Bhutan - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Bhutan was 21.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 53.00 in 2012, while its lowest value was 20.60 in 2015.

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
2006 52.00
2007 27.30
2008 35.60
2009 32.10
2010 36.70
2011 43.40
2012 53.00
2013 26.80
2014 29.80
2015 20.60
2016 31.60
2017 30.50
2018 23.90
2019 21.10

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