World Bank Group · Gross Savings (% of GDP)
Gross savings by country
What share of national income is saved rather than consumed?
Of the 146 countries compared in 2024, Macau had the highest reading, 47.819%, and Timor-Leste had the lowest reading, -21.128%. In the middle country the figure was 22.063%. Among the 55 countries measured in every edition since 1978, the middle one moved from 20.859% to 21.948%.
Gross savings · 2024
Context statistic
Highest of 146Macau
47.819%012024 · position · derived
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 146 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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Lowest in 2024
- 146
Timor-Leste-21.128% - 145
Malawi-1.989% - 144
Solomon Islands1.081%
Positions out of 146. This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.
02Every measured country
Gross savings on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- -21.128–14.485%
- 14.861–19.236%
- 19.319–24.352%
- 24.697–30.841%
- 31.248–47.819%
- No reading in 2024 (34 measured in an earlier edition)
- Asia
29.432%
the middle country, of 38 measured · 52 members
Macau47.819%Timor-Leste-21.128%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Europe
23.600%
the middle country, of 40 measured · 49 members
Norway38.652%
Moldova5.744%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Americas
19.057%
the middle country, of 22 measured · 48 members
Panama33.002%
Haiti13.427%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
18.743%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 21 members
Marshall Islands38.088%Solomon Islands1.081%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Africa
17.498%
the middle country, of 38 measured · 55 members
Burundi40.831%Malawi-1.989%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- South-eastern Asia
34.683%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 11 members
Brunei47.653%Timor-Leste-21.128%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Eastern Asia
33.545%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
Macau47.819%
Mongolia25.645%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Southern Asia
27.596%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Nepal36.046%
Maldives11.193%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Asia
27.456%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 19 members
Kuwait44.126%
Palestine7.543%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Western Europe
25.440%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Switzerland34.490%
Luxembourg12.455%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Northern Europe
23.926%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Norway38.652%
United Kingdom16.755%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
22.503%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 17 members
North Macedonia28.449%
Montenegro8.786%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Central America
19.110%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
Panama33.002%
Costa Rica13.808%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Africa
18.600%
the middle country, of 14 measured · 19 members
Burundi40.831%Malawi-1.989%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Eastern Europe
18.476%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
Russia30.841%Moldova5.744%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Southern Africa
17.657%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Botswana32.001%
Namibia9.450%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Western Africa
17.469%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 16 members
Mauritania34.428%
Guinea9.593%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- South America
16.697%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 12 members
Ecuador25.129%
Bolivia13.800%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
Australia22.919%
New Zealand18.945%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Caribbean
3 of 24 measured — too few for a middle: Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti.
Dominican Republic23.819%Haiti13.427%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central Asia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Tajikistan38.752%
Kyrgyzstan11.946%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Melanesia
2 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, Solomon Islands.
Fiji13.056%Solomon Islands1.081%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
2 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Kiribati, Marshall Islands.
Marshall Islands38.088%
Kiribati12.855%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Middle Africa
4 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Angola, Cameroon, DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe.
DR Congo27.557%
São Tomé and Príncipe9.019%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern Africa
4 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
Algeria39.420%
Tunisia5.490%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada, United States.
Canada21.328%
United States16.605%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
2 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa, Tonga.
Samoa30.010%
Tonga18.541%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
146 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 22.063%; a quarter are above 28.964%, and a quarter below 15.879%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 180 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. Neither end is better. A large negative is an economy consuming far more than it earns, living on aid or remittances; a very large positive is usually a small economy with a resource windfall. The ordering here is a size order, not a league table, and the indicator carries no good-or-bad colouring on the site.
Showing 25 of 180 countries
Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051978–2024 · 47 reference years
Over time
Each point is one reference year from 1978. The range is extreme and that is not an error — readings run from about −129% to +373%.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 55 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 146 | 22.063% | 15.879% – 28.964% | 21.948% |
| 2023 | 156 | 22.012% | 15.394% – 29.837% | 20.728% |
| 2022 | 158 | 21.676% | 15.910% – 29.575% | 21.295% |
| 2021 | 159 | 22.427% | 16.634% – 29.568% | 22.377% |
| 2020 | 161 | 21.422% | 15.331% – 27.148% | 19.846% |
| 2019 | 160 | 21.893% | 16.640% – 29.336% | 20.733% |
| 2018 | 160 | 21.949% | 15.700% – 29.788% | 21.167% |
| 2017 | 160 | 21.598% | 15.778% – 28.690% | 20.611% |
| 2016 | 164 | 21.190% | 16.288% – 26.474% | 21.088% |
| 2015 | 166 | 21.436% | 14.703% – 27.639% | 20.733% |
| 2014 | 165 | 21.750% | 14.870% – 27.389% | 21.092% |
| 2013 | 162 | 21.932% | 14.964% – 27.255% | 21.597% |
| 2012 | 161 | 19.906% | 13.951% – 28.539% | 20.918% |
| 2011 | 161 | 20.569% | 15.126% – 29.516% | 20.857% |
| 2010 | 160 | 20.461% | 15.291% – 28.169% | 21.428% |
| 2009 | 158 | 19.506% | 13.878% – 27.375% | 19.384% |
| 2008 | 156 | 22.548% | 14.806% – 30.069% | 22.870% |
| 2007 | 155 | 23.555% | 16.144% – 31.300% | 23.987% |
| 2006 | 150 | 22.880% | 16.463% – 30.609% | 23.072% |
| 2005 | 148 | 21.966% | 16.585% – 30.450% | 21.838% |
| 2004 | 136 | 21.454% | 16.589% – 28.795% | 21.157% |
| 2003 | 136 | 21.246% | 16.351% – 27.275% | 20.803% |
| 2002 | 134 | 21.289% | 16.758% – 27.462% | 21.112% |
| 2001 | 128 | 20.791% | 16.459% – 26.887% | 21.093% |
| 2000 | 127 | 21.159% | 14.943% – 27.721% | 21.731% |
| 1999 | 124 | 20.612% | 14.443% – 25.863% | 22.024% |
| 1998 | 121 | 20.435% | 14.940% – 25.890% | 21.620% |
| 1997 | 122 | 21.198% | 14.842% – 25.979% | 21.672% |
| 1996 | 121 | 20.982% | 15.244% – 26.606% | 21.490% |
| 1995 | 119 | 20.694% | 15.895% – 26.350% | 21.845% |
| 1994 | 115 | 20.577% | 15.296% – 26.272% | 20.619% |
| 1993 | 112 | 19.020% | 13.002% – 24.942% | 20.254% |
| 1992 | 105 | 19.084% | 13.652% – 24.516% | 19.561% |
| 1991 | 102 | 19.335% | 12.751% – 25.422% | 20.802% |
| 1990 | 102 | 21.667% | 14.823% – 26.091% | 21.691% |
| 1989 | 99 | 20.144% | 13.696% – 26.593% | 22.299% |
| 1988 | 96 | 20.598% | 14.705% – 25.385% | 21.429% |
| 1987 | 97 | 20.397% | 14.195% – 25.764% | 21.419% |
| 1986 | 97 | 19.288% | 13.623% – 24.455% | 20.259% |
| 1985 | 96 | 20.472% | 13.199% – 24.906% | 21.259% |
| 1984 | 96 | 19.960% | 12.398% – 25.443% | 20.724% |
| 1983 | 93 | 19.874% | 12.752% – 26.366% | 20.269% |
| 1982 | 92 | 19.419% | 12.481% – 26.839% | 20.225% |
| 1981 | 89 | 20.981% | 13.992% – 25.352% | 21.143% |
| 1980 | 86 | 22.187% | 14.855% – 27.527% | 22.095% |
| 1979 | 81 | 22.051% | 15.834% – 27.788% | 22.003% |
| 1978 | 80 | 20.619% | 15.905% – 26.516% | 20.859% |
062023 → 2024
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → after- Burundi30.839% → 40.831% · 35th → 5th+9.991
- Marshall Islands29.286% → 38.088% · 44th → 11th+8.803
Sierra Leone11.574% → 19.181% · 142nd → 91st+7.607
Gambia19.049% → 25.930% · 100th → 50th+6.881
Bhutan17.613% → 22.939% · 105th → 68th+5.326
Fell most
before → after- Timor-Leste-8.485% → -21.128% · 154th → 146th−12.643
Iraq41.062% → 32.012% · 6th → 27th−9.050- Mongolia33.461% → 25.645% · 26th → 53rd−7.816
- Palestine14.634% → 7.543% · 126th → 139th−7.092
Eswatini24.271% → 17.657% · 64th → 100th−6.614
146 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024. The field changed from 156 to 146 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Gross savings in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
372.975%
Gross savings (% of GDP)
Lowest reading on record
-128.957%
Gross savings (% of GDP)
Biggest rise between editions
+149.021
223.954% → 372.975%
Biggest fall between editions
−154.208
372.975% → 218.767%
Biggest change since first measured
+127.066
-125.985% → 1.081%
Highest most often
15 of 47
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About gross savings
Gross savings is what a country has left of its national income after everything it consumed, as a share of GDP. It is the other side of the investment coin: what an economy sets aside rather than spends.
What the number is: Gross savings (% of GDP).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Economy & Innovation and Money & Public Finance, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Economy & InnovationMoney & Public FinanceWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where gross savings is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 117 countries in commonρ 0.56
- Adjusted Net SavingsWorld Bank Group · 111 countries in commonρ 0.52
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 128 countries in commonρ 0.47
Moves against
Where gross savings is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Household ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 118 countries in commonρ −0.62
- Poverty Headcount at National Poverty LinesWorld Bank Group · 122 countries in commonρ −0.41
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 180 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
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11Questions
Gross savings: questions and answers
Which country has the highest gross savings?
Macau, at 47.819%, among the 146 countries compared in 2024.
Which country has the lowest gross savings?
Timor-Leste, at -21.128%, among the 146 countries compared in 2024.
How many countries does the Gross Savings (% of GDP) cover?
146 in 2024, and 180 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 80 to 166 between editions.
What is the world average gross savings?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 146 compared in 2024, the figure was 22.063%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Gross Savings (% of GDP) published?
This site holds 47 reference years, 1978–2024, all recalculated in World Bank Group’s 2026 report on one method — not 47 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Gross Savings (% of GDP) — World Bank Group
Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS).
Newest edition
Report year 2024Data year 2024
Cite the source as: World Bank. World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-06.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Gross savings by country: Gross Savings (% of GDP), data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/gross-savings