Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Senegal

Gross national savings in Senegal in 2023 — 22.9%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 156. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 1.9 pp.

2023 22.9% −2.2 pp vs 2022
World rank 74of 156
Period maximum 26.1%2021
Period minimum 1.5%1993

Trend over time

1974–2023 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Senegal, 1974–20230102030197419791984198919941999200420092014201920231974: 21%1975: 17.3%1976: 15%1977: 15.4%1978: 9.8%1979: 9.2%1980: 3.5%1981: 7.5%1982: 8%1983: 5.2%1984: 5%1985: 5.1%1986: 2.6%1987: 5.9%1988: 2.6%1989: 2.7%1990: 2.6%1991: 3%1992: 3.7%1993: 1.5%1994: 5.8%1995: 8.5%1996: 8%1997: 10.8%1998: 11.1%1999: 11.5%2000: 11.3%2001: 14.7%2002: 13%2003: 14.5%2004: 13.6%2005: 15.3%2006: 13.4%2007: 15.2%2008: 14.9%2009: 15%2010: 16.3%2011: 14.4%2012: 15.8%2013: 16.3%2014: 19%2015: 20.5%2016: 21.2%2017: 22.5%2018: 23.1%2019: 23.8%2020: 24.7%2021: 26.1%2022: 25.2%2023: 22.9%
Change over the period: +1.9 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Senegal 22.9%
World 26.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 18.2%
Western Africa computed 15.9%
Gross national savings — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 22.9 −2.2 pp
2022 25.2 −1 pp
2021 26.1 +1.4 pp
2020 24.7 +0.9 pp
2019 23.8 +0.8 pp
2018 23.1 +0.6 pp
2017 22.5 +1.3 pp
2016 21.2 +0.6 pp
2015 20.5 +1.5 pp
2014 19 +2.7 pp
2013 16.3 +0.4 pp
2012 15.8 +1.5 pp
2011 14.4 −1.9 pp
2010 16.3 +1.3 pp
2009 15 +0.1 pp
2008 14.9 −0.2 pp
2007 15.2 +1.8 pp
2006 13.4 −1.9 pp
2005 15.3 +1.8 pp
2004 13.6 −1 pp
2003 14.5 +1.5 pp
2002 13 −1.6 pp
2001 14.7 +3.4 pp
2000 11.3 −0.3 pp
1999 11.5 +0.4 pp
1998 11.1 +0.4 pp
1997 10.8 +2.8 pp
1996 8 −0.5 pp
1995 8.5 +2.7 pp
1994 5.8 +4.3 pp
1993 1.5 −2.3 pp
1992 3.7 +0.7 pp
1991 3 +0.4 pp
1990 2.6 −0.1 pp
1989 2.7 +0.1 pp
1988 2.6 −3.3 pp
1987 5.9 +3.3 pp
1986 2.6 −2.4 pp
1985 5.1 +0.1 pp
1984 5 −0.3 pp
1983 5.2 −2.8 pp
1982 8 +0.5 pp
1981 7.5 +4 pp
1980 3.5 −5.7 pp
1979 9.2 −0.6 pp
1978 9.8 −5.5 pp
1977 15.4 +0.4 pp
1976 15 −2.3 pp
1975 17.3 −3.7 pp
1974 21

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.