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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Lesotho was 21.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 32.82 in 2008, while its lowest value was 6.33 in 1975.

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
1975 6.33
1976 6.51
1977 13.59
1978 23.16
1979 18.81
1980 30.78
1981 22.79
2007 31.36
2008 32.82
2009 25.65
2010 21.82
2011 19.23
2012 19.32
2013 26.14
2014 29.86
2015 26.22
2016 17.23
2017 18.81
2018 21.91
2019 21.83

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