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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Botswana was 32.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 53.40 in 1988, while its lowest value was 20.30 in 1975.

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
1975 20.30
1976 21.70
1977 22.20
1978 22.80
1979 29.80
1980 28.70
1981 27.90
1982 26.60
1983 29.90
1984 27.90
1985 35.50
1986 39.40
1987 44.00
1988 53.40
1989 52.00
1990 42.80
1991 44.30
1992 40.30
1993 40.90
1994 31.00
1995 29.20
1996 38.90
1997 38.60
1998 39.50
1999 41.70
2000 42.00
2001 44.50
2002 36.10
2003 39.40
2004 38.40
2005 44.20
2006 48.10
2007 49.50
2008 42.50
2009 35.00
2010 37.30
2011 41.90
2012 40.30
2013 38.30
2014 42.00
2015 37.00
2016 36.80
2017 36.80
2018 34.80
2019 32.10

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