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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Ghana was 25.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 25.55 in 2019, while its lowest value was 4.01 in 2011.

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 14.55
1976 8.83
1977 11.52
1978 5.42
1979 8.28
1980 6.35
1981 5.72
1982 5.57
1983 4.30
1984 6.82
1985 8.18
1986 7.09
1987 7.78
1988 10.22
1989 11.67
1990 10.74
1991 12.09
1992 7.05
1993 13.09
1994 19.48
1995 18.00
1996 18.48
1997 10.62
1998 18.41
1999 9.56
2000 15.73
2001 21.53
2002 19.16
2003 21.62
2004 23.39
2005 19.44
2006 17.90
2007 6.78
2008 4.36
2009 11.08
2010 4.95
2011 4.01
2012 5.55
2013 17.85
2014 18.34
2015 19.77
2016 17.81
2017 23.05
2018 21.37
2019 25.55

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