Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — G7

Gross national savings in the G7 in 2025 — 22.3%. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 0.4 pp.

2025 22.3% +2.5 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 24.3%1997
Period minimum 17.6%1993

Trend over time

1971–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — G7, 1971–202516182022242619711977198319891995200120072013201920251971: 22.7%1972: 22.8%1973: 24.1%1974: 23.1%1975: 21.6%1976: 22.2%1977: 22.5%1978: 23.4%1979: 23.4%1980: 22.2%1981: 22.1%1982: 21%1983: 20%1984: 21.5%1985: 20.5%1986: 19.9%1987: 20.2%1988: 21.1%1989: 20.7%1990: 20.2%1991: 19.1%1992: 18.1%1993: 17.6%1994: 18.4%1995: 19.2%1996: 24%1997: 24.3%1998: 24%1999: 23.3%2000: 23.5%2001: 22.4%2002: 21.3%2003: 20.7%2004: 21.2%2005: 21.3%2006: 22%2007: 21.4%2008: 20%2009: 18%2010: 19.1%2011: 20%2012: 20.5%2013: 20.4%2014: 21.2%2015: 21.3%2016: 21.1%2017: 21.6%2018: 21.8%2019: 22.1%2020: 21%2021: 21.5%2022: 20.9%2023: 20.1%2024: 19.8%2025: 22.3%
Change over the period: −0.4 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp
Gross national savings — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.3 +2.5 pp
2024 19.8 −0.3 pp
2023 20.1 −0.8 pp
2022 20.9 −0.6 pp
2021 21.5 +0.5 pp
2020 21 −1.1 pp
2019 22.1 +0.2 pp
2018 21.8 +0.2 pp
2017 21.6 +0.5 pp
2016 21.1 −0.2 pp
2015 21.3 +0.1 pp
2014 21.2 +0.8 pp
2013 20.4 −0.1 pp
2012 20.5 +0.4 pp
2011 20 +0.9 pp
2010 19.1 +1.1 pp
2009 18 −2 pp
2008 20 −1.4 pp
2007 21.4 −0.6 pp
2006 22 +0.7 pp
2005 21.3 +0.1 pp
2004 21.2 +0.5 pp
2003 20.7 −0.6 pp
2002 21.3 −1.2 pp
2001 22.4 −1.1 pp
2000 23.5 +0.2 pp
1999 23.3 −0.7 pp
1998 24 −0.3 pp
1997 24.3 +0.3 pp
1996 24 +4.8 pp
1995 19.2 +0.8 pp
1994 18.4 +0.8 pp
1993 17.6 −0.5 pp
1992 18.1 −1 pp
1991 19.1 −1.2 pp
1990 20.2 −0.5 pp
1989 20.7 −0.4 pp
1988 21.1 +0.9 pp
1987 20.2 +0.4 pp
1986 19.9 −0.6 pp
1985 20.5 −1 pp
1984 21.5 +1.4 pp
1983 20 −1 pp
1982 21 −1.1 pp
1981 22.1 −0.1 pp
1980 22.2 −1.2 pp
1979 23.4 −0 pp
1978 23.4 +0.9 pp
1977 22.5 +0.3 pp
1976 22.2 +0.6 pp
1975 21.6 −1.5 pp
1974 23.1 −1 pp
1973 24.1 +1.3 pp
1972 22.8 +0.1 pp
1971 22.7

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.