Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Republic of the Congo

Gross national savings in the Republic of the Congo in 2021 — 31.7%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 159. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 23.5 pp.

2021 31.7% −4.6 pp vs 2020
World rank 29of 159
Period maximum 57.9%2013
Period minimum -2.3%1995

Trend over time

1978–2021 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Republic of the Congo, 1978–2021-20020406019781983198819931998200320082013201820211978: 8.1%1979: 17.9%1980: 26.1%1981: 25%1982: 39.3%1983: 36.1%1984: 40.5%1985: 24.9%1986: 18.3%1987: 25%1988: 5.4%1989: 14.6%1990: 31.8%1991: 17.6%1992: 32.3%1993: 21.2%1994: 28.8%1995: -2.3%1996: -0.2%1997: 9.3%1998: 6%1999: 17.7%2000: 36.2%2001: 22%2002: 23.5%2003: 30.7%2004: 17%2005: 32.7%2006: 42%2007: 33.3%2008: 43.5%2009: 40.2%2010: 54%2011: 50.1%2012: 57.5%2013: 57.9%2014: 56.6%2015: 39.5%2016: 24.9%2019: 37.6%2020: 36.3%2021: 31.7%
Change over the period: +23.5 pp Annual average: 0.55 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 31.7%
World 27.1%
Gross national savings — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 31.7 −4.6 pp
2020 36.3 −1.3 pp
2019 37.6
2016 24.9 −14.7 pp
2015 39.5 −17.1 pp
2014 56.6 −1.2 pp
2013 57.9 +0.3 pp
2012 57.5 +7.4 pp
2011 50.1 −4 pp
2010 54 +13.9 pp
2009 40.2 −3.3 pp
2008 43.5 +10.1 pp
2007 33.3 −8.7 pp
2006 42 +9.3 pp
2005 32.7 +15.7 pp
2004 17 −13.7 pp
2003 30.7 +7.2 pp
2002 23.5 +1.5 pp
2001 22 −14.1 pp
2000 36.2 +18.5 pp
1999 17.7 +11.7 pp
1998 6 −3.3 pp
1997 9.3 +9.5 pp
1996 -0.2 +2.1 pp
1995 -2.3 −31.1 pp
1994 28.8 +7.6 pp
1993 21.2 −11.1 pp
1992 32.3 +14.8 pp
1991 17.6 −14.2 pp
1990 31.8 +17.2 pp
1989 14.6 +9.2 pp
1988 5.4 −19.6 pp
1987 25 +6.6 pp
1986 18.3 −6.5 pp
1985 24.9 −15.6 pp
1984 40.5 +4.4 pp
1983 36.1 −3.1 pp
1982 39.3 +14.2 pp
1981 25 −1.1 pp
1980 26.1 +8.2 pp
1979 17.9 +9.8 pp
1978 8.1

Middle Africa, 2021

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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.