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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Gabon was 41.85 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 53.37 in 1981, while its lowest value was 13.69 in 1987.

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 42.63
1979 43.35
1980 53.09
1981 53.37
1982 51.07
1983 45.60
1984 46.61
1985 40.05
1986 16.49
1987 13.69
1988 23.08
1989 23.62
1990 27.05
1991 32.07
1992 22.22
1993 20.42
1994 33.07
1995 37.75
1996 41.06
1997 47.89
1998 28.52
1999 36.80
2000 49.22
2001 38.69
2002 38.19
2003 36.76
2004 37.95
2005 49.58
2007 46.96
2008 51.56
2009 38.90
2010 47.38
2011 50.72
2012 48.76
2013 44.63
2014 44.71
2015 41.85

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