Upper middle income - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Upper middle income was $8,192,900,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $8,197,360,000,000 in 2019 and $43,525,180,000 in 1962.

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 $75,033,750,000
1961 $49,450,870,000
1962 $43,525,180,000
1963 $50,197,370,000
1964 $61,627,050,000
1965 $73,835,010,000
1966 $84,999,730,000
1967 $76,233,570,000
1968 $80,262,420,000
1969 $93,996,350,000
1970 $116,950,000,000
1971 $128,404,000,000
1972 $139,699,000,000
1973 $186,187,000,000
1974 $238,959,000,000
1975 $278,122,000,000
1976 $274,833,000,000
1977 $304,023,000,000
1978 $321,597,000,000
1979 $384,626,000,000
1980 $455,434,000,000
1981 $502,653,000,000
1982 $445,003,000,000
1983 $384,229,000,000
1984 $399,211,000,000
1985 $452,549,000,000
1986 $441,586,000,000
1987 $481,665,000,000
1988 $571,062,000,000
1989 $614,898,000,000
1990 $709,000,000,000
1991 $681,097,000,000
1992 $709,041,000,000
1993 $773,286,000,000
1994 $860,523,000,000
1995 $931,890,000,000
1996 $1,000,460,000,000
1997 $1,035,240,000,000
1998 $982,289,000,000
1999 $911,750,000,000
2000 $1,038,020,000,000
2001 $1,068,850,000,000
2002 $1,097,960,000,000
2003 $1,302,600,000,000
2004 $1,637,390,000,000
2005 $1,928,570,000,000
2006 $2,340,840,000,000
2007 $3,033,100,000,000
2008 $3,924,190,000,000
2009 $3,773,690,000,000
2010 $4,811,640,000,000
2011 $5,956,470,000,000
2012 $6,413,290,000,000
2013 $7,007,290,000,000
2014 $7,230,040,000,000
2015 $6,736,490,000,000
2016 $6,621,220,000,000
2017 $7,354,240,000,000
2018 $8,146,390,000,000
2019 $8,197,360,000,000
2020 $8,192,900,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in Upper middle income was 8,297,940,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 25 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 8,297,940,000,000 in 2020 and 1,343,680,000,000 in 1995.

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
1995 1,343,680,000,000
1996 1,421,980,000,000
1997 1,509,590,000,000
1998 1,479,100,000,000
1999 1,460,650,000,000
2000 1,622,040,000,000
2001 1,794,800,000,000
2002 1,897,540,000,000
2003 2,185,510,000,000
2004 2,532,370,000,000
2005 2,758,410,000,000
2006 3,158,310,000,000
2007 3,682,000,000,000
2008 4,138,440,000,000
2009 4,373,900,000,000
2010 5,072,430,000,000
2011 5,551,620,000,000
2012 5,891,550,000,000
2013 6,318,330,000,000
2014 6,628,210,000,000
2015 6,736,490,000,000
2016 7,049,710,000,000
2017 7,436,850,000,000
2018 7,847,920,000,000
2019 8,104,600,000,000
2020 8,297,940,000,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Upper middle income was 2.39 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.58 in 2007 and a minimum value of -2.02 in 1998.

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
1996 5.83
1997 6.16
1998 -2.02
1999 -1.25
2000 11.05
2001 10.65
2002 5.72
2003 15.18
2004 15.87
2005 8.93
2006 14.50
2007 16.58
2008 12.40
2009 5.69
2010 15.97
2011 9.45
2012 6.12
2013 7.24
2014 4.90
2015 1.63
2016 4.65
2017 5.49
2018 5.53
2019 3.27
2020 2.39

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Upper middle income was 35.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 35.39 in 2020, while its lowest value was 19.33 in 1962.

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.

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Year Value
1960 30.73
1961 22.52
1962 19.33
1963 21.25
1964 22.74
1965 24.38
1966 25.40
1967 22.65
1968 22.86
1969 23.88
1970 27.15
1971 27.41
1972 26.19
1973 26.85
1974 27.80
1975 29.36
1976 27.52
1977 27.52
1978 27.15
1979 26.74
1980 27.25
1981 27.83
1982 25.79
1983 23.46
1984 23.64
1985 25.38
1986 24.36
1987 24.90
1988 26.70
1989 27.88
1990 27.24
1991 27.08
1992 26.99
1993 26.85
1994 26.95
1995 25.91
1996 25.59
1997 24.74
1998 23.76
1999 23.35
2000 24.07
2001 24.65
2002 25.10
2003 26.57
2004 27.86
2005 27.30
2006 27.89
2007 29.10
2008 30.86
2009 30.87
2010 32.42
2011 33.29
2012 33.48
2013 34.05
2014 34.07
2015 33.81
2016 33.41
2017 33.52
2018 34.46
2019 34.11
2020 35.39

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts