Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — OECD

Gross national savings in the OECD in 2025 — 23.7%. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 1.7 pp.

2025 23.7% +1.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 24%1978
Period minimum 19.2%1993

Trend over time

1975–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — OECD, 1975–20251820222426197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 22.1%1976: 22.8%1977: 23.3%1978: 24%1979: 24%1980: 22.9%1981: 22.7%1982: 21.8%1983: 21.2%1984: 22.5%1985: 22%1986: 21.5%1987: 21.7%1988: 22.6%1989: 22.2%1990: 21.5%1991: 20.6%1992: 19.4%1993: 19.2%1994: 20%1995: 21%1996: 22.9%1997: 23.6%1998: 23.8%1999: 23.1%2000: 23.3%2001: 22.6%2002: 21.7%2003: 21.3%2004: 21.9%2005: 22.2%2006: 23%2007: 22.5%2008: 20.9%2009: 19.2%2010: 20.2%2011: 20.8%2012: 21.3%2013: 21.4%2014: 22.1%2015: 22.5%2016: 22.2%2017: 22.7%2018: 23%2019: 23.2%2020: 22.4%2021: 23.4%2022: 23%2023: 22.4%2024: 22.3%2025: 23.7%
Change over the period: +1.7 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp
Gross national savings — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.7 +1.4 pp
2024 22.3 −0.1 pp
2023 22.4 −0.6 pp
2022 23 −0.3 pp
2021 23.4 +1 pp
2020 22.4 −0.8 pp
2019 23.2 +0.2 pp
2018 23 +0.3 pp
2017 22.7 +0.5 pp
2016 22.2 −0.3 pp
2015 22.5 +0.4 pp
2014 22.1 +0.7 pp
2013 21.4 +0.1 pp
2012 21.3 +0.5 pp
2011 20.8 +0.6 pp
2010 20.2 +1 pp
2009 19.2 −1.7 pp
2008 20.9 −1.6 pp
2007 22.5 −0.5 pp
2006 23 +0.8 pp
2005 22.2 +0.3 pp
2004 21.9 +0.6 pp
2003 21.3 −0.5 pp
2002 21.7 −0.8 pp
2001 22.6 −0.7 pp
2000 23.3 +0.1 pp
1999 23.1 −0.7 pp
1998 23.8 +0.2 pp
1997 23.6 +0.7 pp
1996 22.9 +1.9 pp
1995 21 +1 pp
1994 20 +0.8 pp
1993 19.2 −0.2 pp
1992 19.4 −1.2 pp
1991 20.6 −1 pp
1990 21.5 −0.7 pp
1989 22.2 −0.4 pp
1988 22.6 +0.9 pp
1987 21.7 +0.2 pp
1986 21.5 −0.5 pp
1985 22 −0.5 pp
1984 22.5 +1.3 pp
1983 21.2 −0.6 pp
1982 21.8 −1 pp
1981 22.7 −0.1 pp
1980 22.9 −1.1 pp
1979 24 −0 pp
1978 24 +0.8 pp
1977 23.3 +0.5 pp
1976 22.8 +0.7 pp
1975 22.1

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.