Data for 2003
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003
2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 covers 136 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 97.4077; Lebanon is lowest, at -16.3590. The middle country reads 21.2460. Against 2002, 134 values changed (73 up, 61 down), 2 countries joined.
Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 2003
HighestVenezuela
97.4077LowestLebanon
-16.3590Shaded 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), 2003, 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 136 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 97.4077 | |
| 2 | 56.9479 | |
| 3 | 49.3117 | |
| 4 | 44.5745 | |
| 5 | 44.2527 | |
| 6 | 42.1609 | |
| 7 | 39.3988 | |
| 8 | 39.2281 | |
| 9 | 37.4533 | |
| 10 | 36.3063 | |
| 11 | 35.6783 | |
| 12 | 35.6100 | |
| 13 | 35.2636 | |
| 14 | 34.8527 | |
| 15 | 33.8705 | |
| 16 | 33.1658 | |
| 17 | 33.0859 | |
| 18 | 32.7284 | |
| 19 | 32.5951 | |
| 20 | 31.8993 | |
| 21 | 31.4932 | |
| 22 | 31.2023 | |
| 23 | 30.7811 | |
| 24 | 30.7416 | |
| 25 | 30.4710 | |
| 26 | 30.4588 | |
| 27 | 30.1646 | |
| 28 | 29.8105 | |
| 29 | 29.3340 | |
| 30 | 28.5207 | |
| 31 | 28.5132 | |
| 32 | 28.2662 | |
| 33 | 28.0226 | |
| 34 | 27.9738 | |
| 35 | 27.0421 | |
| 36 | 26.9467 | |
| 37 | 26.6645 | |
| 38 | 26.2542 | |
| 39 | 26.2242 | |
| 40 | 26.0315 | |
| 41 | 26.0295 | |
| 42 | 25.5475 | |
| 43 | 25.5461 | |
| 44 | 25.2330 | |
| 45 | 25.1582 | |
| 46 | 25.1382 | |
| 47 | 25.1268 | |
| 48 | 25.0381 | |
| 49 | 24.3451 | |
| 50 | 23.9118 | |
| 51 | 23.8858 | |
| 52 | 23.7164 | |
| 53 | 23.6325 | |
| 54 | 23.5378 | |
| 55 | 22.9698 | |
| 56 | 22.8774 | |
| 57 | 22.6168 | |
| 58 | 22.4078 | |
| 59 | 22.1817 | |
| 60 | 22.0507 | |
| 61 | 21.9437 | |
| 62 | 21.9232 | |
| 63 | 21.9193 | |
| 64 | 21.7345 | |
| 65 | 21.7277 | |
| 66 | 21.6562 | |
| 67 | 21.4394 | |
| 68 | 21.3357 | |
| 69 | 21.1563 | |
| 70 | 21.0479 | |
| 71 | 21.0027 | |
| 72 | 20.8643 | |
| 73 | 20.8028 | |
| 74 | 20.7987 | |
| 75 | 20.6841 | |
| 76 | 20.2750 | |
| 77 | 20.2614 | |
| 78 | 19.7823 | |
| 79 | 19.5529 | |
| 80 | 19.0373 | |
| 81 | 18.9359 | |
| 82 | 18.8091 | |
| 83 | 18.7395 | |
| 84 | 18.6481 | |
| 85 | 18.5723 | |
| 86 | 18.3856 | |
| 87 | 18.1794 | |
| 88 | 18.0427 | |
| 89 | 17.9517 | |
| 90 | 17.9367 | |
| 91 | 17.8040 | |
| 92 | 17.6482 | |
| 93 | 17.4287 | |
| 94 | 16.8676 | |
| 95 | 16.8045 | |
| 96 | 16.8011 | |
| 97 | 16.6962 | |
| 98 | 16.4970 | |
| 99 | 16.4179 | |
| 100 | 16.4134 | |
| 101 | 16.3714 | |
| 102 | 16.3535 | |
| 103 | 16.3418 | |
| 104 | 16.3225 | |
| 105 | 16.1801 | |
| 106 | 15.8185 | |
| 107 | 15.8182 | |
| 108 | 15.7129 | |
| 109 | 15.6176 | |
| 110 | 15.5325 | |
| 111 | 15.3965 | |
| 112 | 14.9257 | |
| 113 | 14.8084 | |
| 114 | 14.6465 | |
| 115 | 14.5287 | |
| 116 | 14.4857 | |
| 117 | 14.3374 | |
| 118 | 14.1910 | |
| 119 | 14.0071 | |
| 120 | 13.4200 | |
| 121 | 12.6196 | |
| 122 | 12.1978 | |
| 123 | 11.3664 | |
| 124 | 11.1781 | |
| 125 | 10.6443 | |
| 126 | 10.5647 | |
| 127 | 10.0555 | |
| 128 | 9.7934 | |
| 129 | 9.6817 | |
| 130 | 9.4747 | |
| 131 | 6.7556 | |
| 132 | 5.0008 | |
| 133 | 4.4258 | |
| 134 | 1.5283 | |
| 135 | -1.1469 | |
| 136 | -16.3590 |
02In 2003
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
- 136
Lebanon-16.3590
- 135
Sierra Leone-1.1469
- 134
Palestine1.5283
- 133
Comoros4.4258
- 132
Bosnia and Herzegovina5.0008
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.2460. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032002 → 2003
Since 2002
What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +2 / −0countries joined / left
- 134values changed, of 134 in both
- 73 · 61rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Solomon Islands-4.5029 → 22.1817+26.6846
Libya27.7809 → 49.3117+21.5307
Mongolia16.2829 → 25.0381+8.7552
Kuwait28.2847 → 36.3063+8.0216
Papua New Guinea22.9407 → 30.4588+7.5181
Fell most
Lebanon-4.2360 → -16.3590−12.1230
Palestine12.4395 → 1.5283−10.9112
Laos18.3676 → 10.5647−7.8029
Kyrgyzstan16.8931 → 10.0555−6.8376
Paraguay26.9083 → 21.0027−5.9056
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.
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 2003.
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 136 countries has every column.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
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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.
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Cite this edition
World Bank Group (2003). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/2003
0647 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2002134 countries
The year after ›
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004136 countries
All of them
Gross Savings (% of GDP): every year47 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003: questions and answers
Which country has the highest gross savings in Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003?
Venezuela, at 97.4077, of the 136 countries in the file.
What year does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 describe?
2003.
How many countries does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 cover?
136.
Where can I download Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003?
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), 2003 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2024.