Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — BRICS

Gross national savings in BRICS in 2025 — 28.1%. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 7.2 pp.

2025 28.1% −9.7 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 39.7%2022
Period minimum 20.9%1982

Trend over time

1982–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — BRICS, 1982–2025202530354019821987199219972002200720122017202220251982: 20.9%1983: 21.8%1984: 23.4%1985: 24.9%1986: 23.2%1987: 24.7%1988: 26.2%1989: 29%1990: 24.2%1991: 25.7%1992: 27.5%1993: 28.7%1994: 28.9%1995: 26.7%1996: 26.7%1997: 26.4%1998: 25.5%1999: 26.5%2000: 28.1%2001: 28.9%2002: 30.4%2003: 32.1%2004: 34.4%2005: 34.5%2006: 35.9%2007: 37.3%2008: 38.3%2009: 37%2010: 38.1%2011: 37.5%2012: 37.6%2013: 37.1%2014: 37.6%2015: 37.7%2016: 36.7%2017: 36.8%2018: 37.3%2019: 36.6%2020: 37.4%2021: 39.2%2022: 39.7%2023: 37.7%2024: 37.8%2025: 28.1%
Change over the period: +7.2 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp
Gross national savings — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.1 −9.7 pp
2024 37.8 +0.1 pp
2023 37.7 −2 pp
2022 39.7 +0.5 pp
2021 39.2 +1.7 pp
2020 37.4 +0.9 pp
2019 36.6 −0.7 pp
2018 37.3 +0.4 pp
2017 36.8 +0.1 pp
2016 36.7 −1 pp
2015 37.7 +0.1 pp
2014 37.6 +0.5 pp
2013 37.1 −0.5 pp
2012 37.6 +0.1 pp
2011 37.5 −0.6 pp
2010 38.1 +1.1 pp
2009 37 −1.3 pp
2008 38.3 +1 pp
2007 37.3 +1.4 pp
2006 35.9 +1.4 pp
2005 34.5 +0.1 pp
2004 34.4 +2.3 pp
2003 32.1 +1.8 pp
2002 30.4 +1.4 pp
2001 28.9 +0.9 pp
2000 28.1 +1.5 pp
1999 26.5 +1 pp
1998 25.5 −0.8 pp
1997 26.4 −0.3 pp
1996 26.7 −0 pp
1995 26.7 −2.2 pp
1994 28.9 +0.2 pp
1993 28.7 +1.2 pp
1992 27.5 +1.8 pp
1991 25.7 +1.5 pp
1990 24.2 −4.8 pp
1989 29 +2.7 pp
1988 26.2 +1.5 pp
1987 24.7 +1.5 pp
1986 23.2 −1.7 pp
1985 24.9 +1.4 pp
1984 23.4 +1.6 pp
1983 21.8 +0.9 pp
1982 20.9

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.