Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) by country
Gross savings are the difference between gross national income and public and private consumption, plus net current transfers. 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...
Countries reporting
177
Highest
52.2%
Qatar
Lowest
-14.2%
Libya
Median
22.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
7,693
What the numbers show
Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 52.2% in Qatar; the lowest is -14.2% in Libya.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.1%, and the mean is 23.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 3,599.8%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 208.2%).
Adjusted savings: gross savings: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 52.2% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 2 | Suriname | 51.6% | 2010 | — | flat |
| 3 | Ireland | 51.3% | 2021 | up 168.4% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 50.3% | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Brunei | 49.4% | 2021 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 6 | Zambia | 47.0% | 2021 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 7 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 46.3% | 2018 | up 456.2% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 45.3% | 2021 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 44.1% | 2021 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Angola | 43.7% | 2021 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 11 | Gabon | 41.9% | 2015 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 12 | Bermuda | 40.4% | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mauritania | 38.9% | 2021 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Norway | 38.6% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 15 | Iran | 37.9% | 2000 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 16 | Algeria | 37.4% | 2021 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 17 | Gambia | 36.6% | 2021 | up 469.3% | volatile |
| 18 | South Korea | 36.2% | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 19 | Switzerland | 36.0% | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 35.2% | 2021 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 21 | Jamaica | 34.9% | 2021 | up 292.3% | rising |
| 22 | Tanzania | 34.7% | 2020 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 23 | Vietnam | 34.4% | 2021 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 34.2% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 34.0% | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 33.6% | 2004 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 33.5% | 2021 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 33.5% | 2021 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 29 | Maldives | 33.1% | 2021 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 33.1% | 2020 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 33.0% | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 32.8% | 2021 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 33 | Nepal | 32.5% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 34 | Kiribati | 31.7% | 2020 | up 228.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Macao | 31.4% | 2021 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 36 | Malta | 31.2% | 2021 | up 66.9% | flat |
| 37 | Estonia | 31.1% | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 31.0% | 2020 | up 225.3% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 31.0% | 2021 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 40 | Myanmar | 30.8% | 2019 | up 141.7% | rising |
| 41 | Iraq | 30.8% | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 42 | Turkey | 30.8% | 2021 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 43 | Panama | 30.7% | 2021 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 44 | India | 30.7% | 2021 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 30.5% | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bahrain | 30.5% | 2018 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 47 | Belarus | 30.4% | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 48 | Sweden | 30.3% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 49 | Russia | 30.2% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 50 | Cambodia | 30.2% | 2021 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 51 | Germany | 29.6% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 52 | Israel | 29.6% | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 29.5% | 2021 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 54 | Netherlands | 29.3% | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 29.3% | 2021 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 56 | Morocco | 29.2% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 29.1% | 2021 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 58 | Samoa | 28.8% | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 59 | Thailand | 28.8% | 2021 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 60 | Kuwait | 28.5% | 2019 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Austria | 28.1% | 2021 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 62 | Hungary | 27.4% | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 63 | Faroe Islands | 27.3% | 2011 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 64 | Belize | 27.1% | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 65 | Japan | 27.1% | 2021 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 66 | Hong Kong | 27.0% | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 67 | Malaysia | 26.8% | 2021 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 68 | Kosovo | 26.7% | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 69 | Slovenia | 26.3% | 2021 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 70 | Belgium | 26.2% | 2021 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 71 | Australia | 26.1% | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 25.8% | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 73 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 25.5% | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 25.2% | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 75 | Finland | 24.8% | 2021 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 76 | Croatia | 24.6% | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 77 | Mexico | 24.2% | 2021 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 24.1% | 2020 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 24.0% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 80 | Mongolia | 23.8% | 2021 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 81 | Senegal | 23.7% | 2018 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 82 | France | 23.7% | 2021 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 83 | Botswana | 23.1% | 2021 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 84 | Canada | 23.1% | 2021 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 85 | Italy | 22.7% | 2021 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 86 | Togo | 22.3% | 2020 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Ghana | 22.3% | 2021 | up 456.7% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 22.2% | 2021 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 89 | Serbia | 22.1% | 2021 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 90 | Argentina | 22.0% | 2021 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 91 | Latvia | 22.0% | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.9% | 2021 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 21.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 94 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21.8% | 2020 | up 231.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Spain | 21.7% | 2021 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 21.6% | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 97 | Lithuania | 21.6% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 98 | Benin | 21.5% | 2020 | up 88.1% | rising |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.9% | 2021 | up 164.1% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 20.9% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 101 | Poland | 20.4% | 2021 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 102 | Eswatini | 20.0% | 2021 | up 387.1% | falling |
| 103 | Chile | 19.9% | 2021 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 104 | Lesotho | 19.7% | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 105 | Guatemala | 19.6% | 2021 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 106 | Albania | 19.6% | 2021 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Philippines | 19.5% | 2021 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 108 | Portugal | 19.4% | 2021 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 109 | Romania | 19.3% | 2021 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 110 | Slovakia | 19.3% | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 111 | Congo | 19.1% | 2020 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Oman | 18.8% | 2021 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 113 | New Zealand | 18.8% | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 114 | Laos | 18.4% | 2016 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 18.2% | 2020 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 116 | El Salvador | 18.1% | 2021 | up 43.0% | flat |
| 117 | Brazil | 17.9% | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 118 | Guyana | 17.9% | 2005 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Uruguay | 17.9% | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 120 | United States | 17.9% | 2021 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 17.8% | 2019 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 122 | Montenegro | 17.1% | 2021 | up 303.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Armenia | 17.0% | 2021 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 16.8% | 2020 | up 1,151.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 16.8% | 2021 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 126 | Kenya | 16.7% | 2021 | up 128.4% | falling |
| 127 | South Africa | 16.5% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 128 | Fiji | 16.4% | 2020 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 129 | Moldova | 16.4% | 2021 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 130 | United Kingdom | 16.0% | 2021 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 131 | Iceland | 16.0% | 2021 | up 95.5% | falling |
| 132 | Palestine | 15.9% | 2021 | up 3,599.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Mali | 15.8% | 2020 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Eritrea | 15.8% | 2000 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Syria | 15.7% | 2010 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 136 | Rwanda | 15.7% | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 15.5% | 1994 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 138 | Aruba | 15.4% | 2021 | up 1,220.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Mozambique | 15.2% | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 140 | Haiti | 14.9% | 2021 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.5% | 2020 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 142 | Marshall Islands | 14.4% | 2020 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 143 | Cameroon | 14.4% | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 144 | Bhutan | 14.3% | 2021 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 145 | Bolivia | 14.2% | 2021 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 146 | Pakistan | 14.1% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 13.9% | 2021 | up 28.8% | flat |
| 148 | Colombia | 13.8% | 2021 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 149 | Niger | 13.6% | 2020 | down 40.7% | rising |
| 150 | Chad | 13.5% | 1994 | up 82.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.3% | 2020 | up 559.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Curacao | 13.3% | 2017 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 153 | Ukraine | 12.8% | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 154 | Djibouti | 12.8% | 2020 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 155 | Cyprus | 12.4% | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 156 | Greece | 10.7% | 2021 | up 123.4% | falling |
| 157 | Uganda | 10.1% | 2021 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 158 | Georgia | 9.2% | 2021 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 159 | Venezuela | 9.0% | 2014 | down 75.4% | rising |
| 160 | Madagascar | 8.9% | 2021 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Mauritius | 8.4% | 2021 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 162 | Jordan | 8.3% | 2021 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 163 | Tunisia | 8.2% | 2021 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 164 | Bahamas | 7.9% | 2021 | down 62.3% | rising |
| 165 | Egypt | 7.9% | 2021 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 166 | Seychelles | 7.4% | 2021 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 167 | Namibia | 7.3% | 2021 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 168 | Sudan | 7.0% | 2021 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Barbados | 5.6% | 2017 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Burundi | 5.5% | 2018 | up 466.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Tonga | 4.3% | 2021 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 172 | Guinea | 2.2% | 2021 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 0.3% | 2020 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Lebanon | -2.9% | 2021 | down 208.2% | volatile |
| 175 | East Timor | -10.8% | 2021 | down 114.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Dominica | -11.2% | 2018 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Libya | -14.2% | 2020 | down 127.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 43.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 43.2%
- European Union 26.2%
- Euro area 26.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 39.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 38.7%
- Upper middle income 38.3%
- Middle income 36.4%
- Low & middle income 36.3%
- IBRD only 35.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 35.3%
- Africa Western and Central 32.0%
- South Asia 31.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 31.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 29.7%
- Least developed countries 29.4%
- World 27.9%
- Lower middle income 27.8%
- IDA only 27.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 27.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 26.9%
- IDA total 26.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.8%
- IDA blend 26.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 25.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 25.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 25.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 25.3%
- Pacific island small states 23.3%
- High income 23.2%
- Other small states 22.9%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 22.9%
- OECD members 22.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 22.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 22.7%
- Small states 22.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 21.7%
- Low income 21.4%
- Arab World 21.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 20.7%
About this data
Gross savings are the difference between gross national income and public and private consumption, plus net current transfers. 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.