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Published: 31 January 2008

Fixed capital stock stood at EUR 424 billion in 2006

According to revised data of Statistics Finland, the net stock of fixed capital in the economy grew by 1.7 percentage points in 2006. The value of the capital stock was EUR 424.3 billion. The nominal growth of the capital stock was 5.5 per cent, or EUR 22.3 billion from the year before. In 2005 the capital stock stood at EUR 402 billion. The share of residential buildings of the capital stock was 40.7 per cent and that of non-residential buildings and civil engineering structures was 42.5 per cent. Machinery, equipment and transport equipment made up 14.2 per cent and intangible fixed capital as well as major improvements to land, etc., made up 2.6 per cent of the fixed capital in the economy.

The share of machinery, equipment and transport equipment of the capital stock has contracted from 20 to 14 per cent in ten years. The share of buildings has grown correspondingly. Consumption of fixed capital, or decrease in the value of capital, amounted to EUR 24.9 billion in 2006. The share of machinery, equipment and transport equipment of the consumption was 30 per cent, which is roughly one percentage point less than in 2005.

Net stock of fixed capital by type of asset 1995-2006*

The capital stock consists of fixed capital used in production, that is, investments made.

Source: Capital stock 2006. Statistics Finland.

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