Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Gabon

Gross national savings in Gabon in 2015 — 38.4%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 166. Since 1978, the indicator has fallen by 0.2 pp.

2015 38.4% −4 pp vs 2014
World rank 13of 166
Period maximum 48.8%1981
Period minimum 12.7%1987

Trend over time

1978–2015 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Gabon, 1978–2015020406019781982198619901994199820022006201020141978: 38.6%1979: 38.2%1980: 47.8%1981: 48.8%1982: 46.7%1983: 41.6%1984: 43.7%1985: 37.1%1986: 15.3%1987: 12.7%1988: 21.4%1989: 22.3%1990: 24.3%1991: 28.8%1992: 19.3%1993: 17.5%1994: 29.1%1995: 32.7%1996: 35.6%1997: 41.4%1998: 25.2%1999: 32.3%2000: 41.7%2001: 33.8%2002: 34.7%2003: 32.7%2004: 32.1%2005: 44.6%2007: 40.1%2008: 44.4%2009: 34.5%2010: 41.2%2011: 43.8%2012: 43.9%2013: 40.3%2014: 42.4%2015: 38.4%
Change over the period: −0.2 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2015

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

Gabon 38.4%
World 26.3%
Middle Africa computed 22.2%
Gross national savings — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 38.4 −4 pp
2014 42.4 +2.1 pp
2013 40.3 −3.6 pp
2012 43.9 +0.1 pp
2011 43.8 +2.6 pp
2010 41.2 +6.7 pp
2009 34.5 −9.9 pp
2008 44.4 +4.3 pp
2007 40.1
2005 44.6 +12.5 pp
2004 32.1 −0.6 pp
2003 32.7 −2 pp
2002 34.7 +0.9 pp
2001 33.8 −7.8 pp
2000 41.7 +9.3 pp
1999 32.3 +7.1 pp
1998 25.2 −16.2 pp
1997 41.4 +5.9 pp
1996 35.6 +2.9 pp
1995 32.7 +3.5 pp
1994 29.1 +11.7 pp
1993 17.5 −1.9 pp
1992 19.3 −9.5 pp
1991 28.8 +4.5 pp
1990 24.3 +2 pp
1989 22.3 +0.9 pp
1988 21.4 +8.7 pp
1987 12.7 −2.6 pp
1986 15.3 −21.8 pp
1985 37.1 −6.6 pp
1984 43.7 +2.1 pp
1983 41.6 −5 pp
1982 46.7 −2.2 pp
1981 48.8 +1 pp
1980 47.8 +9.7 pp
1979 38.2 −0.4 pp
1978 38.6

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.