Benin - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Benin was 21.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 21.94 in 2019, while its lowest value was -3.26 in 1981.
Definition: Gross savings are the difference between gross national income and public and private consumption, plus net current transfers.
Source: World Bank national accounts data files.
See also:
Year | Value |
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1974 | 11.06 |
1975 | 10.17 |
1976 | 11.22 |
1977 | 13.62 |
1978 | 10.50 |
1979 | 12.63 |
1980 | 4.18 |
1981 | -3.26 |
1982 | 13.28 |
1983 | 8.29 |
1984 | 7.73 |
1985 | 2.69 |
1986 | 4.22 |
1987 | 4.44 |
1988 | 0.78 |
1989 | 4.63 |
1990 | 9.88 |
1991 | 10.93 |
1992 | 9.93 |
1993 | 9.86 |
1994 | 14.83 |
1995 | 16.23 |
1996 | 15.55 |
1997 | 16.40 |
1998 | 15.89 |
1999 | 12.50 |
2000 | 12.74 |
2001 | 13.34 |
2002 | 13.72 |
2003 | 11.45 |
2004 | 13.34 |
2005 | 12.22 |
2006 | 12.52 |
2007 | 14.13 |
2008 | 12.67 |
2009 | 11.50 |
2010 | 11.45 |
2011 | 12.14 |
2012 | 13.61 |
2013 | 16.37 |
2014 | 18.69 |
2015 | 13.98 |
2016 | 17.55 |
2017 | 17.59 |
2018 | 19.92 |
2019 | 21.94 |
Limitations and Exceptions: Because gross savings is calculated as a residual it includes errors, which may not be offsetting, in its components.
Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross savings are calculated as a residual from the national accounts by taking the difference between income earned by residents (including income received from abroad and workers' remittances) and their consumption expenditures.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators
Sub-Topic: National accounts