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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Japan was 26.90 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 31.90 in 1996, while its lowest value was 22.90 in 2012.

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
1996 31.90
1997 31.70
1998 30.90
1999 29.30
2000 29.50
2001 28.10
2002 26.90
2003 27.10
2004 27.60
2005 27.70
2006 27.80
2007 28.30
2008 26.70
2009 23.50
2010 24.50
2011 23.50
2012 22.90
2013 23.30
2014 23.80
2015 26.10
2016 26.50
2017 27.10
2018 26.90

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