Data for 1978

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1978

1978, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1978 covers 80 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 59.77; Mauritania is lowest, at 1.36. The middle country reads 20.62.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1978

HighestKuwait

59.77

LowestMauritania

1.36

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

80countries
1measure
1978the year it describes
80distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1978, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1978: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	59.77
2	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	46.15
3	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	38.61
4	GabonGABMiddle Africa	38.58
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	35.64
6	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	35.34
7	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	33.98
8	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	32.46
9	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	31.77
10	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	30.93
11	PanamaPANCentral America	30.43
12	ArgentinaARGSouth America	30.14
13	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	28.55
14	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	28.19
15	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	28.07
16	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	27.59
17	OmanOMNWestern Asia	27.25
18	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	26.84
19	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	26.64
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	26.57
21	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	26.50
22	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	25.98
23	FranceFRAWestern Europe	25.86
24	IranIRNSouthern Asia	24.96
25	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	24.41
26	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	23.73
27	IsraelISRWestern Asia	23.62
28	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	23.60
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	23.54
30	United StatesUSANorthern America	23.43
31	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	23.22
32	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	23.00
33	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	22.78
34	ParaguayPRYSouth America	22.63
35	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	22.43
36	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	22.16
37	TogoTGOWestern Africa	21.88
38	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	21.52
39	EcuadorECUSouth America	20.86
40	NigerNERWestern Africa	20.73
41	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	20.51
42	CanadaCANNorthern America	20.30
43	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	20.22
44	HondurasHNDCentral America	20.02
45	ColombiaCOLSouth America	19.96
46	VenezuelaVENSouth America	19.67
47	BrazilBRASouth America	19.54
48	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	19.03
49	UruguayURYSouth America	18.98
50	JordanJORWestern Asia	18.69
51	PeruPERSouth America	18.46
52	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	18.30
53	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	18.25
54	KenyaKENEastern Africa	18.19
55	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	17.45
56	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	17.43
57	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	17.18
58	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	17.01
59	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	16.15
60	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	16.03
61	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	15.54
62	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	15.06
63	BoliviaBOLSouth America	14.87
64	GuyanaGUYSouth America	14.12
65	ChileCHLSouth America	14.06
66	Costa RicaCRICentral America	12.87
67	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	11.15
68	BeninBENWestern Africa	10.50
69	SenegalSENWestern Africa	9.85
70	BahamasBHSCaribbean	9.63
71	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	8.13
72	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	6.92
73	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	6.79
74	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5.79
75	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	5.70
76	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	5.41
77	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	4.94
78	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3.81
79	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	3.03
80	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1.36

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait59.77
2Seychelles46.15
3Lesotho38.61
4Gabon38.58
5Switzerland35.64

Lowest

80Mauritania1.36
79Zimbabwe3.03
78Gambia3.81
77Madagascar4.94
76Ghana5.41

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1978.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 80 countries has every column.

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