Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1979

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Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Gross savings (% of GDP)
1	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	70.36
2	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	42.95
3	OmanOMNWestern Asia	40.50
4	GabonGABMiddle Africa	38.18
5	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	36.66
6	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	35.45
7	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	35.27
8	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	33.71
9	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	33.35
10	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	32.66
11	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	30.90
12	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	30.02
13	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	29.80
14	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	29.66
15	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	28.93
16	IranIRNSouthern Asia	28.71
17	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	28.60
18	JordanJORWestern Asia	28.52
19	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	28.43
20	TogoTGOWestern Africa	28.12
21	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	27.79
22	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	27.42
23	PeruPERSouth America	27.36
24	PanamaPANCentral America	27.31
25	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	26.87

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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