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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Malawi was 11.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 22.40 in 1978, while its lowest value was 1.27 in 1997.

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 20.70
1978 22.40
1979 12.00
1980 8.51
1981 10.60
1982 14.10
1983 13.40
1984 13.90
1985 12.00
1986 9.30
1987 14.50
1988 18.50
1989 17.20
1990 16.80
1991 17.70
1992 5.16
1993 4.69
1994 5.67
1995 7.77
1996 6.72
1997 1.27
1998 13.10
1999 4.42
2000 9.72
2001 10.30
2002 5.53
2003 5.31
2004 4.64
2005 2.32
2006 7.57
2007 20.10
2008 14.40
2009 19.60
2010 18.70
2011 10.40
2012 2.22
2013 14.30
2014 13.10
2015 7.67
2016 3.63
2017 8.43
2018 9.28
2019 11.20

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