Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — United Kingdom

Gross national savings in the United Kingdom in 2025 — 17.2%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 73. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 7.6 pp.

2025 17.2% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 55of 73
Period maximum 24.8%1970
Period minimum 12.7%2013

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — United Kingdom, 1970–20251015202519701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 24.8%1971: 23.8%1972: 22.4%1973: 23.2%1974: 20.4%1975: 19.6%1976: 20.9%1977: 22.1%1978: 22.4%1979: 21.5%1980: 19.9%1981: 18.7%1982: 18.5%1983: 19.2%1984: 19.5%1985: 19%1986: 17.8%1987: 18%1988: 18.2%1989: 17.9%1990: 16.6%1991: 15.9%1992: 14.9%1993: 14.8%1994: 16.9%1995: 15.7%1996: 15.9%1997: 16.6%1998: 17.9%1999: 16.4%2000: 17.1%2001: 17%2002: 16.7%2003: 16.5%2004: 15.8%2005: 16.4%2006: 15.8%2007: 15.5%2008: 14.4%2009: 12.9%2010: 13.9%2011: 14.9%2012: 13.4%2013: 12.7%2014: 13.6%2015: 13.7%2016: 13.3%2017: 15.8%2018: 15.2%2019: 16.5%2020: 15.6%2021: 18.1%2022: 16.4%2023: 14.9%2024: 16.8%2025: 17.2%
Change over the period: −7.6 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

United Kingdom 17.2%
Gross national savings — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.2 +0.4 pp
2024 16.8 +1.9 pp
2023 14.9 −1.5 pp
2022 16.4 −1.7 pp
2021 18.1 +2.6 pp
2020 15.6 −1 pp
2019 16.5 +1.4 pp
2018 15.2 −0.6 pp
2017 15.8 +2.4 pp
2016 13.3 −0.3 pp
2015 13.7 +0.1 pp
2014 13.6 +1 pp
2013 12.7 −0.7 pp
2012 13.4 −1.5 pp
2011 14.9 +1 pp
2010 13.9 +0.9 pp
2009 12.9 −1.5 pp
2008 14.4 −1 pp
2007 15.5 −0.3 pp
2006 15.8 −0.6 pp
2005 16.4 +0.6 pp
2004 15.8 −0.7 pp
2003 16.5 −0.2 pp
2002 16.7 −0.3 pp
2001 17 −0.1 pp
2000 17.1 +0.7 pp
1999 16.4 −1.5 pp
1998 17.9 +1.3 pp
1997 16.6 +0.6 pp
1996 15.9 +0.2 pp
1995 15.7 −1.2 pp
1994 16.9 +2.2 pp
1993 14.8 −0.2 pp
1992 14.9 −1 pp
1991 15.9 −0.7 pp
1990 16.6 −1.3 pp
1989 17.9 −0.3 pp
1988 18.2 +0.2 pp
1987 18 +0.2 pp
1986 17.8 −1.2 pp
1985 19 −0.5 pp
1984 19.5 +0.3 pp
1983 19.2 +0.6 pp
1982 18.5 −0.2 pp
1981 18.7 −1.2 pp
1980 19.9 −1.6 pp
1979 21.5 −0.9 pp
1978 22.4 +0.4 pp
1977 22.1 +1.1 pp
1976 20.9 +1.3 pp
1975 19.6 −0.7 pp
1974 20.4 −2.9 pp
1973 23.2 +0.8 pp
1972 22.4 −1.3 pp
1971 23.8 −1 pp
1970 24.8

Northern Europe, 2025

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.