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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Mauritania was 33.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 44.90 in 1994, while its lowest value was -9.46 in 1982.

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 5.62
1976 -5.76
1977 -8.75
1978 1.41
1979 -4.74
1980 -1.07
1981 2.60
1982 -9.46
1983 -5.76
1984 0.73
1985 13.17
1986 9.30
1987 11.48
1988 16.54
1989 14.39
1990 6.86
1991 17.70
1992 15.40
1993 7.82
1994 44.90
1995 17.10
1996 18.30
1997 10.70
1998 17.60
2012 37.80
2013 36.50
2014 23.80
2015 22.10
2016 28.50
2017 31.00
2018 29.30
2019 33.90

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