Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Northern Africa

Gross national savings in Northern Africa in 2023 — 24.3%. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 2 pp.

2023 24.3% +0.8 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 42.2%2008
Period minimum 18.9%1997

Trend over time

1977–2023 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Northern Africa, 1977–2023102030405019771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 22.3%1978: 24.3%1979: 25.6%1980: 28.3%1981: 26.9%1982: 26.5%1983: 29%1984: 26.1%1985: 25%1986: 21.1%1987: 22.4%1988: 20.9%1989: 20.4%1990: 23.1%1991: 21.2%1992: 24.8%1993: 22.1%1994: 20.4%1995: 20%1996: 20.4%1997: 18.9%1998: 21.4%1999: 21.4%2000: 23.7%2001: 25.3%2002: 25.6%2003: 29.6%2004: 31.2%2005: 39.1%2006: 41.2%2007: 41.7%2008: 42.2%2009: 31.4%2010: 34.1%2011: 30.7%2012: 29.6%2013: 27.3%2014: 23.5%2015: 19.3%2016: 19.1%2017: 23.6%2018: 25.6%2019: 23.6%2020: 19.6%2021: 21.5%2022: 23.5%2023: 24.3%
Change over the period: +2 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Africa 24.3%
World 26.2%
Gross national savings — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 24.3 +0.8 pp
2022 23.5 +1.9 pp
2021 21.5 +1.9 pp
2020 19.6 −4 pp
2019 23.6 −2 pp
2018 25.6 +2.1 pp
2017 23.6 +4.4 pp
2016 19.1 −0.1 pp
2015 19.3 −4.2 pp
2014 23.5 −3.8 pp
2013 27.3 −2.3 pp
2012 29.6 −1.1 pp
2011 30.7 −3.4 pp
2010 34.1 +2.7 pp
2009 31.4 −10.7 pp
2008 42.2 +0.5 pp
2007 41.7 +0.5 pp
2006 41.2 +2.1 pp
2005 39.1 +7.9 pp
2004 31.2 +1.7 pp
2003 29.6 +4 pp
2002 25.6 +0.3 pp
2001 25.3 +1.6 pp
2000 23.7 +2.3 pp
1999 21.4 −0.1 pp
1998 21.4 +2.6 pp
1997 18.9 −1.6 pp
1996 20.4 +0.5 pp
1995 20 −0.4 pp
1994 20.4 −1.7 pp
1993 22.1 −2.7 pp
1992 24.8 +3.6 pp
1991 21.2 −1.9 pp
1990 23.1 +2.7 pp
1989 20.4 −0.5 pp
1988 20.9 −1.5 pp
1987 22.4 +1.3 pp
1986 21.1 −3.9 pp
1985 25 −1.1 pp
1984 26.1 −2.9 pp
1983 29 +2.5 pp
1982 26.5 −0.4 pp
1981 26.9 −1.4 pp
1980 28.3 +2.7 pp
1979 25.6 +1.3 pp
1978 24.3 +2 pp
1977 22.3

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.