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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Portugal was 19.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 29.49 in 1989, while its lowest value was 10.96 in 2010.

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 16.20
1976 18.16
1977 21.23
1978 26.36
1979 29.10
1980 27.95
1981 23.94
1982 22.66
1983 22.00
1984 20.69
1985 23.33
1986 27.18
1987 29.23
1988 29.25
1989 29.49
1990 28.02
1991 25.20
1992 25.14
1993 22.61
1994 21.59
1995 24.44
1996 21.36
1997 21.66
1998 22.22
1999 20.36
2000 18.25
2001 18.44
2002 17.64
2003 16.58
2004 15.73
2005 13.88
2006 13.16
2007 13.83
2008 11.82
2009 11.40
2010 10.96
2011 13.55
2012 14.13
2013 15.83
2014 15.28
2015 16.08
2016 16.73
2017 18.47
2018 18.80
2019 19.34

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