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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 constant local currency.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Indonesia	509.64 trillion	2009
2	Colombia	93.18 trillion	2009
3	India	17.03 trillion	2009
4	Chile	14.56 trillion	2009
5	China	11.46 trillion	2009
6	Hungary	3.87 trillion	2008
7	Russia	2.17 trillion	2009
8	Mexico	1.7 trillion	2009
9	Pakistan	1 trillion	2009
10	Thailand	777.12 billion	2009
11	South Africa	348.48 billion	2009
12	Brazil	259.64 billion	2009
13	Philippines	243.05 billion	2009
14	Poland	239.7 billion	2009
15	Romania	101.06 billion	2009
16	Malaysia	96.71 billion	2009
17	Argentina	79.53 billion	2009
18	Estonia	70.63 billion	2007
19	Ukraine	49.15 billion	2009
20	Peru	45.75 billion	2009
21	Lithuania	23.16 billion	2008
22	Venezuela	19.16 billion	2009
23	Turkey	17.38 billion	2009
24	Bulgaria	11.89 billion	2009
25	Latvia	3.31 billion	2007

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