,290,288,000
1991 $1,430,047,000
1992 $1,254,100,000
1993 $982,941,200
1994 $916,431,400
1995 $1,155,568,000
1996 $1,414,909,000
1997 $1,638,599,000
1998 $1,773,535,000
1999 $1,220,239,000
2000 $1,112,730,000
2001 $1,142,565,000
2002 $1,339,577,000
2003 $1,474,236,000
2004 $1,670,290,000
2005 $2,047,317,000
2006 $2,483,291,000
2007 $3,098,743,000
2008 $3,906,836,000
2009 $3,389,548,000
2010 $4,268,820,000
2011 $4,851,661,000
2012 $4,630,214,000
2013 $5,134,543,000
2014 $6,396,701,000
2015 $4,204,320,000
2016 $3,783,963,000
2017 $3,179,773,000
2018 $3,248,349,000
2019 $3,695,292,000
2020 $3,047,500,000

Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Gabon was 1,754,100,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,158,420,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 28,600,000,000 in 1970.

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. Data are in current local currency.

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

Year Value
1970 28,600,000,000
1971 33,599,990,000
1972 52,200,000,000
1973 60,500,000,000
1974 192,400,000,000
1975 289,800,000,000
1976 528,500,000,000
1977 400,800,000,000
1978 188,800,000,000
1979 212,200,000,000
1980 249,000,000,000
1981 381,500,000,000
1982 416,300,000,000
1983 454,700,000,000
1984 513,000,000,000
1985 630,100,000,000
1986 546,500,000,000
1987 260,000,000,000
1988 428,000,000,000
1989 351,300,000,000
1990 351,300,000,000
1991 403,426,000,000
1992 331,950,000,000
1993 343,651,000,000
1994 508,807,000,000
1995 576,800,000,000
1996 723,800,000,000
1997 956,400,000,000
1998 1,046,300,000,000
1999 751,300,000,000
2000 790,270,000,000
2001 836,812,000,000
2002 929,282,000,000
2003 854,906,000,000
2004 880,808,000,000
2005 1,079,470,000,000
2006 1,297,340,000,000
2007 1,483,160,000,000
2008 1,742,450,000,000
2009 1,594,080,000,000
2010 2,112,190,000,000
2011 2,286,340,000,000
2012 2,363,980,000,000
2013 2,535,950,000,000
2014 3,158,420,000,000
2015 2,485,640,000,000
2016 2,242,400,000,000
2017 1,846,360,000,000
2018 1,804,280,000,000
2019 2,165,110,000,000
2020 1,754,100,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in Gabon was 6,789,974,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 8,148,181,000 in 2019 and 557,756,700 in 1967.

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. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 619,138,900
1961 774,808,100
1962 781,884,000
1963 647,442,400
1964 576,683,700
1965 562,532,000
1966 798,432,400
1967 557,756,700
1968 577,813,000
1969 633,206,600
1970 704,836,300
1971 806,073,000
1972 963,658,300
1973 1,110,738,000
1974 3,121,145,000
1975 3,860,364,000
1976 5,523,110,000
1977 4,314,018,000
1978 1,640,798,000
1979 2,026,643,000
1980 2,079,671,000
1981 3,039,991,000
1982 2,833,645,000
1983 2,703,967,000
1984 2,845,036,000
1985 3,118,411,000
1986 2,608,022,000
1987 1,223,181,000
1988 2,381,085,000
1989 1,539,053,000
1990 1,539,053,000
1991 1,819,903,000
1992 1,590,775,000
1993 1,615,673,000
1994 1,613,649,000
1995 1,691,219,000
1996 1,977,157,000
1997 2,560,415,000
1998 2,926,473,000
1999 1,792,150,000
2000 1,643,933,000
2001 1,820,331,000
2002 2,236,688,000
2003 1,848,107,000
2004 1,860,759,000
2005 1,922,059,000
2006 2,082,474,000
2007 2,334,736,000
2008 2,502,728,000
2009 2,292,076,000
2010 2,964,637,000
2011 3,453,978,000
2012 4,209,662,000
2013 4,291,606,000
2014 4,870,447,000
2015 4,204,320,000
2016 4,171,126,000
2017 3,688,704,000
2018 6,705,480,000
2019 8,148,181,000
2020 6,789,974,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Gabon was -16.67 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 181.00 in 1974 and a minimum value of -61.97 in 1978.

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.

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Year Value
1961 25.14
1962 0.91
1963 -17.19
1964 -10.93
1965 -2.45
1966 41.94
1967 -30.14
1968 3.60
1969 9.59
1970 11.31
1971 14.36
1972 19.55
1973 15.26
1974 181.00
1975 23.68
1976 43.07
1977 -21.89
1978 -61.97
1979 23.52
1980 2.62
1981 46.18
1982 -6.79
1983 -4.58
1984 5.22
1985 9.61
1986 -16.37
1987 -53.10
1988 94.66
1989 -35.36
1990 0.00
1991 18.25
1992 -12.59
1993 1.57
1994 -0.13
1995 4.81
1996 16.91
1997 29.50
1998 14.30
1999 -38.76
2000 -8.27
2001 10.73
2002 22.87
2003 -17.37
2004 0.68
2005 3.29
2006 8.35
2007 12.11
2008 7.20
2009 -8.42
2010 29.34
2011 16.51
2012 21.88
2013 1.95
2014 13.49
2015 -13.68
2016 -0.79
2017 -11.57
2018 81.78
2019 21.52
2020 -16.67

Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in Gabon was 3,121,370,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,745,750,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 256,403,000,000 in 1967.

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. Data are in constant local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 284,620,000,000
1961 356,182,000,000
1962 359,435,000,000
1963 297,631,000,000
1964 265,103,000,000
1965 258,598,000,000
1966 367,042,000,000
1967 256,403,000,000
1968 265,623,000,000
1969 291,087,000,000
1970 324,016,000,000
1971 370,554,000,000
1972 442,997,000,000
1973 510,610,000,000
1974 1,434,800,000,000
1975 1,774,620,000,000
1976 2,538,990,000,000
1977 1,983,170,000,000
1978 754,280,000,000
1979 931,655,000,000
1980 956,032,000,000
1981 1,397,490,000,000
1982 1,302,640,000,000
1983 1,243,020,000,000
1984 1,307,870,000,000
1985 1,433,540,000,000
1986 1,198,920,000,000
1987 562,301,000,000
1988 1,094,590,000,000
1989 707,508,000,000
1990 707,508,000,000
1991 836,615,000,000
1992 731,285,000,000
1993 742,730,000,000
1994 741,800,000,000
1995 777,459,000,000
1996 908,906,000,000
1997 1,177,030,000,000
1998 1,345,310,000,000
1999 823,857,000,000
2000 755,722,000,000
2001 836,812,000,000
2002 1,028,210,000,000
2003 849,581,000,000
2004 855,397,000,000
2005 883,577,000,000
2006 957,320,000,000
2007 1,073,290,000,000
2008 1,150,510,000,000
2009 1,053,680,000,000
2010 1,362,850,000,000
2011 1,587,800,000,000
2012 1,935,200,000,000
2013 1,972,870,000,000
2014 2,238,960,000,000
2015 1,932,740,000,000
2016 1,917,480,000,000
2017 1,695,710,000,000
2018 3,082,530,000,000
2019 3,745,750,000,000
2020 3,121,370,000,000

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Gabon was 19.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 73.49 in 1976, while its lowest value was 19.26 in 2018.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1970 31.96
1971 31.97
1972 48.11
1973 37.55
1974 51.76
1975 62.67
1976 73.49
1977 58.07
1978 35.01
1979 32.92
1980 27.54
1981 36.35
1982 35.02
1983 35.19
1984 32.96
1985 41.99
1986 46.36
1987 26.36
1988 37.47
1989 26.30
1990 21.68
1991 26.47
1992 22.43
1993 22.45
1994 21.87
1995 23.30
1996 24.85
1997 30.76
1998 39.56
1999 26.17
2000 21.90
2001 22.75
2002 25.11
2003 22.64
2004 21.50
2005 21.36
2006 24.05
2007 24.88
2008 25.09
2009 27.98
2010 29.70
2011 26.64
2012 26.97
2013 29.18
2014 35.14
2015 29.23
2016 26.98
2017 21.30
2018 19.26
2019 21.90
2020 19.90

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts