Appendix A
Bureau of Economic Analysis depreciation rates
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Table A.1
Depreciation rates for estimating U.S. capital stock
United States National Income and Product Acccount asset type | Depreciation rate | Asset class1 | |
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1 | Computers and peripheral equipment | 0.45 | ICT M&E 2 |
2 | Software | 0.40 | ICT M&E |
3 | Communications | 0.23 | ICT M&E |
4 | Medical equipment and instruments | 0.17 | Non-ICTM&E |
5 | Non-medical instruments | 0.17 | Non-ICTM&E |
6 | Photocopy and related equipment | 0.25 | Non-ICTM&E |
7 | Office and accounting equipment | 0.25 | Non-ICTM&E |
8 | Fabricated metal products | 0.17 | Non-ICTM&E |
9 | Steam engines | 0.09 | Non-ICTM&E |
10 | Internal combustion engines | 0.09 | Non-ICTM&E |
11 | Metalworking machinery | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
12 | Special industrial machinery | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
13 | General industrial equipment | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
14 | Electric transmission and distribution | 0.09 | Non-ICTM&E |
15 | Light trucks (including utility vehicles) | 0.21 | Non-ICTM&E |
16 | Other trucks, buses and truck trailers | 0.21 | Non-ICTM&E |
17 | Autos | 0.27 | Non-ICTM&E |
18 | Aircraft | 0.15 | Non-ICTM&E |
19 | Ships and boats | 0.15 | Non-ICTM&E |
20 | Railroad equipment | 0.15 | Non-ICTM&E |
21 | Household furniture | 0.23 | Non-ICTM&E |
22 | Other furniture | 0.23 | Non-ICTM&E |
23 | Agricultural machinery | 0.16 | Non-ICTM&E |
24 | Farm tractors | 0.16 | Non-ICTM&E |
25 | Construction machinery | 0.16 | Non-ICTM&E |
26 | Construction tractors | 0.16 | Non-ICTM&E |
27 | Mining and oil field machinery | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
28 | Service industry machinery | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
29 | Household appliances | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
30 | Other electrical | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
31 | Other | 0.18 | Non-ICTM&E |
32 | Office, including medical buildings | 0.13 | Building |
33 | Commercial | 0.14 | Building |
34 | Hospitals and special care | 0.10 | Building |
35 | Manufacturing | 0.07 | Building |
36 | Electric | 0.11 | Engineering |
37 | Other power | 0.11 | Engineering |
38 | Communication | 0.11 | Engineering |
39 | Petroleum and natural gas | 0.10 | Engineering |
40 | Mining | 0.09 | Engineering |
41 | Religious | 0.10 | Building |
42 | Educational | 0.10 | Building |
43 | Other buildings | 0.09 | Building |
44 | Railroads | 0.08 | Engineering |
45 | Farm | 0.09 | Building |
46 | Other | 0.09 | Engineering |
1. The four asset classes used in this paper.
2. Information and communications technology machinery and equipment.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2003, Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods in the United States, 1925-97.
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