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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Uganda was 22.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 25.73 in 2014, while its lowest value was 3.10 in 1987.

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
1982 3.72
1983 5.11
1984 7.46
1985 5.75
1986 5.18
1987 3.10
1988 4.32
1989 5.66
1990 4.62
1991 7.52
1992 13.50
1993 16.26
1994 19.16
1995 15.19
1996 22.00
1997 24.29
1998 18.89
1999 17.62
2000 14.61
2001 15.03
2002 16.98
2003 18.18
2004 21.53
2005 21.48
2006 17.97
2007 17.13
2008 22.79
2009 17.99
2010 19.01
2011 16.85
2012 18.94
2013 22.98
2014 25.73
2015 16.91
2016 24.30
2017 24.16
2018 21.97
2019 22.83

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