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Data for 1986

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986

1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986 covers 97 countries. Belize is highest, at 61.959; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -55.204. The middle country reads 19.288. Against 1985, 95 values changed (48 up, 47 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1986

HighestBelize

61.959

LowestSolomon Islands

-55.204

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.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 97 countries · select a heading to sort

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1BelizeBLZCentral America61.959
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia56.437
3SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia39.794
4GuineaGINWestern Africa39.193
5TürkiyeTURWestern Asia38.403
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe36.250
7BotswanaBWASouthern Africa36.247
8South KoreaKOREastern Asia36.083
9ChinaCHNEastern Asia35.185
10SeychellesSYCEastern Africa32.565
11BulgariaBGREastern Europe32.120
12BahrainBHRWestern Asia32.107
13GambiaGMBWestern Africa29.350
14MauritiusMUSEastern Africa29.317
15AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe28.243
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe27.120
17FinlandFINNorthern Europe27.062
18CyprusCYPWestern Asia26.906
19IsraelISRWestern Asia26.814
20MoroccoMARNorthern Africa26.511
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe26.354
22MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia25.621
23MaltaMLTSouthern Europe25.619
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe25.428
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe24.455

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Belize61.959
  2. 2Kuwait56.437
  3. 3Singapore39.794
  4. 4Guinea39.193
  5. 5Türkiye38.403

Lowest

  1. 97Solomon Islands-55.204
  2. 96Guinea-Bissau-1.048
  3. 95Zimbabwe2.197
  4. 94Senegal2.631
  5. 93Bolivia3.771

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.288. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −1countries joined / left
  • 95values changed, of 95 in both
  • 48 · 47rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Gabon37.127 → 15.292−21.835
  • Bahrain42.221 → 32.107−10.114
  • Oman27.741 → 17.818−9.923
  • Peru24.336 → 14.804−9.532
  • Algeria29.399 → 21.780−7.619
+ Argentina+ Guinea− Guyana

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

  • 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 1986.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 97 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1986). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1986

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07Questions

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest gross savings in Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986?

Belize, at 61.959, of the 97 countries in the file.

What year does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986 cover?

97.

Where can I download Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1986 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2024.

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