Burkina Faso

Capital Investment

3.45
billion USD
Dec 62Dec 67Dec 71Dec 76Dec 80Dec 84Dec 88Dec 92Dec 96Dec 01Dec 06Dec 10Dec 15Dec 180.0003.0006.0009.00012.00
  • Burkina Faso
  • Global Median
Source: IMF

Definition of Capital Investment

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.

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