Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in OECD members
OECD members: Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage was 7.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in OECD members, 1971–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in OECD members is 7.6%, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in OECD members peaked at 15.2% in 1973 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2009.
That places OECD members 38th out of 46 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 14.3% | — |
| 1972 | 14.3% | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 15.2% | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 12.9% | -15.2% |
| 1975 | 11.6% | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 12.3% | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 12.3% | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 13.1% | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 11.9% | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 10.0% | -15.6% |
| 1981 | 10.2% | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 9.3% | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 8.5% | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 10.5% | +22.9% |
| 1985 | 9.7% | -7.6% |
| 1986 | 8.7% | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 9.5% | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 9.8% | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 9.4% | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 8.1% | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 7.4% | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 6.7% | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 6.1% | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 7.1% | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 8.1% | +13.4% |
| 1996 | 10.8% | +33.9% |
| 1997 | 11.2% | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 10.8% | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 10.0% | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 9.8% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 8.9% | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 8.1% | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 7.9% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 8.6% | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 8.5% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 8.9% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 6.8% | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | -31.8% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | +33.1% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 7.2% | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 8.3% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.1% | 11.6% | 15.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 9.6% | 8.5% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.6% | 6.1% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.1% | 4.7% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 6.2% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 35 Costa Rica 17.0% compare
- 36 Tajikistan 17.0% compare
- 37 China 16.8% compare
- 38 Senegal 16.6% compare
- 39 India 16.6% compare
- 40 Estonia 16.5% compare
- 41 Switzerland 16.2% compare
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Industry (including construction), value added 21.2% (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.1705 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 7.62 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 8,332 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 12.98 trillion current US$ (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added 11.64 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added -0.8% (2024)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 30,368 current US$ per person (2021)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6982 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in OECD members?
- Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage in OECD members was 7.6% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 15.2% in 1973.
- What is the lowest adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2009.
- How does OECD members rank for adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage?
- OECD members ranks 38th out of 46 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.