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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Switzerland was 34.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 36.93 in 2006, while its lowest value was 29.70 in 2008.

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 31.38
1978 31.88
1979 31.39
1980 31.62
1981 32.31
1982 31.38
1983 30.63
1984 32.46
1985 32.87
1986 32.46
1987 32.11
1988 33.57
1989 33.73
1990 33.68
1991 31.82
1992 29.84
1993 30.33
1994 30.51
1995 30.60
1996 29.85
1997 30.92
1998 31.53
1999 31.46
2000 34.24
2001 31.91
2002 30.52
2003 33.14
2004 33.61
2005 34.72
2006 36.93
2007 34.73
2008 29.70
2009 33.55
2010 36.87
2011 34.75
2012 34.98
2013 34.29
2014 32.67
2015 34.41
2016 33.34
2017 31.18
2018 33.81
2019 34.57

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