Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Bahrain

Gross national savings in Bahrain in 2024 — 33.4%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 146. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 23.6 pp.

2024 33.4% −1.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 23of 146
Period maximum 60%1981
Period minimum 18.2%2001

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Bahrain, 1980–2024020406019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 57%1981: 60%1982: 56.2%1983: 55.1%1984: 49.3%1985: 42.2%1986: 32.1%1987: 33.9%1988: 39.4%1989: 33%1990: 43.9%1991: 25.7%1992: 22.6%1993: 22.2%1994: 26.6%1995: 28.4%1996: 28.4%1997: 27%1998: 19.8%1999: 18.5%2000: 25.7%2001: 18.2%2002: 22.8%2003: 25.5%2004: 24.1%2005: 36%2006: 42.2%2007: 48.1%2008: 43.7%2009: 28.6%2010: 31.5%2011: 26.8%2012: 36.4%2013: 33.3%2014: 31.3%2015: 23.8%2016: 23.9%2017: 29.6%2018: 29.4%2019: 33.7%2020: 28.2%2021: 34.5%2022: 39.3%2023: 35.1%2024: 33.4%
Change over the period: −23.6 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahrain

Bahrain 33.4%
World 26.1%
Western Asia computed 29.9%
Gross national savings — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 33.4 −1.7 pp
2023 35.1 −4.2 pp
2022 39.3 +4.8 pp
2021 34.5 +6.2 pp
2020 28.2 −5.4 pp
2019 33.7 +4.3 pp
2018 29.4 −0.2 pp
2017 29.6 +5.8 pp
2016 23.9 +0.1 pp
2015 23.8 −7.5 pp
2014 31.3 −2 pp
2013 33.3 −3.1 pp
2012 36.4 +9.6 pp
2011 26.8 −4.7 pp
2010 31.5 +2.9 pp
2009 28.6 −15.1 pp
2008 43.7 −4.4 pp
2007 48.1 +5.9 pp
2006 42.2 +6.2 pp
2005 36 +11.9 pp
2004 24.1 −1.4 pp
2003 25.5 +2.7 pp
2002 22.8 +4.6 pp
2001 18.2 −7.5 pp
2000 25.7 +7.2 pp
1999 18.5 −1.3 pp
1998 19.8 −7.1 pp
1997 27 −1.4 pp
1996 28.4 −0 pp
1995 28.4 +1.8 pp
1994 26.6 +4.4 pp
1993 22.2 −0.5 pp
1992 22.6 −3.1 pp
1991 25.7 −18.2 pp
1990 43.9 +10.9 pp
1989 33 −6.4 pp
1988 39.4 +5.4 pp
1987 33.9 +1.8 pp
1986 32.1 −10.1 pp
1985 42.2 −7.1 pp
1984 49.3 −5.8 pp
1983 55.1 −1 pp
1982 56.2 −3.8 pp
1981 60 +3 pp
1980 57

About the indicator

Gross national savings as a percent of GDP — what is left of national income after all consumption, private and public. Savings and capital formation differ by the balance of external transactions: a country that saves more than it invests at home exports capital, and one that invests more than it saves imports it. Hence the stable link with the current account balance, which is exactly what this indicator makes visible.

Important: The difference between savings and capital formation is approximately equal to the current account balance — that is an identity of the national accounts, not a coincidence.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.