Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) - Country Ranking - Middle East

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Qatar 46.16 2019
2 Uzbekistan 39.51 2019
3 Iran 37.70 2000
4 Kuwait 36.06 2018
5 Saudi Arabia 33.25 2019
6 Bahrain 31.64 2018
7 Syrian Arab Republic 29.44 2007
8 Turkey 26.49 2019
9 Israel 24.87 2019
10 Kyrgyz Republic 22.00 2019
11 Tajikistan 21.28 2017
12 Oman 16.04 2019
13 Jordan 15.82 2019
14 Iraq 13.40 2019
15 Pakistan 12.57 2019
16 Lebanon -3.15 2019

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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