Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) was 246,681 million SLC in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) in Costa Rica, 1995–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
In 2023, gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in Costa Rica stood at 246,681 million SLC.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in Costa Rica peaked at 268,230 million SLC in 2014 and was at its lowest, 43,179 million SLC, in 1995.
Costa Rica ranks 37th of 181 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 43,179 million SLC | — |
| 1996 | 44,686 million SLC | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 57,264 million SLC | +28.1% |
| 1998 | 71,439 million SLC | +24.8% |
| 1999 | 59,572 million SLC | -16.6% |
| 2000 | 55,128 million SLC | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 59,144 million SLC | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 68,865 million SLC | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 81,363 million SLC | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 99,300 million SLC | +22.0% |
| 2005 | 78,239 million SLC | -21.2% |
| 2006 | 91,800 million SLC | +17.3% |
| 2007 | 122,616 million SLC | +33.6% |
| 2008 | 113,403 million SLC | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 119,794 million SLC | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 122,670 million SLC | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 124,263 million SLC | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 189,712 million SLC | +52.7% |
| 2013 | 176,092 million SLC | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 268,230 million SLC | +52.3% |
| 2015 | 218,625 million SLC | -18.5% |
| 2016 | 241,724 million SLC | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 243,868 million SLC | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 245,434 million SLC | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 222,857 million SLC | -9.2% |
| 2020 | 252,659 million SLC | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 264,633 million SLC | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 246,840 million SLC | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 246,681 million SLC | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55,228 million SLC | 43,179 million SLC | 71,439 million SLC | 5 |
| 2000s | 88,965 million SLC | 55,128 million SLC | 122,616 million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 205,348 million SLC | 122,670 million SLC | 268,230 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 252,703 million SLC | 246,681 million SLC | 264,633 million SLC | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in Costa Rica?
- Gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in Costa Rica was 246,681 million SLC in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 268,230 million SLC in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,179 million SLC in 1995.
- How does Costa Rica rank for gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing)?
- Costa Rica ranks 37th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
As part of the FAO Agriculture Capital Stock (ACS) database, the Statistics Division of FAO publishes country-by-country data on physical investment in agriculture, forestry and fishing as measured by the System of National Accounts (SNA) concept of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF). Additional variables included in the ACS are Net and Gross Capital Stock, Consumption of Fixed Capital, the Agriculture Investment ratio, and the Gross Fixed Capital Formation Agriculture Orientation Index. The FAO Agriculture Capital Stock Database is an analytical database: whenever available, the database integrates official National Accounts data harvested from the UNSD National Accounts Main Aggregates Database (UNSD AMA) and the OECD Annual National Accounts Database (OECD ANA). The database is further supplemented by OECD Structural Analysis database (OECD STAN) and, in a few cases, data from country’s statistics websites. If the full set of official data is not available for any specific country, imputation methods are applied to obtain estimates over the complete time series. Many data points in ACS are estimated and are flagged as such; they do not represent official submissions by Member Countries. With a view of producing internationally comparable net capital stock estimates, the Perpetual Inventory Method (PIM) with a constant geometric depreciation rate is employed to impute missing data. The Perpetual Inventory Method is a well-established economic model to calculate Net Capital Stocks (NCS) and Consumption of Fixed Capital (CFC) from time series of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF). Specifically, annual measures of the NCS are obtained from cumulating historical series on physical investment flows and deducting the part of assets that are depreciated (the Consumption of Fixed Capital that occurs in every period). In order to implement the PIM, long time series on aggregate GFCF in agriculture, forestry and fishing is required.An attempt is made to rely as much as possible on National Accounts data published by the OECD and UNSD. When country data are partially or fully missing, econometric techniques to impute missing observations are employed. Depending on the pattern of data missingness for the countries, different imputation methods are applied (from among the ARIMAX, PANEL regression, and OLS approaches) for the data series from 1995 to 2022. The values of Agriculture Capital Stock related indicators for 2023, including Agriculture Investment Ratio, Agriculture Orientation Index, Net Capital Stock, Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Consumption of Fixed Capital, are estimated using the Holt-Winters (HW) method (Cipra et al., 1995). The HW method is an exponential smoothing method for forecasting the annual values of economic variables. In this context, the HW method relies on existing (historical) values of the Agriculture Capital Stock. The predicted value is an extrapolation of the historical values to the specified target date, which extends the timeline without considering seasonality in the annual series.All data series in the database are provided both in national currencies and in US dollars as well as in current prices and constant prices with base year 2015.