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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Korea was 34.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 41.74 in 1988, while its lowest value was 24.86 in 1981.

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
1976 25.66
1977 28.63
1978 31.50
1979 30.71
1980 25.33
1981 24.86
1982 26.67
1983 30.40
1984 32.56
1985 32.76
1986 36.20
1987 39.65
1988 41.74
1989 38.83
1990 39.07
1991 39.08
1992 38.18
1993 38.25
1994 37.99
1995 37.82
1996 36.09
1997 36.11
1998 38.22
1999 35.77
2000 34.12
2001 32.16
2002 31.57
2003 33.10
2004 35.52
2005 34.01
2006 32.99
2007 33.54
2008 33.31
2009 33.33
2010 34.99
2011 34.46
2012 34.31
2013 34.63
2014 34.82
2015 36.24
2016 36.65
2017 36.86
2018 35.71
2019 34.49

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