Arab World - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Arab World was 27.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 52.94 in 1976, while its lowest value was 9.04 in 1991.

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
1976 52.94
1977 38.17
1978 32.34
1979 37.09
1980 45.08
1981 41.92
1982 31.28
1983 27.66
1984 25.32
1985 22.42
1986 19.74
1987 20.75
1988 20.80
1989 20.63
1991 9.04
1992 20.56
1993 19.88
1994 19.25
1995 20.64
1996 22.26
1997 22.20
1998 18.70
1999 22.73
2000 26.62
2001 25.60
2002 25.05
2003 28.75
2004 32.55
2005 39.39
2006 40.86
2007 40.97
2008 45.77
2009 30.73
2010 36.28
2011 42.24
2012 40.53
2013 36.98
2014 33.55
2015 23.43
2016 22.66
2017 26.33
2018 29.36
2019 27.54

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