Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Euro area

Gross national savings in the Euro area in 2025 — 24%. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2025 24% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 26%2021
Period minimum 20.8%1982

Trend over time

1975–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Euro area, 1975–202520222426197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 23.7%1976: 24%1977: 23.8%1978: 24.2%1979: 24%1980: 22.9%1981: 21.2%1982: 20.8%1983: 21%1984: 21.5%1985: 21.7%1986: 22.6%1987: 22.2%1988: 23.3%1989: 23.6%1990: 23.7%1993: 21%1994: 21.3%1995: 22.7%1996: 22.5%1997: 23.3%1998: 23.4%1999: 22.9%2000: 22.8%2001: 22.8%2002: 22.5%2003: 21.9%2004: 22.9%2005: 22.8%2006: 23.7%2007: 24.4%2008: 23.2%2009: 21%2010: 21.6%2011: 22.5%2012: 22.1%2013: 22.3%2014: 22.9%2015: 23.3%2016: 24%2017: 24.3%2018: 24.9%2019: 25.2%2020: 24%2021: 26%2022: 24.5%2023: 24.7%2024: 24.4%2025: 24%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp
Gross national savings — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24 −0.4 pp
2024 24.4 −0.3 pp
2023 24.7 +0.3 pp
2022 24.5 −1.5 pp
2021 26 +2 pp
2020 24 −1.2 pp
2019 25.2 +0.3 pp
2018 24.9 +0.6 pp
2017 24.3 +0.4 pp
2016 24 +0.6 pp
2015 23.3 +0.4 pp
2014 22.9 +0.6 pp
2013 22.3 +0.2 pp
2012 22.1 −0.4 pp
2011 22.5 +0.8 pp
2010 21.6 +0.6 pp
2009 21 −2.2 pp
2008 23.2 −1.2 pp
2007 24.4 +0.7 pp
2006 23.7 +0.9 pp
2005 22.8 −0 pp
2004 22.9 +0.9 pp
2003 21.9 −0.5 pp
2002 22.5 −0.3 pp
2001 22.8 +0 pp
2000 22.8 −0.2 pp
1999 22.9 −0.5 pp
1998 23.4 +0.1 pp
1997 23.3 +0.7 pp
1996 22.5 −0.2 pp
1995 22.7 +1.4 pp
1994 21.3 +0.2 pp
1993 21
1990 23.7 +0.1 pp
1989 23.6 +0.3 pp
1988 23.3 +1 pp
1987 22.2 −0.4 pp
1986 22.6 +1 pp
1985 21.7 +0.1 pp
1984 21.5 +0.6 pp
1983 21 +0.1 pp
1982 20.8 −0.3 pp
1981 21.2 −1.8 pp
1980 22.9 −1.1 pp
1979 24 −0.2 pp
1978 24.2 +0.4 pp
1977 23.8 −0.3 pp
1976 24 +0.3 pp
1975 23.7

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.