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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Zimbabwe was -2.42 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 21.21 in 1993, while its lowest value was -16.15 in 2012.

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 16.59
1978 10.59
1979 7.11
1980 10.76
1981 11.19
1982 9.18
1983 6.30
1984 16.48
1985 16.72
1986 18.86
1987 15.88
1988 20.43
1989 15.29
1990 16.13
1991 13.96
1992 11.49
1993 21.21
1994 18.90
2009 -11.39
2010 -5.09
2011 -2.87
2012 -16.15
2013 -5.48
2014 -3.35
2015 -9.11
2016 -1.33
2017 -2.42

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