Zimbabwe - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Zimbabwe was -2.42 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 21.21 in 1993, while its lowest value was -16.15 in 2012.
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 |
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1977 | 16.59 |
1978 | 10.59 |
1979 | 7.11 |
1980 | 10.76 |
1981 | 11.19 |
1982 | 9.18 |
1983 | 6.30 |
1984 | 16.48 |
1985 | 16.72 |
1986 | 18.86 |
1987 | 15.88 |
1988 | 20.43 |
1989 | 15.29 |
1990 | 16.13 |
1991 | 13.96 |
1992 | 11.49 |
1993 | 21.21 |
1994 | 18.90 |
2009 | -11.39 |
2010 | -5.09 |
2011 | -2.87 |
2012 | -16.15 |
2013 | -5.48 |
2014 | -3.35 |
2015 | -9.11 |
2016 | -1.33 |
2017 | -2.42 |
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