United States

Capital Investment

21.15
percent of GDP
Dec 70Dec 73Dec 76Dec 79Dec 83Dec 88Dec 91Dec 94Dec 97Dec 00Dec 04Dec 07Dec 10Dec 13Dec 16Dec 200.0007.00014.0021.0028.00
  • United States
  • Global Median
Source: IMF

Global Ranking

110
Slovakia21.4
111
Belize21.26
112
Mali21.25
114
Philippines21.18
116
Poland20.78
117
Oman20.75
118
Madagascar20.47
119
Kenya20.3
120
Croatia20.22
120
Mexico20.22

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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.

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