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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Congo was 24.40 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 60.80 in 2012, while its lowest value was -3.97 in 1995.

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
1978 8.67
1979 19.42
1980 28.90
1981 26.50
1982 41.90
1983 39.40
1984 43.00
1985 26.60
1986 18.00
1987 24.60
1988 6.21
1989 17.20
1990 38.30
1991 21.00
1992 37.10
1993 26.20
1994 33.70
1995 -3.97
1996 -0.37
1997 13.00
1998 7.94
1999 25.30
2000 51.20
2001 31.30
2002 32.70
2003 41.70
2004 25.10
2005 43.40
2006 45.50
2007 39.80
2008 49.60
2009 43.60
2010 58.10
2011 55.70
2012 60.80
2013 59.20
2014 56.20
2015 39.40
2016 24.40

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