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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Maldives was 20.38 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 5 years was 29.36 in 2014, while its lowest value was 17.13 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.

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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

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts