Papua New Guinea - Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in Papua New Guinea was 1,888,968,000 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,319,191,000 in 1971 and a minimum value of 276,259,000 in 1960.

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 276,259,000
1961 287,290,200
1962 308,872,900
1963 396,163,100
1964 519,904,100
1965 690,889,500
1966 825,181,700
1967 880,098,400
1968 926,861,100
1969 1,345,328,000
1970 2,155,402,000
1971 2,319,191,000
1972 1,573,386,000
1973 996,165,900
1974 1,052,041,000
1975 1,041,969,000
1976 941,489,000
1977 1,015,590,000
1978 1,043,648,000
1979 1,280,099,000
1980 1,334,536,000
1981 1,278,661,000
1982 1,447,966,000
1983 1,512,474,000
1984 1,384,177,000
1985 995,206,700
1986 1,043,408,000
1987 1,146,286,000
1988 1,617,271,000
1989 1,229,500,000
1990 1,237,174,000
1991 1,521,587,000
1992 1,575,784,000
1993 1,241,251,000
1994 1,649,885,000
1995 1,629,981,000
1996 1,799,286,000
1997 1,634,537,000
1998 1,397,366,000
1999 1,398,288,000
2000 1,913,405,000
2001 2,046,992,000
2002 2,000,880,000
2003 1,888,598,000
2004 1,888,968,000

Base Period: varies by country

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts