Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Papua New Guinea

Gross national savings in Papua New Guinea in 2004 — 30.4%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 136. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 9.8 pp.

2004 30.4% −0 pp vs 2003
World rank 29of 136
Period maximum 35.1%1995
Period minimum 11%1989

Trend over time

1976–2004 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Papua New Guinea, 1976–200401020304019761979198219851988199119941997200020031976: 20.6%1977: 30%1978: 26.8%1979: 28.4%1980: 19.2%1981: 11.4%1982: 11.8%1983: 14.3%1984: 17.9%1985: 12.3%1986: 15.4%1987: 13.5%1988: 18.3%1989: 11%1990: 17.1%1991: 21.1%1992: 20.7%1993: 25.5%1994: 28.1%1995: 35.1%1996: 26.2%1997: 14.8%1998: 18.4%1999: 18.9%2000: 32.5%2001: 28.3%2002: 22.9%2003: 30.5%2004: 30.4%
Change over the period: +9.8 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2004

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 30.4%
World 26.6%
Melanesia computed 24.7%
Gross national savings — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2004 30.4 −0 pp
2003 30.5 +7.5 pp
2002 22.9 −5.4 pp
2001 28.3 −4.1 pp
2000 32.5 +13.6 pp
1999 18.9 +0.5 pp
1998 18.4 +3.6 pp
1997 14.8 −11.4 pp
1996 26.2 −8.9 pp
1995 35.1 +7.1 pp
1994 28.1 +2.6 pp
1993 25.5 +4.7 pp
1992 20.7 −0.4 pp
1991 21.1 +4 pp
1990 17.1 +6.1 pp
1989 11 −7.3 pp
1988 18.3 +4.8 pp
1987 13.5 −1.9 pp
1986 15.4 +3.1 pp
1985 12.3 −5.5 pp
1984 17.9 +3.6 pp
1983 14.3 +2.5 pp
1982 11.8 +0.3 pp
1981 11.4 −7.8 pp
1980 19.2 −9.2 pp
1979 28.4 +1.6 pp
1978 26.8 −3.2 pp
1977 30 +9.4 pp
1976 20.6

Melanesia, 2004

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.