Cameroon - Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Cameroon was -6.21 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.85 in 1978 and a minimum value of -27.69 in 1988.

Definition: Annual growth rate of gross capital formation based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. 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.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1961 2.71
1962 5.54
1963 5.25
1964 8.55
1965 38.75
1966 20.69
1967 -10.16
1968 0.86
1969 -4.58
1970 32.23
1971 22.22
1972 7.14
1973 6.75
1974 -8.27
1975 16.89
1976 -7.26
1977 37.28
1978 47.85
1979 -4.22
1980 11.05
1981 45.79
1982 -4.01
1983 8.89
1984 8.59
1985 11.68
1986 -1.63
1987 -13.36
1988 -27.69
1989 -21.97
1990 1.54
1991 -6.19
1992 -15.71
1993 -8.03
1994 16.13
1995 -2.47
1996 3.99
1997 12.46
1998 1.25
1999 3.56
2000 4.43
2001 4.56
2002 7.60
2003 -6.39
2004 13.74
2005 1.57
2006 1.21
2007 8.37
2008 9.54
2009 -1.19
2010 8.58
2011 5.95
2012 3.80
2013 13.92
2014 12.85
2015 -3.79
2016 11.42
2017 1.22
2018 5.85
2019 10.20
2020 -6.21

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts