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Capital Stock of Agriculture

Capital stock in agriculture and investment in agriculture
The estimates of Investment in Agriculture have indirectly been derived by the FAO Statistics Division using physical data on livestock, tractors, irrigated land and land under permanent crops, etc. and the average prices for the year 1995. These data enabled the derivation of the Capital Stock in Agriculture and the annual change in the latter is taken to reflect Investment in Agriculture.

This database contains estimated data on investments made by both the public and the private sector. The components of capital stock are machinery, land improvements, livestock, and structures.

The table below shows investment data by region over selected time periods.

Net average Investment in millions US$ of constant 1995
Region 1976-80 1981-85 1986-90 1991-95 1996-2000
World 47,725 34,422 40,622 2,920 8,829
Developed 20,613 9,484 7,247 -27,451 -11,082
Transition Economies 8,336 7,635 3,787 -24,784 -11,335
Developing 27,112 24,938 33,375 30,371 19,912
Latin America & Caribbean 7,354 3,983 5,648 5,238 1,328
Near East and North Africa 1,946 4,350 6,131 3,515 1,905
Sub-Saharan Africa 2,918 2,637 3,302 2,237 3,503
East and South-East Asia 10,307 9,376 13,317 13,261 9,822
South Asia 4,550 4,550 4,932 6,080 3,316
Source: ESS

 

Capital stock for selected regions and years and a chart of this data are shown in the table below

Capital Stock in millions US$ of constant 1995 (at the end of year)
Region 1976 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
World 3,324,448 3,530,953 3,703,06 3,906,172 3,920,770 3,964,917
Developed 1,788,401 1,888,200 1,935,618 1,971,852 1,834,596 1,779,185
Transition Economies 496,530 534,720 572,893 591,826 467,904 411,231
Developing 1,536,047 1,642,754 1,767,444 1,934,320 2,086,174 2,185,732
Latin America & Caribbean 289,997 315,780 335,695 363,934 390,125 396,764
Near East and North Africa 223,760 231,258 253,008 283,664 301,238 310,765
Sub-Saharan Africa 157,340 169,891 183,077 199,587 210,775 228,288
East and South-East Asia 559,249 601,008 647,888 714,473 780,778 829,888
South Asia 302,636 321,620 344,371 369,029 399,430 416,010
Source: ESS

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