Net investment in nonfinancial assets in South Asia
South Asia: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 1.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in South Asia, 1974–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
South Asia recorded 1.0% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2022. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 105.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in South Asia peaked at 1.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 1994.
That places South Asia 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in South Asia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.9% | — |
| 1975 | 0.7% | -19.8% |
| 1976 | 0.6% | -18.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4% | -29.1% |
| 1978 | 0.5% | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 0.4% | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 0.4% | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5% | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 0.5% | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7% | +19.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6% | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8% | +29.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | -35.7% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | -12.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 0.1% | -78.8% |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +123.5% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +90.8% |
| 1994 | -0.1% | -110.7% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -722.0% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +9.4% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | -74.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +324.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -28.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +133.6% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -88.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +833.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +45.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -7.7% |
| 2007 | -0.0% | -100.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -61079.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -51.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +26.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -27.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +21.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -19.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -46.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +145.3% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +124.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets in South Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +61079.6% | -0.0% | 0.7% |
| 2004 | +833.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 1995 | +722.0% | -0.1% | 0.4% |
| 1999 | +324.4% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
- 19 Mozambique 6.9% compare
- 20 Tonga 6.8% compare
- 21 Central African Republic 6.7% compare
- 22 Serbia 6.6% compare
- 23 Senegal 6.6% compare
- 24 Madagascar 6.5% compare
- 25 Palau 6.4% compare
More public sector data for South Asia
- Arms imports 1.26 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.7506 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -19.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.26 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 54.8 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0211 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 91.92 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 467.61 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in South Asia?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in South Asia was 1.0% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 1994.
- How does South Asia rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- South Asia ranks 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.