Annual report on Gross fixed capital formation Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1. Contact
	2. Metadata update
	3. Statistical presentation
	4. Unit of measure
	5. Reference period
	6. Institutional mandate
	7. Confidentiality
	8. Release policy
	9.  Frequency of dissemination
	10. Accessibility and clarity
	11. Quality management
	12. Relevance
	13. Accuracy and reliability
	14. Timeliness and punctuality
	15. Coherence and comparability
	16. Cost and burden
	17. Data revision
	18. Statistical processing
	19. Comment
	1. Contact
	1.1. Contact organisation	Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1.2. Contact organisation unit	Sector for Economic Statistics - National accounts department
	1.3. Contact name	a.) Ivana Tavra Čolo b.) Lana Šimić
	1.4. Contact person function	a) Assistant Director of Economic Statistics b) Senior officer
	1.5. Contact mail address	Zelenih beretki 26, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1.6. Contact email address	ivana.tavra@bhas.gov.ba
		lana.simic@bhas.gov.ba
	1.7. Contact phone number	+387 33 911 941  +387 33 911 967
	1.8. Contact fax number	+387 (33) 220 622
	2. Metadata update
	2.1. Metadata last certified	22/01/2026
	2.2. Metadata last posted	22/01/2026
	2.3. Metadata last update	22/01/2026
	3. Statistical presentation
	3.1. Data description	The main goal of this survey "Annual  Report on gross fixed capital formation (INV-01) " is to collect data which in accordance with the requirements of national accounts, will enable the calculation of gross domestic product by expenditure approach, determining the share of investment in gross domestic product, compiling the capital account and similar. Gross investment includes gross investment in fixed assets, change in inventories and net acquisition of valuables. This survey  collects data on gross fixed capital formation and net acquisitions of valuables only from legal entities (enterprises).
	3.2. Classification system	Classification of Economic activities KD BiH 2010 (NACE rev.2)
	3.3. Sector coverage	Sectors that are included are: non-financial sector, financial sector, government sector and NPISH sector. For the household sector, agriculture of the individual sector is included.
	3.4. Statistical concepts and definitons	Gross fixed capital formation into fixed assets includes all purchases made by business entities aimed at acquiring new assets, increasing the value or replacing existing fixed assets. Investment goods can be new or used, bought or received with no compensation in the country and abroad, or self-produced. Financing of gross fixed capital formation includes monetary investments in fixed assets during the year, regardless of the time of their construction or purchase. Gross fixed capital formation represents the value of actually performed construction, making or purchase of infrastructure, equipment and other during the year, regardless whether payment for them has been effected or not during the observation year. Gross fixed capital formation in new fixed assets relates to the part of fixed assets that has been purchased directly from the contractor or producer of the equipment, or which has been self-produced, i.e. those fixed assets that still have not been object of buying and selling among their direct users, as well as used equipment from import (imported for the first time). Gross fixed capital formation in construction includes dwellings and other buildings, civil engineering works and hydro engineering, as well as the value of equipment built into constructions. Gross fixed capital formation in equipment includes purchase of equipment, which involves costs of fitting, transportation, insurance costs, custom duties etc. Gross fixed capital formation in other includes investments into basic herd, afforestation, long-standing plantings, studies, projects, research work etc. Gross fixed capital formation in new capacities in an existing or new activity refers to investments in establishing of new enterprises, independent units and organisational units in composition of existing enterprises, continuation of building or equipping formerly suspended investments, investments in longstanding plantings, basic herds, investments in new lines of communications etc. Gross fixed capital formation for reconstruction, renovation and expansion refers to investments for renovation or enlargement of the existing capacities (infrastructure, equipment, machines) within existing work unit, in order to enlarge the volume of production or services or change technology and technique of production. Gross fixed capital formation for maintaining the level of existing capacities refers to investments for the replacement of obsolete or worn out fixed assets, intensification or rationalisation of production, but without expanding existing capacities and without essential changes to the existing production technology.
	3.5. Statistical unit	Statistical observation units are all legal units registered in the territory of BiH.
	3.6. Statistical population	Annual data on investments ( INV-01) are collected from all legal units if they appeared as direct investors.
	3.7. Reference area	Data refer to Bosnia and Herzegovina in total.
	3.8 Time coverage	2004.-2024.
	3.9. Base period	Previous year
	4. Unit of measure	Data are presented in KM
	5. Reference period	Calendar year
	6. Institutional mandate
	6.1. Legal acts and other agreements	• Law on statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, • Multiannual statistical programmes and work plans of Bosnia and Herzegovina, • Agreement on implementation of harmonized methodologies and standards
	6.2. Data sharing	Data are shared between the Agency for Statistics and the entity statistical institutes.
	7. Confidentiality
	7.1. Confidentiality-policy	Confidentiality of statistical data is regulated by law and the personnel conducting statistical surveys has the legal obligation to protect confidentiality. Law on Statistics of BiH (Off. Gazette of BiH 26/04 and 42/04 - Chapter XI - Article 23.-29.) establishes the principle of confidentiality as one of the main principles. Agency for statistics of BiH distributes statistics in line with statistical principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in particular with the principle of statistical confidentiality.
	7.2. Confidentiality-data treatment	The document "Rules on the Protection of Statistical Data in the Agency for Statistics" lists procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination - including protocols for securing individual data being accessed, rules for defining confidential cells in output tables and procedures for the detection and prevention of subsequent disclosures as well as access to microdata for research purposes.By signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, data users having access to individual data are obliged to:treat individual anonymized data as confidential in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures,ensure adequate protection of individual data in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures,protect the transfer of microdata and destroy the media where the data are, as well as the accompanying documentation, five days after the publication of the results.
	8. Release policy
	8.1. Release calendar	At the end of December every year, BHAS announces the Release Calendar with the precise date and time of publication of the statistics for the following year.
	8.2. Release calendar access	The Calendar placed on:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/
	8.3. User access	The data is disseminated to all users through the official web site of Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the same time new release is also e-mailed to the media and to the all users from user database:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/
	9.  Frequency of dissemination	Yearly
	10. Accessibility and clarity
	10.1. News release	Regular annual release
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category
	10.2. Publications	Thematic bulletin "Gross Fixed Capital Formation" https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/30  BiH in figures - section"Investments"
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/30
	10.3. On-line database	Not available
	10.4. Micro-data access	Microdata are not available
	10.5. Other	There are no other dissemination means.
	10.6. Documentation on methodology	The methodological document for the statistical survey INV01 is available on the website
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/30
	10.7. Quality documentation	/
	11. Quality management
	11.1. Quality assurance	Quality Management Policy as an element of the system of quality management generally is related to following components: product quality of process as well as other elements of system for quality management, such as planning and controls. To assure the quality of processes and products, Agency for statistics is in implementation of Quality management model (TQM) done using CAF tool. The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a total quality management tool developed by the public sector for the public sector, inspired by the Excellence Model of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). Process of self-assessment identifies and monitors all organization results, provides feedback on organizational capacity and results of policy and planning processes. Scoring tool for self-assessment has 9 key indicators and 28 criteria based on which it is possible to measure management level achieved and determine which are the critical points for improvements in future. It looks at the organization from different angles at the same time: the holistic approach to organization performance analysis. BHAS use „The CAF guidelines for implementation“ and 10-step implementation plan therefore developed to help organizations to use it in the most efficient and effective way. Process of self-assessment identifies and monitors all-important organizational results and provides feedback on organizational capacities and results of policy and planning processes. This model of quality monitoring requires development of standardized questionnaire that includes all principles in model. Agency for statistics of BiH is committed to quality assurance in the production of official statistics based on the Article 19, Paragraph (1) “Law of Statistics BIH, Official Gazette of BiH 26/04; 42/04”. In order to ensure the quality of statistics Agency developed a document Policy and programme of the quality management which is available on web site:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/92?title=Kvalitet
	11.2. Quality assessments	Quality of official statistics’ products (main indicators/statistics) are regularly assessed in quality reports through calculation of quality indicators. On other hand, processes included in statistical production are assessed by specific process quality indicators in quality reports and additionally trough GSBPM documentation.
	12. Relevance
	12.1. User needs	Users of statistical data can easily and simply access investment data, as they are published on the Agency's website and in printed publications (Press release and Bulletin).
	12.2. User satisfaction	There is no specific user satisfaction survey for this survey. One of the key elements in securing the quality of statistical data is monitoring user’s satisfaction. The results of User Satisfaction Survey are available on:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/92?title=Kvalitet
	12.3. Completeness	/
	13. Accuracy and reliability
	13.1. Overall accuracy	/
	13.2. Sampling error	/
	13.3.Non-sampling error	/
	14. Timeliness and punctuality
		Data are published in accordance with the Annual plan of statistical survey and Calendar of Statistical Data.
	14.2. Punctuality	Data are published according to the Release calendar
	15. Coherence and comparability
	15.1. Comparability-geographical	/
	15.2. Comparability-over time	The investment statistics data series is internally consistent.
	15.3. Coherence-cross domain	/
	15.4. Coherence-internal	/
	16. Cost and burden	The annual operating costs for carrying out the research are reflected in the material costs and the number of hours worked by the employees of the Agency and the branches of the Brčko District Agency. The data are taken over from administrative sources and therefore there is no direct burden on respondents.
	17. Data revision
	17.1. Data revision-policy	The Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have an official revision policy document.
	17.2. Data revision-practice	No audit was planned or conducted.
	18. Statistical processing
	18.1. Source data	Statistical questionnaire - INV01
	18.2. Frequency of data collection	Yearly
	18.3. Data collection	The data are collected using INV01 questionnaire
	18.4. Data validation	The original data goes through a series of checks relying on the principles of completeness and consistency.
	18.5. Data compilation	Data processing is carried out accordance with Classification of Economic Activities KD BiH  in two ways: - By main activity and headquarter of investor; - By purpose of investment and location of investment facilities
	18.6. Adjustment	Is not applied
	18.7 Seasonal adjustment	Is not applied
	19. Comment	/