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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Cameroon was 17.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 25.70 in 1984, while its lowest value was 5.31 in 1977.

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 5.31
1978 20.00
1979 16.50
1980 6.27
1981 10.60
1982 24.90
1983 22.70
1984 25.70
1985 24.10
1986 24.10
1987 19.10
1988 19.80
1989 18.10
1990 16.90
1991 16.50
1992 11.70
1993 14.00
1994 17.80
1995 19.40
1996 16.90
1997 16.80
1998 19.20
1999 17.80
2000 17.20
2001 15.50
2002 15.10
2003 15.70
2004 20.00
2005 19.30
2006 20.90
2007 20.30
2008 21.30
2009 19.40
2010 18.20
2011 19.10
2012 18.30
2013 18.00
2014 19.20
2015 16.90
2016 17.50
2017 18.60
2018 18.00
2019 17.90

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