Adjusted savings: gross savings in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Adjusted savings: gross savings was 36.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: gross savings in Low & middle income, 1979–2021
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: gross savings in Low & middle income stood at 36.3%. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: gross savings in Low & middle income peaked at 36.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 21.5%, in 1986.
That places Low & middle income 7th out of 46 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: gross savings in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 22.5% | — |
| 1980 | 22.3% | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 21.8% | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 21.8% | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 22.2% | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 23.0% | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 23.8% | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 21.5% | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 23.0% | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 23.4% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 25.8% | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 23.3% | -9.8% |
| 1991 | 22.9% | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 23.5% | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 24.8% | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 25.5% | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 24.7% | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 25.1% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 25.1% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 24.8% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 24.7% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 25.2% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 25.6% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 27.1% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 28.5% | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 30.6% | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 31.3% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 33.1% | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 33.9% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 34.9% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 33.5% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 34.7% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 34.6% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 34.5% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 33.8% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 34.1% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 33.7% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 33.2% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 33.8% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 34.4% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 33.9% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 34.5% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 36.3% | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.5% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 22.8% | 21.5% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.4% | 22.9% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.4% | 25.2% | 34.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.1% | 33.2% | 34.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.4% | 34.5% | 36.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7748 % change on previous year (2024)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 6,107 current US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9385 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,732 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 1,894 current US$ per person (2024)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,305 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: gross savings in Low & middle income?
- Adjusted savings: gross savings in Low & middle income was 36.3% in 2021, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest adjusted savings: gross savings recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 36.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: gross savings recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.5% in 1986.
- How does Low & middle income rank for adjusted savings: gross savings?
- Low & middle income ranks 7th out of 46 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: gross savings rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.