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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Malaysia was 25.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 42.13 in 1998, while its lowest value was 20.96 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
1974 25.05
1975 20.96
1976 29.22
1977 28.37
1978 28.89
1979 34.91
1980 30.41
1981 26.16
1982 25.08
1983 28.13
1984 30.72
1985 27.59
1986 27.45
1987 33.08
1988 33.50
1989 32.50
1990 31.73
1991 30.83
1992 33.48
1993 36.46
1994 36.87
1995 35.55
1996 38.85
1997 39.12
1998 42.13
1999 41.16
2000 39.09
2001 34.78
2002 35.03
2003 36.84
2004 37.04
2005 38.51
2006 39.95
2007 39.60
2008 39.71
2009 34.04
2010 34.57
2011 34.91
2012 32.10
2013 30.43
2014 30.37
2015 29.20
2016 29.19
2017 29.16
2018 26.98
2019 25.08

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