Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.181 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) recorded 0.181 current US$ per US$ of GDP for gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.5% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.3757 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0846 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1960.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 31st out of 41 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), year by year
| Year | current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0846 current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1961 | 0.1017 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +20.3% |
| 1962 | 0.1268 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +24.6% |
| 1963 | 0.1137 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -10.3% |
| 1964 | 0.1444 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +27.1% |
| 1965 | 0.1583 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 0.1534 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 0.15 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 0.193 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +28.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1935 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1844 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 0.1844 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2182 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 0.2959 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +35.6% |
| 1974 | 0.3757 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +27.0% |
| 1975 | 0.2842 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -24.4% |
| 1976 | 0.3472 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +22.2% |
| 1977 | 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 0.2793 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -14.9% |
| 1979 | 0.3295 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +18.0% |
| 1980 | 0.3416 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2493 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -27.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2279 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 0.2107 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 0.1946 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1874 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.1326 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -29.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1693 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +27.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1389 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -17.9% |
| 1989 | 0.1255 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2769 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +120.7% |
| 1991 | 0.2149 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -22.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2111 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1821 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 0.1989 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2228 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2452 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 0.233 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2147 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 0.269 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +25.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2919 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 0.2762 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2809 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2978 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3126 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3327 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3437 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3476 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.3582 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2881 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3201 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 0.309 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2828 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2745 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2418 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1859 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -23.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1972 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2242 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +13.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2377 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 0.222 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.1963 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2383 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 0.265 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.256 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 0.2193 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -14.3% |
| 2025 | 0.181 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -17.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +120.7% | 0.1255 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.2769 current US$ per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1419 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0846 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1935 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2827 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1844 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.3757 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1978 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1255 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.3416 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2269 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1821 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.2769 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.313 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.2762 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.3582 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2495 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1859 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.3201 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.226 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.181 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.265 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- 28 South Korea 0.3433 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 29 Mongolia 0.339 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 30 Congo 0.3387 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 31 Papua New Guinea 0.3325 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 32 Saudi Arabia 0.332 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 33 Denmark 0.3313 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 34 Chad 0.3305 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1377 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,924 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6806 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 453.08 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1603 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 389.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.181 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3757 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974.
- What is the lowest gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0846 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1960.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 31st out of 41 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gross domestic savings (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.