Sri Lanka - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Sri Lanka was $20,359,010,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $27,622,810,000 in 2017 and $189,177,700 in 1964.

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.

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Year Value
1960 $200,294,700
1961 $249,739,000
1962 $219,912,900
1963 $210,970,800
1964 $189,177,700
1965 $212,815,100
1966 $251,050,400
1967 $283,333,300
1968 $285,546,200
1969 $378,823,500
1970 $435,126,000
1971 $404,384,500
1972 $441,876,000
1973 $395,000,000
1974 $561,654,100
1975 $590,584,900
1976 $582,164,100
1977 $592,897,400
1978 $547,982,100
1979 $868,786,100
1980 $1,359,044,000
1981 $1,226,494,000
1982 $1,466,939,000
1983 $1,493,073,000
1984 $1,560,849,000
1985 $1,424,227,000
1986 $1,515,453,000
1987 $1,559,103,000
1988 $1,589,500,000
1989 $1,517,947,000
1990 $1,783,699,000
1991 $2,058,400,000
1992 $2,355,441,000
1993 $2,642,281,000
1994 $3,166,937,000
1995 $3,352,683,000
1996 $3,370,074,000
1997 $3,680,336,000
1998 $3,970,349,000
1999 $4,272,692,000
2000 $4,579,042,000
2001 $3,465,578,000
2002 $3,851,202,000
2003 $4,157,853,000
2004 $5,218,065,000
2005 $6,547,453,000
2006 $7,912,667,000
2007 $9,042,588,000
2008 $11,217,630,000
2009 $10,278,400,000
2010 $17,217,670,000
2011 $21,784,190,000
2012 $26,727,430,000
2013 $24,710,240,000
2014 $25,639,680,000
2015 $25,133,470,000
2016 $22,950,490,000
2017 $27,622,810,000
2018 $26,258,310,000
2019 $22,547,190,000
2020 $20,359,010,000

Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Sri Lanka was 3,778,480,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,266,050,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 953,402,800 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 current local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 953,402,800
1961 1,188,758,000
1962 1,068,777,000
1963 1,255,276,000
1964 1,125,607,000
1965 1,013,000,000
1966 1,195,000,000
1967 1,377,000,000
1968 1,699,000,000
1969 2,254,000,000
1970 2,589,000,000
1971 2,398,000,000
1972 2,638,000,000
1973 2,528,000,000
1974 3,735,000,000
1975 4,140,000,000
1976 4,896,000,000
1977 5,259,000,000
1978 8,554,000,000
1979 13,527,000,000
1980 22,465,000,000
1981 23,610,000,000
1982 30,527,000,000
1983 35,132,000,000
1984 39,708,000,000
1985 38,682,000,000
1986 42,463,000,000
1987 45,900,000,000
1988 50,562,000,000
1989 54,722,000,000
1990 71,455,000,000
1991 85,156,000,000
1992 103,239,000,000
1993 127,675,000,000
1994 156,510,000,000
1995 171,825,000,000
1996 186,264,000,000
1997 217,103,000,000
1998 255,889,000,000
1999 301,823,000,000
2000 352,632,000,000
2001 309,684,000,000
2002 368,406,000,000
2003 401,316,000,000
2004 528,016,000,000
2005 658,019,000,000
2006 822,240,000,000
2007 1,000,320,000,000
2008 1,215,250,000,000
2009 1,181,450,000,000
2010 1,946,710,000,000
2011 2,408,570,000,000
2012 3,410,510,000,000
2013 3,189,330,000,000
2014 3,347,640,000,000
2015 3,414,560,000,000
2016 3,341,170,000,000
2017 4,211,000,000,000
2018 4,266,050,000,000
2019 4,030,190,000,000
2020 3,778,480,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in Sri Lanka was 23,465,220,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 29,153,130,000 in 2018 and 631,067,400 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 2010 U.S. dollars.

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

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Year Value
1960 631,067,400
1961 769,888,100
1962 700,321,900
1963 840,728,300
1964 760,900,800
1965 693,292,400
1966 810,735,900
1967 878,511,600
1968 1,070,648,000
1969 1,222,178,000
1970 1,493,099,000
1971 1,399,857,000
1972 1,585,660,000
1973 1,111,067,000
1974 2,026,281,000
1975 1,718,912,000
1976 2,153,358,000
1977 2,045,295,000
1978 2,945,227,000
1979 3,948,815,000
1980 5,049,035,000
1981 4,246,462,000
1982 4,452,479,000
1983 4,995,037,000
1984 5,115,513,000
1985 4,887,645,000
1986 5,332,131,000
1987 5,305,417,000
1988 4,977,953,000
1989 4,633,360,000
1990 4,503,985,000
1991 4,892,431,000
1992 4,985,817,000
1993 5,514,094,000
1994 6,027,708,000
1995 5,978,321,000
1996 6,211,361,000
1997 6,347,927,000
1998 7,310,448,000
1999 7,773,946,000
2000 8,544,190,000
2001 7,051,564,000
2002 7,908,060,000
2003 8,856,492,000
2004 9,631,823,000
2005 10,471,570,000
2006 11,935,130,000
2007 12,749,710,000
2008 13,130,480,000
2009 13,518,850,000
2010 16,274,180,000
2011 19,568,460,000
2012 23,814,600,000
2013 21,711,500,000
2014 24,215,120,000
2015 25,133,470,000
2016 26,385,050,000
2017 28,142,170,000
2018 29,153,130,000
2019 26,100,330,000
2020 23,465,220,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Sri Lanka was -10.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.37 in 1974 and a minimum value of -29.93 in 1973.

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 22.00
1962 -9.04
1963 20.05
1964 -9.50
1965 -8.89
1966 16.94
1967 8.36
1968 21.87
1969 14.15
1970 22.17
1971 -6.24
1972 13.27
1973 -29.93
1974 82.37
1975 -15.17
1976 25.27
1977 -5.02
1978 44.00
1979 34.08
1980 27.86
1981 -15.90
1982 4.85
1983 12.19
1984 2.41
1985 -4.45
1986 9.09
1987 -0.50
1988 -6.17
1989 -6.92
1990 -2.79
1991 8.62
1992 1.91
1993 10.60
1994 9.31
1995 -0.82
1996 3.90
1997 2.20
1998 15.16
1999 6.34
2000 9.91
2001 -17.47
2002 12.15
2003 11.99
2004 8.75
2005 8.72
2006 13.98
2007 6.83
2008 2.99
2009 2.96
2010 20.38
2011 20.24
2012 21.70
2013 -8.83
2014 11.53
2015 3.79
2016 4.98
2017 6.66
2018 3.59
2019 -10.47
2020 -10.10

Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in Sri Lanka was 2,806,890,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,487,280,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 75,487,870,000 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 75,487,870,000
1961 92,093,520,000
1962 83,772,050,000
1963 100,567,000,000
1964 91,018,460,000
1965 82,931,180,000
1966 96,979,710,000
1967 105,087,000,000
1968 128,070,000,000
1969 146,196,000,000
1970 178,604,000,000
1971 167,450,000,000
1972 189,676,000,000
1973 132,905,000,000
1974 242,382,000,000
1975 205,615,000,000
1976 257,583,000,000
1977 244,657,000,000
1978 352,306,000,000
1979 472,355,000,000
1980 603,962,000,000
1981 507,959,000,000
1982 532,603,000,000
1983 597,503,000,000
1984 611,914,000,000
1985 584,657,000,000
1986 637,826,000,000
1987 634,631,000,000
1988 595,460,000,000
1989 554,239,000,000
1990 538,764,000,000
1991 585,229,000,000
1992 596,400,000,000
1993 659,592,000,000
1994 721,030,000,000
1995 715,123,000,000
1996 742,999,000,000
1997 759,335,000,000
1998 874,471,000,000
1999 929,914,000,000
2000 1,022,050,000,000
2001 843,504,000,000
2002 945,957,000,000
2003 1,059,410,000,000
2004 1,152,150,000,000
2005 1,252,600,000,000
2006 1,427,670,000,000
2007 1,525,110,000,000
2008 1,570,660,000,000
2009 1,617,120,000,000
2010 1,946,710,000,000
2011 2,340,770,000,000
2012 2,848,690,000,000
2013 2,597,120,000,000
2014 2,896,600,000,000
2015 3,006,450,000,000
2016 3,156,160,000,000
2017 3,366,350,000,000
2018 3,487,280,000,000
2019 3,122,100,000,000
2020 2,806,890,000,000

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Sri Lanka was 25.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.06 in 2012, while its lowest value was 12.53 in 1965.

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
1960 14.21
1961 17.29
1962 15.33
1963 17.00
1964 14.44
1965 12.53
1966 14.33
1967 15.24
1968 15.85
1969 19.27
1970 18.95
1971 17.07
1972 17.30
1973 13.74
1974 15.71
1975 15.58
1976 16.21
1977 14.45
1978 20.05
1979 25.82
1980 33.77
1981 27.77
1982 30.76
1983 28.89
1984 25.83
1985 23.82
1986 23.66
1987 23.33
1988 22.78
1989 21.72
1990 22.21
1991 22.87
1992 24.28
1993 25.56
1994 27.03
1995 25.73
1996 24.25
1997 24.39
1998 25.14
1999 27.29
2000 28.04
2001 22.00
2002 23.29
2003 22.02
2004 25.25
2005 26.83
2006 27.98
2007 27.95
2008 27.55
2009 24.43
2010 30.35
2011 33.36
2012 39.06
2013 33.25
2014 32.31
2015 31.18
2016 27.85
2017 31.59
2018 29.85
2019 26.84
2020 25.24

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts