Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Economy > Gross capital formation > Current US$

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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Mexico	167.45 billion$	2005
2	Brazil	163.76 billion$	2005
3	Argentina	39.31 billion$	2005
4	Venezuela	30.36 billion$	2005
5	Chile	26.5 billion$	2005
6	Colombia	23.47 billion$	2005
7	Peru	14.76 billion$	2005
8	Ecuador	8.85 billion$	2005
9	Guatemala	6.03 billion$	2005
10	Dominican Republic	5.88 billion$	2005
11	Costa Rica	5.11 billion$	2005
12	Jamaica	3.03 billion$	2005
13	Panama	3.01 billion$	2005
14	El Salvador	2.62 billion$	2005
15	Honduras	2.48 billion$	2005
16	Trinidad and Tobago	2.47 billion$	2004
17	Uruguay	2.21 billion$	2005
18	Paraguay	1.62 billion$	2005
19	Nicaragua	1.44 billion$	2005
20	Bolivia	1.28 billion$	2005
21	Haiti	866.27 million$	2003
22	Barbados	536.92 million$	2004
23	The Bahamas	510.1 million$	1987
24	Suriname	445.5 million$	2005
25	Belize	226.65 million$	2005
26	Antigua and Barbuda	214.52 million$	2002
27	Guyana	202.7 million$	2005
28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	174.92 million$	2004
29	Saint Lucia	160.86 million$	2004
30	Grenada	155.56 million$	2004
31	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	137.46 million$	2005
32	Dominica	71.17 million$	2005

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