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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Disclosure of Capital Management [Abstract]

Schedule of invested capital

We define Invested Capital as partnership capital removing the impact of the following items: non-controlling interest - in operating subsidiaries, retained earnings or deficit, accumulated other comprehensive income and ownership changes.

US$ MILLIONS			2021						2020
Partnership Capital			$	26,391					$	21,673
Remove impact of the following items since inception:
Non-controlling interest - in operating subsidiaries			(15,658)						(13,954)
Deficit			2,520						2,752
Accumulated other comprehensive income			(543)						(731)
Ownership changes			(515)						(527)
Invested Capital			$	12,195					$	9,213

The following table presents the change in Invested Capital during year ended December 31, 2021:

			For the year ended December 31,
US$ MILLIONS			2021						2020
Opening balance			$	9,213					$	9,009
Net issuance of preferred units			8						195
Issuance of limited partnership and redeemable partnership units			945						9
Issuance of BIPC exchangeable shares			1,770						—
Issuance of BIPC exchange LP Units			259						—
Ending balance			$	12,195					$	9,213
Weighted Average Invested Capital			$	10,076					$	9,067

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