Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Mercosur

Gross national savings in Mercosur in 2025 — 14.3%. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 8.4 pp.

2025 14.3% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 31.8%1989
Period minimum 12.7%2018

Trend over time

1976–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Mercosur, 1976–2025101520253035197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: 22.8%1977: 22.7%1978: 22.6%1979: 19.9%1980: 18.7%1981: 19.1%1982: 16.4%1983: 15.6%1984: 17.3%1985: 19.7%1986: 16.8%1987: 20.2%1988: 25.1%1989: 31.8%1990: 18.1%1991: 16.8%1992: 17.4%1993: 18.5%1994: 17.8%1995: 15%1996: 14.8%1997: 14.4%1998: 14.5%1999: 13.1%2000: 14%2001: 13.8%2002: 16.4%2003: 17.4%2004: 17.9%2005: 17.4%2006: 19%2007: 19.9%2008: 19.6%2009: 16.8%2010: 17.8%2011: 18.5%2012: 17.4%2013: 17.7%2014: 16.2%2015: 14.6%2016: 14%2017: 13.7%2018: 12.7%2019: 12.9%2020: 15%2021: 17.8%2022: 16.2%2023: 15.3%2024: 14.8%2025: 14.3%
Change over the period: −8.4 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp
Gross national savings — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.3 −0.4 pp
2024 14.8 −0.6 pp
2023 15.3 −0.8 pp
2022 16.2 −1.6 pp
2021 17.8 +2.7 pp
2020 15 +2.1 pp
2019 12.9 +0.1 pp
2018 12.7 −1 pp
2017 13.7 −0.2 pp
2016 14 −0.6 pp
2015 14.6 −1.6 pp
2014 16.2 −1.5 pp
2013 17.7 +0.3 pp
2012 17.4 −1.1 pp
2011 18.5 +0.7 pp
2010 17.8 +1 pp
2009 16.8 −2.8 pp
2008 19.6 −0.3 pp
2007 19.9 +0.9 pp
2006 19 +1.6 pp
2005 17.4 −0.5 pp
2004 17.9 +0.5 pp
2003 17.4 +1 pp
2002 16.4 +2.7 pp
2001 13.8 −0.3 pp
2000 14 +1 pp
1999 13.1 −1.4 pp
1998 14.5 +0.1 pp
1997 14.4 −0.4 pp
1996 14.8 −0.1 pp
1995 15 −2.8 pp
1994 17.8 −0.7 pp
1993 18.5 +1.1 pp
1992 17.4 +0.5 pp
1991 16.8 −1.3 pp
1990 18.1 −13.7 pp
1989 31.8 +6.7 pp
1988 25.1 +4.9 pp
1987 20.2 +3.4 pp
1986 16.8 −2.9 pp
1985 19.7 +2.4 pp
1984 17.3 +1.7 pp
1983 15.6 −0.7 pp
1982 16.4 −2.8 pp
1981 19.1 +0.4 pp
1980 18.7 −1.2 pp
1979 19.9 −2.7 pp
1978 22.6 −0.1 pp
1977 22.7 −0 pp
1976 22.8

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.