Guatemala - Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Guatemala was -10.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.22 in 1976 and a minimum value of -23.01 in 1983.

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
1961 -2.72
1962 -1.39
1963 25.51
1964 21.36
1965 4.29
1966 -6.16
1967 15.64
1968 20.72
1969 -10.95
1970 8.11
1971 11.92
1972 -8.12
1973 14.60
1974 15.46
1975 -4.55
1976 38.22
1977 10.25
1978 8.81
1979 -9.23
1980 -12.00
1981 11.25
1982 -14.87
1983 -23.01
1984 -1.54
1985 -13.13
1986 2.12
1987 24.17
1988 5.60
1989 3.49
1990 -6.08
1991 14.41
1992 25.36
1993 2.37
1994 -0.54
1995 3.63
1996 -8.28
1997 21.39
1998 25.85
1999 2.05
2000 -2.78
2001 4.10
2002 8.58
2003 -0.93
2004 3.45
2005 -1.04
2006 11.30
2007 7.51
2008 -18.67
2009 -17.79
2010 7.32
2011 16.94
2012 1.78
2013 -1.39
2014 -1.29
2015 1.43
2016 -4.21
2017 4.34
2018 5.53
2019 7.96
2020 -10.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts