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Countries by gross savings, share of GDP

Timor-Leste had the highest gross savings, share of GDP of 165 countries in 2015, at 68.6% of GDP. São Tomé and Príncipe had the lowest, at -20% of GDP. The median was 21.4% of GDP and the figure for the World was 26.3% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest68.6Timor-Leste
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Median21.4165 countries
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Map of countries, 2015

Albania: 19.3 % of GDPArmenia: 18.5 % of GDPAngola: 21.1 % of GDPArgentina: 14.3 % of GDPAustria: 25.7 % of GDPAustralia: 22.5 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 28.1 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 8.9 % of GDPBangladesh: 36.7 % of GDPBelgium: 24 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 11.9 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.9 % of GDPBurundi: 3 % of GDPBenin: 14.1 % of GDPBrunei: 57.1 % of GDPBolivia: 14.2 % of GDPBrazil: 14.5 % of GDPBahamas: 20.9 % of GDPBhutan: 27.1 % of GDPBotswana: 31.3 % of GDPBelarus: 28.9 % of GDPBelize: 20.3 % of GDPCanada: 19.6 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 20.3 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 39.5 % of GDPSwitzerland: 35.2 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 22.4 % of GDPChile: 22.7 % of GDPCameroon: 14.3 % of GDPChina: 45.1 % of GDPColombia: 17.4 % of GDPCosta Rica: 14.6 % of GDPCape Verde: 28.5 % of GDPCyprus: 13.1 % of GDPCzechia: 25.7 % of GDPGermany: 27.6 % of GDPDjibouti: 25.5 % of GDPDenmark: 28.5 % of GDPDominican Republic: 20.9 % of GDPAlgeria: 39 % of GDPEcuador: 20.6 % of GDPEstonia: 26.4 % of GDPEgypt: 9.6 % of GDPSpain: 21.4 % of GDPEthiopia: 29.9 % of GDPFinland: 20.7 % of GDPFiji: 18.9 % of GDPFrance: 21.5 % of GDPGabon: 38.4 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 13.7 % of GDPGeorgia: 15.2 % of GDPGhana: 21.1 % of GDPGambia: 18.9 % of GDPGuinea: -7.4 % of GDPGreece: 10.1 % of GDPGuatemala: 13.6 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 16.8 % of GDPHong Kong: 24.9 % of GDPHonduras: 19.7 % of GDPCroatia: 22.2 % of GDPHaiti: 12.4 % of GDPHungary: 25.7 % of GDPIndonesia: 30.1 % of GDPIreland: 32.6 % of GDPIsrael: 26.8 % of GDPIndia: 32.5 % of GDPIraq: 25.1 % of GDPIceland: 25.5 % of GDPItaly: 18.5 % of GDPJapan: 29.5 % of GDPKenya: 6.8 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 12.2 % of GDPCambodia: 22.9 % of GDPKiribati: 65.8 % of GDPSouth Korea: 35.8 % of GDPKuwait: 30.9 % of GDPKazakhstan: 27.6 % of GDPLaos: 10.7 % of GDPLebanon: 2.4 % of GDPSri Lanka: 32 % of GDPLesotho: 24.5 % of GDPLithuania: 20 % of GDPLuxembourg: 17.8 % of GDPLatvia: 24 % of GDPLibya: 5.7 % of GDPMorocco: 28.3 % of GDPMoldova: 18.3 % of GDPMontenegro: 8.6 % of GDPMadagascar: 12.9 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 28.7 % of GDPMali: 20.4 % of GDPMongolia: 16.4 % of GDPMauritania: 21.5 % of GDPMauritius: 16.2 % of GDPMexico: 18.5 % of GDPMalaysia: 28.4 % of GDPMozambique: 11.7 % of GDPNamibia: 16.3 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 19.9 % of GDPNiger: 24.2 % of GDPNicaragua: 23.5 % of GDPNetherlands: 27 % of GDPNorway: 31.5 % of GDPNepal: 40.1 % of GDPNew Zealand: 20.9 % of GDPOman: 22.5 % of GDPPanama: 34.1 % of GDPPeru: 20.6 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 24.1 % of GDPPhilippines: 35.6 % of GDPPakistan: 14.9 % of GDPPoland: 19.5 % of GDPPalestine: 11.4 % of GDPPortugal: 15.9 % of GDPPalau: 4.7 % of GDPParaguay: 21.6 % of GDPQatar: 45.6 % of GDPRomania: 24.8 % of GDPSerbia: 16.3 % of GDPRussia: 26.4 % of GDPRwanda: 10 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 24.8 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 11.4 % of GDPSudan: 8.1 % of GDPSweden: 26.2 % of GDPSingapore: 44 % of GDPSlovenia: 23.6 % of GDPSlovakia: 24.7 % of GDPSierra Leone: 9.1 % of GDPSenegal: 20.5 % of GDPSouth Sudan: 6.2 % of GDPEl Salvador: 12.3 % of GDPEswatini: 30.7 % of GDPTogo: 17.4 % of GDPThailand: 28 % of GDPTajikistan: 41.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 68.6 % of GDPTunisia: 12.9 % of GDPTürkiye: 27.8 % of GDPTanzania: 25.7 % of GDPUkraine: 21.5 % of GDPUganda: 16.6 % of GDPUnited States: 19.7 % of GDPUruguay: 15.2 % of GDPUzbekistan: 21.8 % of GDPVenezuela: 34.5 % of GDPVietnam: 28.1 % of GDPVanuatu: 13.8 % of GDPSamoa: 30.9 % of GDPYemen: -5.1 % of GDPSouth Africa: 14.3 % of GDPZambia: 37.7 % of GDPZimbabwe: -1 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2015. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2015

Timor-Leste: 68.6 % of GDPTimor-Leste68.6Kiribati: 65.8 % of GDPKiribati65.8Brunei: 57.1 % of GDPBrunei57.1Macao: 48.3 % of GDPMacao48.3Qatar: 45.6 % of GDPQatar45.6China: 45.1 % of GDPChina45.1Singapore: 44 % of GDPSingapore44Tajikistan: 41.7 % of GDPTajikistan41.7Nepal: 40.1 % of GDPNepal40.1Bermuda: 39.9 % of GDPBermuda39.9Republic of the Congo: 39.5 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo39.5Algeria: 39 % of GDPAlgeria39Gabon: 38.4 % of GDPGabon38.4Zambia: 37.7 % of GDPZambia37.7Bangladesh: 36.7 % of GDPBangladesh36.7South Korea: 35.8 % of GDPSouth Korea35.8Philippines: 35.6 % of GDPPhilippines35.6Switzerland: 35.2 % of GDPSwitzerland35.2Venezuela: 34.5 % of GDPVenezuela34.5Panama: 34.1 % of GDPPanama34.1Ireland: 32.6 % of GDPIreland32.6India: 32.5 % of GDPIndia32.5Sri Lanka: 32 % of GDPSri Lanka32Norway: 31.5 % of GDPNorway31.5Botswana: 31.3 % of GDPBotswana31.3Kuwait: 30.9 % of GDPKuwait30.9Samoa: 30.9 % of GDPSamoa30.9Eswatini: 30.7 % of GDPEswatini30.7Indonesia: 30.1 % of GDPIndonesia30.1Ethiopia: 29.9 % of GDPEthiopia29.9Japan: 29.5 % of GDPJapan29.5Belarus: 28.9 % of GDPBelarus28.9North Macedonia: 28.7 % of GDPNorth Macedonia28.7Cape Verde: 28.5 % of GDPCape Verde28.5Denmark: 28.5 % of GDPDenmark28.5Malaysia: 28.4 % of GDPMalaysia28.4Morocco: 28.3 % of GDPMorocco28.3Azerbaijan: 28.1 % of GDPAzerbaijan28.1Vietnam: 28.1 % of GDPVietnam28.1Thailand: 28 % of GDPThailand28Timor-Leste: 68.6 % of GDPTimor-Leste68.6Kiribati: 65.8 % of GDPKiribati65.8Brunei: 57.1 % of GDPBrunei57.1Macao: 48.3 % of GDPMacao48.3Qatar: 45.6 % of GDPQatar45.6China: 45.1 % of GDPChina45.1Singapore: 44 % of GDPSingapore44Tajikistan: 41.7 % of GDPTajikistan41.7Nepal: 40.1 % of GDPNepal40.1Bermuda: 39.9 % of GDPBermuda39.9Republic of the Congo: 39.5 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo39.5Algeria: 39 % of GDPAlgeria39Gabon: 38.4 % of GDPGabon38.4Zambia: 37.7 % of GDPZambia37.7Bangladesh: 36.7 % of GDPBangladesh36.7South Korea: 35.8 % of GDPSouth Korea35.8Philippines: 35.6 % of GDPPhilippines35.6Switzerland: 35.2 % of GDPSwitzerland35.2Venezuela: 34.5 % of GDPVenezuela34.5Panama: 34.1 % of GDPPanama34.1Ireland: 32.6 % of GDPIreland32.6India: 32.5 % of GDPIndia32.5Sri Lanka: 32 % of GDPSri Lanka32Norway: 31.5 % of GDPNorway31.5Botswana: 31.3 % of GDPBotswana31.3Kuwait: 30.9 % of GDPKuwait30.9Samoa: 30.9 % of GDPSamoa30.9Eswatini: 30.7 % of GDPEswatini30.7Indonesia: 30.1 % of GDPIndonesia30.1Ethiopia: 29.9 % of GDPEthiopia29.9Japan: 29.5 % of GDPJapan29.5Belarus: 28.9 % of GDPBelarus28.9North Macedonia: 28.7 % of GDPNorth Macedonia28.7Cape Verde: 28.5 % of GDPCape Verde28.5Denmark: 28.5 % of GDPDenmark28.5Malaysia: 28.4 % of GDPMalaysia28.4Morocco: 28.3 % of GDPMorocco28.3Azerbaijan: 28.1 % of GDPAzerbaijan28.1Vietnam: 28.1 % of GDPVietnam28.1Thailand: 28 % of GDPThailand28
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2015
% of GDP		Change on 2014
1Timor-Leste68.6-37.3 pts
2Kiribati65.8+11.2 pts
3Brunei57.1-2.7 pts
4Macao48.3-4.1 pts
5Qatar45.6-10.2 pts
6China45.1-2.2 pts
7Singapore44-3.2 pts
8Tajikistan41.7+25.5 pts
9Nepal40.1+0.5 pts
10Bermuda39.9+0.3 pts
11Republic of the Congo39.5-17.1 pts
12Algeria39-5.6 pts
13Gabon38.4-4 pts
14Zambia37.7-1.8 pts
15Bangladesh36.7-1 pts
16South Korea35.8+1.3 pts
17Philippines35.6-1.7 pts
18Switzerland35.2+1.3 pts
19Venezuela34.5-4.5 pts
20Panama34.1+3.9 pts
21Ireland32.6+7.1 pts
22India32.5-1 pts
23Sri Lanka32n/a
24Norway31.5-3.6 pts
25Botswana31.3-5.1 pts
26Kuwait30.9-19.3 pts
27Samoa30.9+3.2 pts
28Eswatini30.7-0.9 pts
29Indonesia30.1-0.5 pts
30Ethiopia29.9-1.5 pts
31Japan29.5+2.4 pts
32Belarus28.9+1.4 pts
33North Macedonia28.7-1.2 pts
34Cape Verde28.5+1.9 pts
35Denmark28.5-0 pts
36Malaysia28.4-1 pts
37Morocco28.3+2.9 pts
38Azerbaijan28.1-12.6 pts
39Vietnam28.1-4.9 pts
40Thailand28+0.6 pts
41Türkiye27.8+1 pts
42Kazakhstan27.6-2.5 pts
43Germany27.6+0.2 pts
44Marshall Islands27.4+6 pts
45Bhutan27.1-8.1 pts
46Netherlands27+0.7 pts
47Israel26.8+0.4 pts
48Estonia26.4-1.1 pts
49Russia26.4+1.9 pts
50Sweden26.2-0.1 pts
51Malta25.9+2.6 pts
52Tanzania25.7+1.2 pts
53Hungary25.7+0.7 pts
54Austria25.7-0.5 pts
55Czechia25.7+0.8 pts
56Djibouti25.5+1.2 pts
57Iceland25.5+3.4 pts
58Iraq25.1-12.9 pts
59Hong Kong24.9-0.4 pts
60Saudi Arabia24.8-13.9 pts
61Romania24.8-0.1 pts
62Slovakia24.7-0.2 pts
63Maldives24.6-1.9 pts
64Lesotho24.5-0.8 pts
65Niger24.2-0.8 pts
66French Polynesia24.1+1.7 pts
67Latvia24+0.9 pts
68Belgium24-0.1 pts
69Bahrain23.8-7.5 pts
70Slovenia23.6-1.3 pts
71Nicaragua23.5+2.9 pts
72Cambodia22.9+1.6 pts
73Chile22.7+1.1 pts
74Australia22.5-0.9 pts
75Oman22.5-11 pts
76Côte d’Ivoire22.4-0.4 pts
77Croatia22.2+3.6 pts
78Uzbekistan21.8-4.3 pts
79Paraguay21.6-0.1 pts
80France21.5+0.4 pts
81Mauritania21.5-1.4 pts
82Ukraine21.5+11.6 pts
83Spain21.4+1.5 pts
84Angola21.1-5.4 pts
85Ghana21.1+2.9 pts
86Dominican Republic20.9+1.7 pts
87Bulgaria20.9-1.4 pts
88Bahamas20.9-0.1 pts
89New Zealand20.9+1.1 pts
90Finland20.7+0.1 pts
91Ecuador20.6-5.9 pts
92Peru20.6-0.6 pts
93Senegal20.5+1.5 pts
94Mali20.4-2.2 pts
95Democratic Republic of the Congo20.3-0.8 pts
96Belize20.3+2.3 pts
97Lithuania20-3.9 pts
98New Caledonia19.9-1.6 pts
99United States19.70 pts
100Honduras19.7+5 pts
101Canada19.6-2.6 pts
102Poland19.5+1.6 pts
103Albania19.3+1.7 pts
104Fiji18.9+3.8 pts
105Gambia18.9+7.5 pts
106Italy18.5-0.3 pts
107Mexico18.5+1.7 pts
108Armenia18.5+5.2 pts
109Moldova18.3+0.8 pts
110Luxembourg17.8-6.3 pts
111Togo17.4+2 pts
112Colombia17.4-0.8 pts
113Guinea-Bissau16.8-0.8 pts
114Uganda16.6-8.6 pts
115Mongolia16.4-7 pts
116Namibia16.3-6.6 pts
117Serbia16.3+3 pts
118Mauritius16.2+1 pts
119Portugal15.9+0.8 pts
120Aruba15.3+3.8 pts
121Georgia15.2-0.5 pts
122Uruguay15.2+2 pts
123Pakistan14.9+0.8 pts
124Costa Rica14.6+1.1 pts
125Brazil14.5-1.6 pts
126Cameroon14.3-0.9 pts
127Argentina14.3-1.6 pts
128South Africa14.3+0.6 pts
129Bolivia14.2-6.6 pts
130Benin14.1-4.5 pts
131Vanuatu13.8-4.1 pts
132United Kingdom13.7+0.1 pts
133Guatemala13.6+1.8 pts
134Comoros13.5+3.7 pts
135Cyprus13.1+3.9 pts
136Tunisia12.9-1.9 pts
137Madagascar12.9-1.6 pts
138Haiti12.4+0.8 pts
139El Salvador12.3+0.7 pts
140Curaçao12.2+2.9 pts
141Kyrgyzstan12.2+0.6 pts
142Seychelles11.9+3.9 pts
143Burkina Faso11.9-1.5 pts
144Mozambique11.7+2.4 pts
145Solomon Islands11.4+0.9 pts
146Palestine11.4+3.2 pts
147Laos10.7+0.6 pts
148Greece10.1-0.3 pts
149Rwanda10-2 pts
150Egypt9.6-2.3 pts
151Tonga9.1-6.5 pts
152Sierra Leone9.1-7.3 pts
153Bosnia and Herzegovina8.9+2.6 pts
154Montenegro8.6+1.6 pts
155Sudan8.1-0.9 pts
156Kenya6.8+0.7 pts
157South Sudan6.2-4.4 pts
158Libya5.7-7.5 pts
159Palau4.7+3.9 pts
160Burundi3+3.7 pts
161Lebanon2.4+6.1 pts
162Zimbabwe-1-2.5 pts
163Yemen-5.1-14.9 pts
164Guinea-7.4-4.6 pts
165São Tomé and Príncipe-20+7 pts

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 14 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Which country has the highest gross savings, share of GDP?

Timor-Leste, with 68.6% of GDP in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest gross savings, share of GDP?

São Tomé and Príncipe, with -20% of GDP in 2015.

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