Gross domestic savings, public (current LCU) by country

Name: Gross domestic savings, public (current LCU)
Creator: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Public sector’s gross domestic saving is derived as value added in public sector at factor cost plus all indirect taxes, net less general government consumption expenditure. Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting

Highest

1.25 trillion current LCU

Gabon

Lowest

-162.33 billion current LCU

Kenya

Median

19.87 billion current LCU

Years covered

1960–2011

Data points

466

What the numbers show

Gross domestic savings, public (current LCU) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 1.25 trillion current LCU in Gabon; the lowest is -162.33 billion current LCU in Kenya.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.87 billion current LCU, and the mean is 181.45 billion current LCU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 19,189.3%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 1,367.0%).

Gross domestic savings, public: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Gabon	1.25 trillion current LCU	2008	up 19,189.3%	volatile
2	Guinea	853.61 billion current LCU	2011	up 6,130.8%	volatile
3	Uganda	680.98 billion current LCU	2011	up 255.2%	volatile
4	Madagascar	522.26 billion current LCU	2009	up 514.4%	volatile
5	Senegal	492.46 billion current LCU	2011	up 175.0%	volatile
6	Côte d'Ivoire	477.60 billion current LCU	2011	up 14.9%	falling
7	Cameroon	275.30 billion current LCU	1999	up 43.1%	volatile
8	Chad	92.38 billion current LCU	2004	up 998.4%	volatile
9	Niger	83.50 billion current LCU	2005	up 601.7%	volatile
10	Equatorial Guinea	62.79 billion current LCU	1999	up 1,127.7%	volatile
11	Togo	46.60 billion current LCU	2005	up 711.3%	volatile
12	Mali	45.40 billion current LCU	1999	up 8.4%	volatile
13	South Africa	36.74 billion current LCU	2010	up 835.8%	volatile
14	Botswana	2.99 billion current LCU	1998	—	volatile
15	Ethiopia	2.51 billion current LCU	1996	up 284.1%	volatile
16	Cape Verde	938.00 million current LCU	1998	up 442.5%	volatile
17	Zimbabwe	487.31 million current LCU	1998	up 437.0%	volatile
18	Namibia	417.57 million current LCU	1999	up 144.8%	volatile
19	Ghana	120.08 million current LCU	2004	up 177.8%	volatile
20	Sudan	-1.08 billion current LCU	2011	down 327.4%	volatile
21	Sierra Leone	-2.98 billion current LCU	1989	—	volatile
22	Comoros	-3.63 billion current LCU	1997	down 176.1%	volatile
23	Mauritania	-10.21 billion current LCU	2003	up 15.1%	volatile
24	Guinea-Bissau	-11.99 billion current LCU	2002	down 842.0%	volatile
25	Malawi	-19.51 billion current LCU	2005	down 1,367.0%	volatile
26	Kenya	-162.33 billion current LCU	2008	down 602.8%	volatile

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Indicator: Gross domestic savings, public (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 26 places, 466 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026