Cabo Verde - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Cabo Verde was 35.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 38.32 in 2008, while its lowest value was 27.28 in 2014.

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
2007 38.21
2008 38.32
2009 34.30
2010 36.19
2011 35.41
2012 29.58
2013 29.66
2014 27.28
2015 29.24
2016 34.02
2017 31.64
2018 35.19
2019 35.76

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