Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Mauritius

Gross national savings in Mauritius in 2024 — 21.1%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 146. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 5.6 pp.

2024 21.1% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 81of 146
Period maximum 30%1992
Period minimum 11.6%1980

Trend over time

1976–2024 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Mauritius, 1976–2024101520253035197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 26.8%1977: 21.6%1978: 20.2%1979: 20.3%1980: 11.6%1981: 13.5%1982: 15.5%1983: 16.8%1984: 18.2%1985: 21.8%1986: 29.3%1987: 30%1988: 29.3%1989: 27.4%1990: 26.8%1991: 28.5%1992: 30%1993: 28.7%1994: 26.2%1995: 26.2%1996: 26.6%1997: 28.1%1998: 27.6%1999: 26.6%2000: 27.8%2001: 29.6%2002: 28.6%2003: 26.9%2004: 24.1%2005: 19.4%2006: 20.3%2007: 24.7%2008: 18.6%2009: 14.6%2010: 15.2%2011: 13.6%2012: 18.4%2013: 16.8%2014: 15.2%2015: 16.2%2016: 16.6%2017: 18.3%2018: 17.4%2019: 16%2020: 13.4%2021: 12.1%2022: 17.1%2023: 20.7%2024: 21.1%
Change over the period: −5.6 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 21.1%
World 26.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 17.6%
Eastern Africa computed 20.5%
Gross national savings — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.1 +0.4 pp
2023 20.7 +3.6 pp
2022 17.1 +5 pp
2021 12.1 −1.2 pp
2020 13.4 −2.6 pp
2019 16 −1.4 pp
2018 17.4 −0.9 pp
2017 18.3 +1.7 pp
2016 16.6 +0.4 pp
2015 16.2 +1 pp
2014 15.2 −1.6 pp
2013 16.8 −1.6 pp
2012 18.4 +4.8 pp
2011 13.6 −1.6 pp
2010 15.2 +0.6 pp
2009 14.6 −4 pp
2008 18.6 −6.1 pp
2007 24.7 +4.4 pp
2006 20.3 +0.9 pp
2005 19.4 −4.8 pp
2004 24.1 −2.8 pp
2003 26.9 −1.6 pp
2002 28.6 −1.1 pp
2001 29.6 +1.8 pp
2000 27.8 +1.2 pp
1999 26.6 −1 pp
1998 27.6 −0.5 pp
1997 28.1 +1.5 pp
1996 26.6 +0.4 pp
1995 26.2 −0.1 pp
1994 26.2 −2.4 pp
1993 28.7 −1.3 pp
1992 30 +1.5 pp
1991 28.5 +1.7 pp
1990 26.8 −0.5 pp
1989 27.4 −2 pp
1988 29.3 −0.7 pp
1987 30 +0.7 pp
1986 29.3 +7.5 pp
1985 21.8 +3.6 pp
1984 18.2 +1.4 pp
1983 16.8 +1.3 pp
1982 15.5 +2 pp
1981 13.5 +1.9 pp
1980 11.6 −8.7 pp
1979 20.3 +0 pp
1978 20.2 −1.4 pp
1977 21.6 −5.1 pp
1976 26.8

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.