Glossary:Investment - NA
Investment, equivalent to gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) in national accounts terms, accounts on average for 19 % of gross domestic product (GDP) in European Union (EU) Member States.
It is made up of the following categories:
- Dwellings
- Other buildings and structures
- Buildings other than dwellings
- Other structures
- Land improvements
- Machinery and equipment:
- Transport equipment
- ICT equipment
- Other machinery and equipment
- Weapons systems
- Cultivated biological resources
- Animal resources yielding repeat products
- Tree, crop and plant resources yielding repeat products
- Intellectual property products
- Research and development
- Mineral exploration and evaluation
- Computer software and databases
- Entertainment, literary or artistic originals
- Other intellectual property products