El Salvador - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in El Salvador was 17.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 25.00 in 1977, while its lowest value was 6.37 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
1976 19.10
1977 25.00
1978 17.30
1979 18.80
1980 13.60
1981 6.37
1982 10.50
1983 11.10
1984 10.30
1985 9.55
1986 16.50
1987 16.30
1988 15.80
1989 16.50
1990 12.00
1991 12.50
1992 17.00
1993 18.40
1994 20.90
1995 19.40
1996 14.30
1997 15.50
1998 19.30
1999 17.00
2000 16.10
2001 18.80
2002 16.00
2003 15.30
2004 16.00
2005 17.30
2006 18.00
2007 14.00
2008 11.90
2009 12.70
2010 14.20
2011 12.70
2012 12.40
2013 10.60
2014 12.10
2015 12.90
2016 14.40
2017 15.90
2018 16.50
2019 17.90

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