Sierra Leone - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Sierra Leone was -4.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 21.22 in 2010, while its lowest value was -15.47 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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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1977 | 11.37 |
| 1978 | 19.80 |
| 1979 | 17.27 |
| 1980 | 3.00 |
| 1981 | 3.86 |
| 1982 | 5.35 |
| 1983 | 3.93 |
| 1984 | 11.53 |
| 1985 | -0.73 |
| 1986 | 8.46 |
| 1987 | 16.21 |
| 1988 | 16.54 |
| 1989 | 10.71 |
| 1990 | 4.49 |
| 1991 | 7.23 |
| 1992 | -3.21 |
| 1993 | -0.05 |
| 1994 | 5.93 |
| 1995 | -3.53 |
| 1996 | 2.04 |
| 1997 | -3.46 |
| 1998 | 2.63 |
| 1999 | 0.75 |
| 2000 | -9.80 |
| 2001 | -0.52 |
| 2002 | 2.53 |
| 2003 | 3.86 |
| 2004 | 4.99 |
| 2005 | 7.12 |
| 2006 | 5.62 |
| 2007 | 10.97 |
| 2008 | 9.83 |
| 2009 | 7.20 |
| 2010 | 21.22 |
| 2011 | 0.97 |
| 2012 | 9.15 |
| 2013 | -12.95 |
| 2014 | 15.49 |
| 2015 | -1.49 |
| 2016 | -15.47 |
| 2017 | -2.35 |
| 2018 | -11.56 |
| 2019 | -4.28 |
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
