Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — G20

Gross national savings in the G20 in 2025 — 24.6%. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 1.7 pp.

2025 24.6% −1.8 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 28.2%2021
Period minimum 19.3%1993

Trend over time

1976–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — G20, 1976–202517.52022.52527.530197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: 22.9%1977: 23%1978: 23.5%1979: 23.6%1980: 22.9%1981: 22.8%1982: 21.6%1983: 20.7%1984: 22%1985: 21.4%1986: 20.5%1987: 20.9%1988: 22%1989: 22%1990: 21%1991: 20%1992: 19.4%1993: 19.3%1994: 20.5%1995: 21.1%1996: 24.5%1997: 24.6%1998: 24.2%1999: 23.7%2000: 24%2001: 23.2%2002: 22.6%2003: 22.4%2004: 23.4%2005: 23.7%2006: 24.8%2007: 25%2008: 24.6%2009: 22.9%2010: 24.6%2011: 25.6%2012: 26.1%2013: 26%2014: 26.7%2015: 26.7%2016: 26.2%2017: 26.9%2018: 27.3%2019: 27.2%2020: 26.9%2021: 28.2%2022: 28.1%2023: 26.6%2024: 26.3%2025: 24.6%
Change over the period: +1.7 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp
Gross national savings — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.6 −1.8 pp
2024 26.3 −0.3 pp
2023 26.6 −1.5 pp
2022 28.1 −0.1 pp
2021 28.2 +1.4 pp
2020 26.9 −0.4 pp
2019 27.2 −0.1 pp
2018 27.3 +0.4 pp
2017 26.9 +0.7 pp
2016 26.2 −0.4 pp
2015 26.7 −0 pp
2014 26.7 +0.6 pp
2013 26 −0.1 pp
2012 26.1 +0.5 pp
2011 25.6 +1 pp
2010 24.6 +1.7 pp
2009 22.9 −1.6 pp
2008 24.6 −0.4 pp
2007 25 +0.2 pp
2006 24.8 +1.1 pp
2005 23.7 +0.3 pp
2004 23.4 +1 pp
2003 22.4 −0.2 pp
2002 22.6 −0.6 pp
2001 23.2 −0.8 pp
2000 24 +0.4 pp
1999 23.7 −0.6 pp
1998 24.2 −0.4 pp
1997 24.6 +0.2 pp
1996 24.5 +3.3 pp
1995 21.1 +0.7 pp
1994 20.5 +1.1 pp
1993 19.3 −0 pp
1992 19.4 −0.7 pp
1991 20 −1 pp
1990 21 −1 pp
1989 22 +0 pp
1988 22 +1 pp
1987 20.9 +0.5 pp
1986 20.5 −0.9 pp
1985 21.4 −0.6 pp
1984 22 +1.2 pp
1983 20.7 −0.9 pp
1982 21.6 −1.2 pp
1981 22.8 −0.1 pp
1980 22.9 −0.7 pp
1979 23.6 +0.1 pp
1978 23.5 +0.5 pp
1977 23 +0.1 pp
1976 22.9

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.