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

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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3,723.02$ per capita	2004
2	Antigua and Barbuda	2,725.36$ per capita	2002
3	The Bahamas	2,108.02$ per capita	1987
4	Barbados	1,996.86$ per capita	2004
5	Trinidad and Tobago	1,899.05$ per capita	2004
6	Chile	1,626.08$ per capita	2005
7	Mexico	1,624.36$ per capita	2005
8	Grenada	1,471.05$ per capita	2004
9	Costa Rica	1,181.71$ per capita	2005
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,154.66$ per capita	2005
11	Venezuela	1,142.26$ per capita	2005
12	Jamaica	1,141.46$ per capita	2005
13	Argentina	1,014.42$ per capita	2005
14	Suriname	991.67$ per capita	2005
15	Saint Lucia	990.28$ per capita	2004
16	Dominica	988.54$ per capita	2005
17	Panama	930.5$ per capita	2005
18	Brazil	878.53$ per capita	2005
19	Belize	776.73$ per capita	2005
20	Ecuador	668.99$ per capita	2005
21	Uruguay	668.51$ per capita	2005
22	Dominican Republic	620.79$ per capita	2005
23	Peru	527.62$ per capita	2005
24	Colombia	522.15$ per capita	2005
25	Guatemala	478.5$ per capita	2005
26	El Salvador	380.78$ per capita	2005
27	Honduras	343.83$ per capita	2005
28	Nicaragua	279.99$ per capita	2005
29	Paraguay	274.17$ per capita	2005
30	Guyana	269.82$ per capita	2005
31	Bolivia	139.75$ per capita	2005
32	Haiti	104.53$ per capita	2003

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