Costa Rica - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Costa Rica was 15.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 24.80 in 1986, while its lowest value was 12.10 in 1979.

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
1977 17.20
1978 13.30
1979 12.10
1980 12.60
1981 16.10
1982 16.00
1983 16.80
1984 20.40
1985 24.30
1986 24.80
1987 22.90
1988 22.60
1989 20.20
1990 20.30
1991 13.80
1992 15.20
1993 13.60
1994 15.60
1995 16.30
1996 14.40
1997 16.10
1998 17.90
1999 16.30
2000 16.60
2001 17.40
2002 15.10
2003 14.10
2004 15.60
2005 14.80
2006 17.10
2007 17.70
2008 15.70
2009 16.30
2010 16.20
2011 14.00
2012 14.80
2013 13.60
2014 13.50
2015 14.60
2016 15.90
2017 15.80
2018 16.10
2019 15.10

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