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Gross savings, share of GDP in Republic of the Congo

Gross savings, share of GDP in Republic of the Congo was 31.7% of GDP in 2021, according to the World Bank. That is down 4.6 pts from 2020.

2021, % of GDP31.7
Change on 2020-4.6 pts
Series high57.92013
Series low-2.31995

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Gross savings, share of GDP in Republic of the Congo, 1978 to 2021

-200204060197819841990199620022008201420211978: 8.1 % of GDP1979: 17.9 % of GDP1980: 26.1 % of GDP1981: 25 % of GDP1982: 39.3 % of GDP1983: 36.1 % of GDP1984: 40.5 % of GDP1985: 24.9 % of GDP1986: 18.3 % of GDP1987: 25 % of GDP1988: 5.4 % of GDP1989: 14.6 % of GDP1990: 31.8 % of GDP1991: 17.6 % of GDP1992: 32.3 % of GDP1993: 21.2 % of GDP1994: 28.8 % of GDP1995: -2.3 % of GDP1996: -0.2 % of GDP1997: 9.3 % of GDP1998: 6 % of GDP1999: 17.7 % of GDP2000: 36.2 % of GDP2001: 22 % of GDP2002: 23.5 % of GDP2003: 30.7 % of GDP2004: 17 % of GDP2005: 32.7 % of GDP2006: 42 % of GDP2007: 33.3 % of GDP2008: 43.5 % of GDP2009: 40.2 % of GDP2010: 54 % of GDP2011: 50.1 % of GDP2012: 57.5 % of GDP2013: 57.9 % of GDP2014: 56.6 % of GDP2015: 39.5 % of GDP2016: 24.9 % of GDP2019: 37.6 % of GDP2020: 36.3 % of GDP2021: 31.7 % of GDP-20020406019781992200620211978: 8.1 % of GDP1979: 17.9 % of GDP1980: 26.1 % of GDP1981: 25 % of GDP1982: 39.3 % of GDP1983: 36.1 % of GDP1984: 40.5 % of GDP1985: 24.9 % of GDP1986: 18.3 % of GDP1987: 25 % of GDP1988: 5.4 % of GDP1989: 14.6 % of GDP1990: 31.8 % of GDP1991: 17.6 % of GDP1992: 32.3 % of GDP1993: 21.2 % of GDP1994: 28.8 % of GDP1995: -2.3 % of GDP1996: -0.2 % of GDP1997: 9.3 % of GDP1998: 6 % of GDP1999: 17.7 % of GDP2000: 36.2 % of GDP2001: 22 % of GDP2002: 23.5 % of GDP2003: 30.7 % of GDP2004: 17 % of GDP2005: 32.7 % of GDP2006: 42 % of GDP2007: 33.3 % of GDP2008: 43.5 % of GDP2009: 40.2 % of GDP2010: 54 % of GDP2011: 50.1 % of GDP2012: 57.5 % of GDP2013: 57.9 % of GDP2014: 56.6 % of GDP2015: 39.5 % of GDP2016: 24.9 % of GDP2019: 37.6 % of GDP2020: 36.3 % of GDP2021: 31.7 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 42 values
Period% of GDP
202131.7
202036.3
201937.6
201624.9
201539.5
201456.6
201357.9
201257.5
201150.1
201054
200940.2
200843.5
200733.3
200642
200532.7
200417
200330.7
200223.5
200122
200036.2
199917.7
19986
19979.3
1996-0.2
1995-2.3
199428.8
199321.2
199232.3
199117.6
199031.8
198914.6
19885.4
198725
198618.3
198524.9
198440.5
198336.1
198239.3
198125
198026.1
197917.9
19788.1

Republic of the Congo compared with nearby places

Albania: 21 % of GDPArmenia: 19.7 % of GDPAngola: 26.1 % of GDPArgentina: 19.4 % of GDPAustria: 29.5 % of GDPAustralia: 25.2 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 32.5 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 20.4 % of GDPBangladesh: 36.1 % of GDPBelgium: 26.3 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 15.9 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.5 % of GDPBurundi: 28.1 % of GDPBenin: 22.8 % of GDPBrunei: 49.7 % of GDPBolivia: 17.6 % of GDPBrazil: 17.2 % of GDPBahamas: 9.4 % of GDPBhutan: 24 % of GDPBotswana: 30.9 % of GDPBelarus: 29.6 % of GDPBelize: 22.4 % of GDPCanada: 23.3 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 31.6 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 31.7 % of GDPSwitzerland: 35.8 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 19.1 % of GDPChile: 16.7 % of GDPCameroon: 13.9 % of GDPChina: 44.7 % of GDPColombia: 13.7 % of GDPCosta Rica: 13.8 % of GDPCape Verde: 17.6 % of GDPCyprus: 14.1 % of GDPCzechia: 28.5 % of GDPGermany: 29.5 % of GDPDjibouti: 9.2 % of GDPDenmark: 32.5 % of GDPDominican Republic: 27.1 % of GDPAlgeria: 38.3 % of GDPEcuador: 23.7 % of GDPEstonia: 27.3 % of GDPEgypt: 13.9 % of GDPSpain: 22.6 % of GDPEthiopia: 25.2 % of GDPFinland: 25.1 % of GDPFiji: 13.1 % of GDPFrance: 23.5 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.1 % of GDPGeorgia: 10.4 % of GDPGhana: 13.1 % of GDPGambia: 24 % of GDPGuinea: 11.6 % of GDPGreece: 9.9 % of GDPGuatemala: 18.9 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 20.5 % of GDPHong Kong: 28.6 % of GDPHonduras: 18.3 % of GDPCroatia: 22.4 % of GDPHaiti: 12 % of GDPHungary: 26.6 % of GDPIndonesia: 32.9 % of GDPIreland: 34.9 % of GDPIsrael: 29.2 % of GDPIndia: 29.9 % of GDPIraq: 40.5 % of GDPIceland: 20.2 % of GDPItaly: 24 % of GDPJapan: 31 % of GDPKenya: 16.5 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 18.4 % of GDPCambodia: 35.4 % of GDPKiribati: 24.3 % of GDPSouth Korea: 36.6 % of GDPKuwait: 39.7 % of GDPKazakhstan: 24.5 % of GDPLebanon: -6.6 % of GDPSri Lanka: 33 % of GDPLesotho: 20.4 % of GDPLithuania: 23.3 % of GDPLuxembourg: 20.4 % of GDPLatvia: 21.7 % of GDPLibya: 28.8 % of GDPMorocco: 28.4 % of GDPMoldova: 14.4 % of GDPMontenegro: 16.2 % of GDPMadagascar: 12.5 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 29.1 % of GDPMali: 17.2 % of GDPMongolia: 20.3 % of GDPMauritania: 34.9 % of GDPMauritius: 12.1 % of GDPMalawi: 2.7 % of GDPMexico: 21.7 % of GDPMalaysia: 26 % of GDPMozambique: 12.6 % of GDPNamibia: 4.5 % of GDPNiger: 18.8 % of GDPNicaragua: 19.8 % of GDPNetherlands: 32.4 % of GDPNorway: 34.4 % of GDPNepal: 30.9 % of GDPNew Zealand: 18.7 % of GDPOman: 22.4 % of GDPPanama: 28.7 % of GDPPeru: 20.2 % of GDPPhilippines: 20.2 % of GDPPakistan: 13.8 % of GDPPoland: 20.5 % of GDPPalestine: 16.3 % of GDPPortugal: 19.8 % of GDPPalau: -2.1 % of GDPParaguay: 23.3 % of GDPQatar: 51.4 % of GDPRomania: 19.2 % of GDPSerbia: 21.5 % of GDPRussia: 29.8 % of GDPRwanda: 20 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 30.5 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 18.9 % of GDPSudan: 6.7 % of GDPSweden: 31.1 % of GDPSingapore: 44.2 % of GDPSlovenia: 25.4 % of GDPSlovakia: 18.3 % of GDPSierra Leone: 9.5 % of GDPSenegal: 26.1 % of GDPEl Salvador: 19.3 % of GDPEswatini: 22.9 % of GDPThailand: 27.6 % of GDPTajikistan: 40.4 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 42.7 % of GDPTunisia: 9 % of GDPTürkiye: 33.6 % of GDPTanzania: 37.1 % of GDPUkraine: 12.6 % of GDPUganda: 20.2 % of GDPUnited States: 17.7 % of GDPUruguay: 15.9 % of GDPUzbekistan: 30.1 % of GDPVenezuela: 14.9 % of GDPVietnam: 32.6 % of GDPVanuatu: 5.8 % of GDPSamoa: 28.9 % of GDPSouth Africa: 16.6 % of GDPZambia: 46.1 % of GDPZimbabwe: 10.9 % of GDP
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Gross savings, share of GDP, 2021, % of GDP. Republic of the Congo is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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. (2026). Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS) (Gross savings, share of GDP, Republic of the Congo, 1978 to 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS

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Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS), Gross savings, share of GDP, Republic of the Congo, 1978 to 2021. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-savings-gdp/republic-of-the-congo. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Gross savings, share of GDP, Republic of the Congo, 1978 to 2021. 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/republic-of-the-congo.

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World Bank (2026) Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS), Gross savings, share of GDP, Republic of the Congo, 1978 to 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/gross-savings-gdp/republic-of-the-congo (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the gross savings, share of GDP in Republic of the Congo?

Gross savings, share of GDP in Republic of the Congo was 31.7% of GDP in 2021, according to the World Bank. That is down 4.6 pts from 2020.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest gross savings, share of GDP in Republic of the Congo?

57.9% of GDP in 2013, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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