Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage was 13.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in Low & middle income, 1979–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 13.7% for adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in 2021.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in Low & middle income peaked at 16.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1980.
That places Low & middle income 13th out of 46 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 8.1% | — |
| 1980 | 6.6% | -18.9% |
| 1981 | 8.2% | +25.6% |
| 1982 | 8.9% | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 8.6% | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 9.5% | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 10.4% | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 10.0% | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 10.8% | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 11.6% | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 13.5% | +16.8% |
| 1990 | 7.6% | -43.8% |
| 1991 | 9.5% | +24.2% |
| 1992 | 10.2% | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 11.3% | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 12.4% | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 11.2% | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 11.8% | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 11.9% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 11.4% | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 10.4% | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 10.0% | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 10.1% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 11.2% | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 12.3% | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 13.7% | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 15.3% | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 16.4% | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 16.5% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 14.7% | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 15.0% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 14.1% | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 14.4% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 14.4% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 13.8% | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 13.7% | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.1% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 1 |
| 1980s | 9.8% | 6.6% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.8% | 7.6% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.5% | 10.0% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 13.1% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 10 Mauritania 25.2% compare
- 11 Suriname 24.4% compare
- 12 Cape Verde 24.2% compare
- 13 Brunei Darussalam 24.0% compare
- 14 Maldives 23.1% compare
- 15 Samoa 22.8% compare
- 16 Morocco 22.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 267.99 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 6,107 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 3,519 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5412 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,305 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9385 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7748 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in Low & middle income?
- Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in Low & middle income was 13.7% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 16.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1980.
- How does Low & middle income rank for adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage?
- Low & middle income ranks 13th out of 46 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.