Gross savings, share of GDP
Gross national income less total final consumption, plus net transfers from abroad, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
National saving of households, companies and government together, not the household saving rate. It is negative when the country consumes more than its income. Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.
Key facts
- Gross savings, share of GDP in the World was 26% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Gross savings, share of GDP in the United States was 16.6% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Kuwait had the highest gross savings, share of GDP of 157 countries in 2023, at 48.8% of GDP, and Palau the lowest, at -13% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 180 places, with figures from 1960 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by gross savings, share of GDP, 2023
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Mexico
- Gabon
- United Kingdom
- Georgia
- Kenya
- Qatar
- Egypt
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