Mauritania - Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Mauritania was -5.45 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 429.06 in 1995 and a minimum value of -76.31 in 1994.

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
1962 24.26
1963 -38.79
1964 -41.81
1965 -3.33
1966 -1.16
1967 61.72
1968 41.40
1969 -17.37
1970 9.84
1971 5.64
1972 32.09
1973 -72.89
1974 108.93
1975 103.33
1976 33.46
1977 -9.51
1978 -21.14
1979 -13.71
1980 46.75
1981 19.62
1982 9.88
1983 14.95
1984 36.00
1985 18.69
1986 5.36
1987 -1.88
1988 -3.06
1989 -31.46
1990 5.63
1991 -2.79
1992 -2.79
1993 63.26
1994 -76.31
1995 429.06
1996 -9.69
1997 10.80
1998 -20.09
1999 6.45
2000 -10.01
2001 -1.13
2002 -5.44
2003 117.52
2004 42.41
2005 44.49
2006 -31.11
2007 1.59
2008 3.06
2009 -16.14
2010 24.82
2011 30.93
2012 30.12
2013 -2.08
2014 -17.41
2015 -6.94
2016 -8.02
2017 23.72
2018 25.19
2019 7.91
2020 -5.45

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts