Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Eastern Asia

Gross national savings in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 40.2%. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 5.6 pp.

2024 40.2% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 41.2%2022
Period minimum 32%2002

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Eastern Asia, 1998–20243032.53537.54042.519982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 34.5%1999: 32.8%2000: 33%2001: 32.4%2002: 32%2003: 33.1%2004: 34.7%2005: 35.1%2006: 36.6%2007: 38.6%2008: 39.2%2009: 37.4%2010: 38.9%2011: 38.2%2012: 38.3%2013: 39.1%2014: 40.1%2015: 39.9%2016: 39.1%2017: 39.8%2018: 39.6%2019: 39.2%2020: 39.4%2021: 41%2022: 41.2%2023: 39.6%2024: 40.2%
Change over the period: +5.6 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 40.2%
World 26.1%
Gross national savings — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 40.2 +0.5 pp
2023 39.6 −1.5 pp
2022 41.2 +0.1 pp
2021 41 +1.6 pp
2020 39.4 +0.2 pp
2019 39.2 −0.4 pp
2018 39.6 −0.2 pp
2017 39.8 +0.7 pp
2016 39.1 −0.9 pp
2015 39.9 −0.1 pp
2014 40.1 +1 pp
2013 39.1 +0.8 pp
2012 38.3 +0.1 pp
2011 38.2 −0.7 pp
2010 38.9 +1.5 pp
2009 37.4 −1.8 pp
2008 39.2 +0.6 pp
2007 38.6 +2 pp
2006 36.6 +1.5 pp
2005 35.1 +0.4 pp
2004 34.7 +1.5 pp
2003 33.1 +1.1 pp
2002 32 −0.3 pp
2001 32.4 −0.6 pp
2000 33 +0.2 pp
1999 32.8 −1.7 pp
1998 34.5

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.