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Gross savings, share of GDP in Afghanistan

Gross savings, share of GDP in Afghanistan was -2.7% of GDP in 2020, according to the World Bank.

2020, % of GDP-2.7

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Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Period% of GDP
2020-2.7

Afghanistan compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: -2.7 % of GDPAlbania: 17.7 % of GDPArmenia: 15.6 % of GDPAngola: 21.1 % of GDPArgentina: 15 % of GDPAustria: 29.2 % of GDPAustralia: 23.2 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 23.6 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 16.3 % of GDPBangladesh: 37.2 % of GDPBelgium: 25 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 20.6 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.7 % of GDPBurundi: 24.6 % of GDPBenin: 21.6 % of GDPBrunei: 50.9 % of GDPBolivia: 14.9 % of GDPBrazil: 14.8 % of GDPBahamas: 8.8 % of GDPBhutan: 24.4 % of GDPBotswana: 24.2 % of GDPBelarus: 27.5 % of GDPBelize: 22.7 % of GDPCanada: 19.5 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 19.6 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 36.3 % of GDPSwitzerland: 32 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 17.7 % of GDPChile: 19.1 % of GDPCameroon: 13.3 % of GDPChina: 43.5 % of GDPColombia: 14.4 % of GDPCosta Rica: 14.3 % of GDPCape Verde: 17.5 % of GDPCyprus: 11 % of GDPCzechia: 25.9 % of GDPGermany: 28 % of GDPDjibouti: 11.3 % of GDPDenmark: 30 % of GDPDominican Republic: 22.9 % of GDPAlgeria: 33.3 % of GDPEcuador: 19.9 % of GDPEstonia: 27.1 % of GDPEgypt: 16.3 % of GDPSpain: 21.4 % of GDPEthiopia: 27.8 % of GDPFinland: 25.5 % of GDPFiji: 4.3 % of GDPFrance: 20.8 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 15.6 % of GDPGeorgia: 12.1 % of GDPGhana: 15.2 % of GDPGambia: 26.9 % of GDPGuinea: 9.7 % of GDPGreece: 5.5 % of GDPGuatemala: 18.5 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 23.6 % of GDPHong Kong: 26 % of GDPHonduras: 21.9 % of GDPCroatia: 22.1 % of GDPHaiti: 17.7 % of GDPHungary: 26.5 % of GDPIndonesia: 29.2 % of GDPIreland: 34.6 % of GDPIsrael: 28.8 % of GDPIndia: 28.7 % of GDPIraq: 24 % of GDPIceland: 22.9 % of GDPItaly: 21.7 % of GDPJapan: 29.7 % of GDPKenya: 15.3 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 29.3 % of GDPCambodia: 35.8 % of GDPKiribati: 46.1 % of GDPSouth Korea: 35.8 % of GDPKuwait: 23 % of GDPKazakhstan: 26.2 % of GDPLebanon: 2.2 % of GDPSri Lanka: 31.4 % of GDPLesotho: 20.5 % of GDPLithuania: 23.7 % of GDPLuxembourg: 20.6 % of GDPLatvia: 25.2 % of GDPLibya: -0.4 % of GDPMorocco: 27.7 % of GDPMoldova: 16.1 % of GDPMontenegro: 3.9 % of GDPMadagascar: 8.2 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 27.1 % of GDPMali: 18.6 % of GDPMongolia: 16.3 % of GDPMauritania: 37.6 % of GDPMauritius: 13.4 % of GDPMalawi: 2.7 % of GDPMexico: 22.2 % of GDPMalaysia: 23.8 % of GDPMozambique: 15.1 % of GDPNamibia: 17.7 % of GDPNiger: 19.8 % of GDPNicaragua: 23.8 % of GDPNetherlands: 27.1 % of GDPNorway: 26.5 % of GDPNepal: 32.8 % of GDPNew Zealand: 20.7 % of GDPOman: 11.3 % of GDPPanama: 24.7 % of GDPPeru: 19.8 % of GDPPhilippines: 24.8 % of GDPPakistan: 14.5 % of GDPPoland: 21.2 % of GDPPalestine: 12.2 % of GDPPortugal: 18.4 % of GDPPalau: -7.2 % of GDPParaguay: 22.4 % of GDPQatar: 41.8 % of GDPRomania: 19.2 % of GDPSerbia: 20.5 % of GDPRussia: 25.8 % of GDPRwanda: 15.2 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 20 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 18.6 % of GDPSudan: 4.7 % of GDPSweden: 30 % of GDPSingapore: 42.1 % of GDPSlovenia: 27.9 % of GDPSlovakia: 19.6 % of GDPSierra Leone: 10.6 % of GDPSenegal: 24.7 % of GDPEl Salvador: 18.3 % of GDPEswatini: 22.5 % of GDPTogo: 19.5 % of GDPThailand: 28.3 % of GDPTajikistan: 36.1 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 20.6 % of GDPTunisia: 5.6 % of GDPTürkiye: 30.1 % of GDPTanzania: 36.4 % of GDPUkraine: 12.2 % of GDPUganda: 21.8 % of GDPUnited States: 18.4 % of GDPUruguay: 15.6 % of GDPUzbekistan: 31.7 % of GDPVenezuela: 12.4 % of GDPVietnam: 33 % of GDPVanuatu: 4.9 % of GDPSamoa: 33.7 % of GDPSouth Africa: 14.3 % of GDPZambia: 44.9 % of GDPZimbabwe: 9.8 % of GDP
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Gross savings, share of GDP, 2020, % of GDP. Afghanistan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

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.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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APA 7

World Bank. (2026). Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS) (Gross savings, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS

MLA 9

Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS), Gross savings, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-savings-gdp/afghanistan. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

World Bank. 2026. Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Gross savings, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-savings-gdp/afghanistan.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS), Gross savings, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/gross-savings-gdp/afghanistan (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{Gross savings (\% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS): Gross savings, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-savings-gdp/afghanistan. Publisher attribution: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gross savings (\% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}
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Gross savings, share of GDP in Afghanistan was -2.7% of GDP in 2020, according to the World Bank.

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World Bank. Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

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