IDA blend - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in IDA blend was 19.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 70.17 in 1981, while its lowest value was 16.37 in 2016.

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
1981 70.17
1982 65.96
1983 55.57
1984 43.21
1985 35.56
1986 36.38
1987 34.43
1988 30.67
1989 35.29
1990 36.38
1991 34.55
1992 31.07
1993 25.77
1994 27.82
1995 27.32
1996 25.03
1997 26.25
1998 24.19
1999 29.43
2000 32.94
2001 26.27
2002 25.09
2003 24.56
2004 26.76
2005 29.54
2006 36.59
2007 23.92
2008 26.19
2009 21.50
2010 22.21
2011 22.59
2012 26.42
2013 18.52
2014 21.42
2015 17.48
2016 16.37
2017 16.85
2018 17.42
2019 19.64

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