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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Uruguay was 13.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 19.28 in 1978, while its lowest value was 8.40 in 1980.

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
1978 19.28
1979 19.15
1980 8.40
1981 17.10
1982 15.21
1983 11.58
1984 10.83
1985 10.62
1986 13.24
1987 13.29
1988 15.88
1989 14.23
1990 14.62
1991 16.35
1992 14.90
1993 14.17
1994 13.91
1995 14.35
1996 14.27
1997 13.67
1998 14.06
1999 12.03
2000 11.00
2001 11.48
2002 15.30
2003 15.56
2004 17.48
2005 18.10
2006 16.88
2007 17.25
2008 16.40
2009 18.18
2010 17.67
2011 18.02
2012 13.71
2013 15.25
2014 14.09
2015 15.90
2016 15.53
2017 13.43
2018 12.88
2019 13.98

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