Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — World

Gross national savings in the world in 2024 — 26.1%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 3.1 pp.

2024 26.1% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 28.2%2007
Period minimum 23%1981

Trend over time

1981–2024 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — World, 1981–2024222426283019811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 23%1982: 23.7%1983: 23.2%1984: 24.5%1985: 24.2%1986: 23.6%1987: 24.4%1988: 25.4%1989: 24.9%1990: 24.2%1991: 24.3%1992: 24.1%1993: 24.3%1994: 25%1995: 25%1996: 25.8%1997: 26.3%1998: 25.9%1999: 25.3%2000: 25.8%2001: 25.3%2002: 25%2003: 25.4%2004: 26.6%2005: 27.1%2006: 28.2%2007: 28.2%2008: 27.4%2009: 25.3%2010: 26.5%2011: 26.8%2012: 26.7%2013: 26.4%2014: 26.7%2015: 26.3%2016: 25.8%2017: 26.4%2018: 26.6%2019: 26.4%2020: 25.7%2021: 27.1%2022: 27.2%2023: 26.2%2024: 26.1%
Change over the period: +3.1 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

World 26.1%
World 26.1%
Gross national savings — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 26.1 −0.1 pp
2023 26.2 −1 pp
2022 27.2 +0.1 pp
2021 27.1 +1.4 pp
2020 25.7 −0.7 pp
2019 26.4 −0.1 pp
2018 26.6 +0.2 pp
2017 26.4 +0.6 pp
2016 25.8 −0.5 pp
2015 26.3 −0.5 pp
2014 26.7 +0.4 pp
2013 26.4 −0.3 pp
2012 26.7 −0.2 pp
2011 26.8 +0.3 pp
2010 26.5 +1.2 pp
2009 25.3 −2.1 pp
2008 27.4 −0.8 pp
2007 28.2 +0 pp
2006 28.2 +1.1 pp
2005 27.1 +0.5 pp
2004 26.6 +1.2 pp
2003 25.4 +0.4 pp
2002 25 −0.3 pp
2001 25.3 −0.5 pp
2000 25.8 +0.5 pp
1999 25.3 −0.6 pp
1998 25.9 −0.4 pp
1997 26.3 +0.5 pp
1996 25.8 +0.8 pp
1995 25 +0 pp
1994 25 +0.7 pp
1993 24.3 +0.2 pp
1992 24.1 −0.2 pp
1991 24.3 +0.2 pp
1990 24.2 −0.8 pp
1989 24.9 −0.4 pp
1988 25.4 +0.9 pp
1987 24.4 +0.8 pp
1986 23.6 −0.6 pp
1985 24.2 −0.2 pp
1984 24.5 +1.2 pp
1983 23.2 −0.5 pp
1982 23.7 +0.7 pp
1981 23

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.