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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.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Indonesia	1,738.24 trillion	2009
2	Colombia	113.77 trillion	2009
3	India	21.83 trillion	2009
4	Chile	17.44 trillion	2009
5	China	16.23 trillion	2009
6	Russia	7.32 trillion	2009
7	Hungary	5.86 trillion	2008
8	Mexico	2.64 trillion	2009
9	Pakistan	2.41 trillion	2009
10	Thailand	1.98 trillion	2009
11	Philippines	1.12 trillion	2009
12	Brazil	518.95 billion	2009
13	South Africa	467.88 billion	2009
14	Poland	271 billion	2009
15	Argentina	239.64 billion	2009
16	Venezuela	173.48 billion	2009
17	Ukraine	156.48 billion	2009
18	Romania	150.05 billion	2009
19	Turkey	142.18 billion	2009
20	Malaysia	98.47 billion	2009
21	Peru	88.19 billion	2009
22	Estonia	41.62 billion	2009
23	Lithuania	30.04 billion	2008
24	Bulgaria	17.56 billion	2009
25	Latvia	2.51 billion	2009

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