Gross domestic savings in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Gross domestic savings was 17.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gross domestic savings in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 17.9% for gross domestic savings in 2025.
That represents a change of down 17.6% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic savings in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 37.3% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 1960.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Gross domestic savings in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.1% | — |
| 1961 | 9.8% | +21.2% |
| 1962 | 12.4% | +25.6% |
| 1963 | 11.0% | -10.6% |
| 1964 | 14.1% | +27.9% |
| 1965 | 15.5% | +9.9% |
| 1966 | 15.0% | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 14.7% | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 19.0% | +29.3% |
| 1969 | 19.1% | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 18.1% | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 18.1% | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 21.5% | +18.7% |
| 1973 | 29.3% | +36.2% |
| 1974 | 37.3% | +27.3% |
| 1975 | 28.2% | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 34.5% | +22.5% |
| 1977 | 32.6% | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 27.7% | -15.1% |
| 1979 | 32.7% | +18.2% |
| 1980 | 33.9% | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 24.7% | -27.3% |
| 1982 | 22.5% | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 20.8% | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 19.2% | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 18.4% | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 12.9% | -29.8% |
| 1987 | 16.6% | +28.5% |
| 1988 | 13.6% | -18.3% |
| 1989 | 12.2% | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 27.4% | +124.3% |
| 1991 | 21.2% | -22.7% |
| 1992 | 20.8% | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 17.9% | -14.0% |
| 1994 | 19.6% | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 21.9% | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 24.2% | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 22.9% | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 21.1% | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 26.5% | +25.6% |
| 2000 | 28.9% | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 27.3% | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 27.8% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 29.5% | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 30.9% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 32.9% | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 34.0% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 34.4% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 35.5% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 28.5% | -19.7% |
| 2010 | 31.7% | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 30.6% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 28.0% | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 27.2% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 23.9% | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | -23.2% |
| 2016 | 19.5% | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 22.1% | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 23.5% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 21.9% | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 19.3% | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 23.5% | +21.5% |
| 2022 | 26.1% | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 25.2% | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 21.7% | -13.9% |
| 2025 | 17.9% | -17.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross domestic savings in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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 | +124.3% | 12.2% | 27.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.9% | 8.1% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 28.0% | 18.1% | 37.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.5% | 12.2% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.4% | 17.9% | 27.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.0% | 27.3% | 35.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.7% | 18.3% | 31.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.3% | 17.9% | 26.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6825 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1599 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 452.38 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.7447 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.79 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2.37 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,931 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic savings in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Gross domestic savings in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 17.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gross domestic savings recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 37.3% in 1974.
- What is the lowest gross domestic savings recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 1960.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for gross domestic savings?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gross domestic savings rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Gross domestic savings (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.