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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Germany was 27.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 28.03 in 2018, while its lowest value was 17.96 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
1971 26.05
1972 24.91
1973 24.64
1974 23.48
1975 19.94
1976 20.44
1977 20.18
1978 21.00
1979 20.52
1980 19.30
1981 17.96
1982 18.29
1983 18.80
1984 19.34
1985 20.13
1986 21.68
1987 20.88
1988 21.94
1989 22.90
1990 24.14
1991 23.63
1992 23.44
1993 22.47
1994 22.75
1995 23.07
1996 22.52
1997 22.83
1998 23.36
1999 22.72
2000 22.79
2001 22.70
2002 22.88
2003 22.02
2004 24.17
2005 23.93
2006 25.90
2007 27.86
2008 26.89
2009 23.85
2010 25.27
2011 27.13
2012 26.17
2013 25.98
2014 27.04
2015 27.79
2016 27.81
2017 27.82
2018 28.03
2019 27.77

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