<p>Capital to output ratio can be calculated using the BLS productivity measures data. 
Capital to output ratio is simply K/Y.  Capital (K) is usually called either capital input or capital services and output which would be called real value added output.  </p>

<p>Which can be found here:  <a href="https://www.bls.gov/mfp/mprdload.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bls.gov/mfp/mprdload.htm</a>   under 1987–2019 Major Sector Multifactor Productivity. </p>

<p><a href="https://www.bls.gov/mfp/special_requests/mfptable.xlsx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bls.gov/mfp/special_requests/mfptable.xlsx</a></p>

<p>Or the World Bank group- Capital-Output ratio (NKY)
<a href="https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/capital-fundamentalism-economic-development-and-economic-growth/resource/babcd99a-16a3-4bef" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/capital-fundamentalism-economic-development-and-economic-growth/resource/babcd99a-16a3-4bef</a></p>

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<p>While the capital-output ratio is widely used in Macroeconomics as a target in calibration, it is usually just set to be equal to 3, without specifying the data source nor the methodology used to compute it. After doing online research, I couldn't find any available data with the series of capital-output ratio.</p>

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Where to find series of capital-output ratio for the US?
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# Where to find series of capital-output ratio for the US?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-21)

While the capital-output ratio is widely used in Macroeconomics as a target in calibration, it is usually just set to be equal to 3, without specifying the data source nor the methodology used to compute it. After doing online research, I couldn't find any available data with the series of capital-output ratio.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Capital to output ratio can be calculated using the BLS productivity measures data.
Capital to output ratio is simply K/Y. Capital (K) is usually called either capital input or capital services and output which would be called real value added output.

Which can be found here: <https://www.bls.gov/mfp/mprdload.htm> under 1987–2019 Major Sector Multifactor Productivity.

<https://www.bls.gov/mfp/special_requests/mfptable.xlsx>

Or the World Bank group- Capital-Output ratio (NKY)
<https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/capital-fundamentalism-economic-development-and-economic-growth/resource/babcd99a-16a3-4bef>


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