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Countries by gross savings, share of GDP

Kiribati had the highest gross savings, share of GDP of 160 countries in 2019, at 54.4% of GDP. São Tomé and Príncipe had the lowest, at -15.6% of GDP. The median was 22.1% of GDP and the figure for the World was 26.5% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest54.4Kiribati
Lowest-15.6São Tomé and Príncipe
Median22.1160 countries
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Map of countries, 2019

Albania: 17.5 % of GDPArmenia: 10.4 % of GDPAngola: 29.9 % of GDPArgentina: 13.7 % of GDPAustria: 28.1 % of GDPAustralia: 22 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 28.6 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 19 % of GDPBangladesh: 36.4 % of GDPBelgium: 24.8 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 16.8 % of GDPBulgaria: 24.1 % of GDPBurundi: 17.6 % of GDPBenin: 22.2 % of GDPBrunei: 53.5 % of GDPBolivia: 17.6 % of GDPBrazil: 12.3 % of GDPBahamas: 21.8 % of GDPBhutan: 30.8 % of GDPBotswana: 26 % of GDPBelarus: 27.8 % of GDPBelize: 15.7 % of GDPCanada: 20.3 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 15.4 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 37.6 % of GDPSwitzerland: 31.8 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 18.9 % of GDPChile: 19.7 % of GDPCameroon: 14.4 % of GDPChina: 43.3 % of GDPColombia: 16.2 % of GDPCosta Rica: 13.5 % of GDPCape Verde: 24.8 % of GDPCyprus: 14 % of GDPCzechia: 25.8 % of GDPGermany: 29.3 % of GDPDjibouti: 20.5 % of GDPDenmark: 29.3 % of GDPDominican Republic: 24.1 % of GDPAlgeria: 38.5 % of GDPEcuador: 20.7 % of GDPEstonia: 28.4 % of GDPEgypt: 17.8 % of GDPSpain: 23 % of GDPEthiopia: 29.4 % of GDPFinland: 24.4 % of GDPFiji: 7.3 % of GDPFrance: 23.5 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 16.5 % of GDPGeorgia: 21.3 % of GDPGhana: 17.6 % of GDPGambia: 18 % of GDPGuinea: 11.1 % of GDPGreece: 9.5 % of GDPGuatemala: 16.7 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 14.5 % of GDPHong Kong: 24 % of GDPHonduras: 19.8 % of GDPCroatia: 24.5 % of GDPHaiti: 15.7 % of GDPHungary: 27.9 % of GDPIndonesia: 30.9 % of GDPIreland: 33.6 % of GDPIsrael: 26.8 % of GDPIndia: 29.7 % of GDPIraq: 37.4 % of GDPIceland: 27.6 % of GDPItaly: 21.5 % of GDPJapan: 30.6 % of GDPKenya: 14.1 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 22.9 % of GDPCambodia: 32.6 % of GDPKiribati: 54.4 % of GDPSouth Korea: 34.3 % of GDPKuwait: 35.7 % of GDPKazakhstan: 26.7 % of GDPLebanon: -6 % of GDPSri Lanka: 32 % of GDPLesotho: 18.2 % of GDPLithuania: 23.3 % of GDPLuxembourg: 18 % of GDPLatvia: 23.2 % of GDPLibya: 19.1 % of GDPMorocco: 27.2 % of GDPMoldova: 15.5 % of GDPMontenegro: 16.5 % of GDPMadagascar: 16.4 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 31.8 % of GDPMali: 20 % of GDPMongolia: 20.3 % of GDPMauritania: 34.6 % of GDPMauritius: 16 % of GDPMalawi: 9.9 % of GDPMexico: 21.8 % of GDPMalaysia: 24.5 % of GDPMozambique: 19.7 % of GDPNamibia: 13.2 % of GDPNiger: 28.9 % of GDPNicaragua: 23.6 % of GDPNetherlands: 28.6 % of GDPNorway: 28.1 % of GDPNepal: 42.2 % of GDPNew Zealand: 21.5 % of GDPOman: 22.2 % of GDPPanama: 31.6 % of GDPPeru: 20.7 % of GDPPhilippines: 31.8 % of GDPPakistan: 11.4 % of GDPPoland: 20.4 % of GDPPalestine: 14.7 % of GDPPortugal: 19 % of GDPPalau: 1.2 % of GDPParaguay: 21.5 % of GDPQatar: 46.2 % of GDPRomania: 19.5 % of GDPSerbia: 18.3 % of GDPRussia: 26.5 % of GDPRwanda: 19.2 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 29.9 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 13.1 % of GDPSudan: 5.1 % of GDPSweden: 29.3 % of GDPSingapore: 40 % of GDPSlovenia: 27.3 % of GDPSlovakia: 20.5 % of GDPSierra Leone: 3.9 % of GDPSenegal: 23.8 % of GDPEl Salvador: 18.2 % of GDPEswatini: 19.6 % of GDPTogo: 17.8 % of GDPThailand: 31.7 % of GDPTajikistan: 36.5 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 44.7 % of GDPTunisia: 10.3 % of GDPTürkiye: 29.6 % of GDPTanzania: 32.6 % of GDPUkraine: 12.3 % of GDPUganda: 22.6 % of GDPUnited States: 19.5 % of GDPUruguay: 15.4 % of GDPUzbekistan: 31.5 % of GDPVenezuela: 41.8 % of GDPVietnam: 31.3 % of GDPVanuatu: 15.4 % of GDPSamoa: 35.7 % of GDPSouth Africa: 13.2 % of GDPZambia: 39.8 % of GDPZimbabwe: 9.1 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2019. 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, 2019

Kiribati: 54.4 % of GDPKiribati54.4Brunei: 53.5 % of GDPBrunei53.5Macao: 46.9 % of GDPMacao46.9Qatar: 46.2 % of GDPQatar46.2Timor-Leste: 44.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste44.7China: 43.3 % of GDPChina43.3Nepal: 42.2 % of GDPNepal42.2Venezuela: 41.8 % of GDPVenezuela41.8Singapore: 40 % of GDPSingapore40Zambia: 39.8 % of GDPZambia39.8Algeria: 38.5 % of GDPAlgeria38.5Bermuda: 38.4 % of GDPBermuda38.4Republic of the Congo: 37.6 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo37.6Iraq: 37.4 % of GDPIraq37.4Tajikistan: 36.5 % of GDPTajikistan36.5Bangladesh: 36.4 % of GDPBangladesh36.4Samoa: 35.7 % of GDPSamoa35.7Kuwait: 35.7 % of GDPKuwait35.7San Marino: 35.5 % of GDPSan Marino35.5Mauritania: 34.6 % of GDPMauritania34.6South Korea: 34.3 % of GDPSouth Korea34.3Bahrain: 33.7 % of GDPBahrain33.7Ireland: 33.6 % of GDPIreland33.6Tanzania: 32.6 % of GDPTanzania32.6Cambodia: 32.6 % of GDPCambodia32.6Sri Lanka: 32 % of GDPSri Lanka32North Macedonia: 31.8 % of GDPNorth Macedonia31.8Switzerland: 31.8 % of GDPSwitzerland31.8Philippines: 31.8 % of GDPPhilippines31.8Thailand: 31.7 % of GDPThailand31.7Panama: 31.6 % of GDPPanama31.6Uzbekistan: 31.5 % of GDPUzbekistan31.5Vietnam: 31.3 % of GDPVietnam31.3Indonesia: 30.9 % of GDPIndonesia30.9Bhutan: 30.8 % of GDPBhutan30.8Japan: 30.6 % of GDPJapan30.6Angola: 29.9 % of GDPAngola29.9Saudi Arabia: 29.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia29.9India: 29.7 % of GDPIndia29.7Türkiye: 29.6 % of GDPTürkiye29.6Kiribati: 54.4 % of GDPKiribati54.4Brunei: 53.5 % of GDPBrunei53.5Macao: 46.9 % of GDPMacao46.9Qatar: 46.2 % of GDPQatar46.2Timor-Leste: 44.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste44.7China: 43.3 % of GDPChina43.3Nepal: 42.2 % of GDPNepal42.2Venezuela: 41.8 % of GDPVenezuela41.8Singapore: 40 % of GDPSingapore40Zambia: 39.8 % of GDPZambia39.8Algeria: 38.5 % of GDPAlgeria38.5Bermuda: 38.4 % of GDPBermuda38.4Republic of the Congo: 37.6 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo37.6Iraq: 37.4 % of GDPIraq37.4Tajikistan: 36.5 % of GDPTajikistan36.5Bangladesh: 36.4 % of GDPBangladesh36.4Samoa: 35.7 % of GDPSamoa35.7Kuwait: 35.7 % of GDPKuwait35.7San Marino: 35.5 % of GDPSan Marino35.5Mauritania: 34.6 % of GDPMauritania34.6South Korea: 34.3 % of GDPSouth Korea34.3Bahrain: 33.7 % of GDPBahrain33.7Ireland: 33.6 % of GDPIreland33.6Tanzania: 32.6 % of GDPTanzania32.6Cambodia: 32.6 % of GDPCambodia32.6Sri Lanka: 32 % of GDPSri Lanka32North Macedonia: 31.8 % of GDPNorth Macedonia31.8Switzerland: 31.8 % of GDPSwitzerland31.8Philippines: 31.8 % of GDPPhilippines31.8Thailand: 31.7 % of GDPThailand31.7Panama: 31.6 % of GDPPanama31.6Uzbekistan: 31.5 % of GDPUzbekistan31.5Vietnam: 31.3 % of GDPVietnam31.3Indonesia: 30.9 % of GDPIndonesia30.9Bhutan: 30.8 % of GDPBhutan30.8Japan: 30.6 % of GDPJapan30.6Angola: 29.9 % of GDPAngola29.9Saudi Arabia: 29.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia29.9India: 29.7 % of GDPIndia29.7Türkiye: 29.6 % of GDPTürkiye29.6
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019
% of GDP		Change on 2018
1Kiribati54.4+1.7 pts
2Brunei53.5+0.3 pts
3Macao46.9-2.8 pts
4Qatar46.2-4.6 pts
5Timor-Leste44.7+30.2 pts
6China43.3-0.5 pts
7Nepal42.2-0.4 pts
8Venezuela41.8+12.9 pts
9Singapore40-1.4 pts
10Zambia39.8-2.1 pts
11Algeria38.5-2 pts
12Bermuda38.4-1.9 pts
13Republic of the Congo37.6n/a
14Iraq37.4-2.9 pts
15Tajikistan36.5+1.9 pts
16Bangladesh36.4+0.9 pts
17Samoa35.7-0.4 pts
18Kuwait35.7-4.2 pts
19San Marino35.5+0.9 pts
20Mauritania34.6+1.9 pts
21South Korea34.3-1.1 pts
22Bahrain33.7+4.3 pts
23Ireland33.6+0.8 pts
24Tanzania32.6+0.9 pts
25Cambodia32.6+6.6 pts
26Sri Lanka32-3.1 pts
27North Macedonia31.8-0.9 pts
28Switzerland31.8-1.6 pts
29Philippines31.8-2.1 pts
30Thailand31.70 pts
31Panama31.60 pts
32Uzbekistan31.5-1 pts
33Vietnam31.3+0.4 pts
34Indonesia30.9-0.8 pts
35Bhutan30.8-1.1 pts
36Japan30.6+0.1 pts
37Angola29.9-0.4 pts
38Saudi Arabia29.9-0.7 pts
39India29.7-1.7 pts
40Türkiye29.6-1.1 pts
41Ethiopia29.4-3.9 pts
42Denmark29.3+0.5 pts
43Sweden29.3+2.3 pts
44Germany29.3-0.7 pts
45Niger28.9+2.2 pts
46Azerbaijan28.6-3.6 pts
47Netherlands28.6-0.8 pts
48Estonia28.4-0 pts
49Norway28.1-3.4 pts
50Austria28.1+1.2 pts
51Hungary27.9+0.8 pts
52Belarus27.8-1.3 pts
53Malta27.6-2.1 pts
54Iceland27.6+0.9 pts
55Slovenia27.3-0.8 pts
56Morocco27.2-0.1 pts
57Israel26.80 pts
58Kazakhstan26.7-1.2 pts
59Russia26.5-2.4 pts
60Botswana26-0.9 pts
61Czechia25.8+0.2 pts
62Belgium24.8+1 pts
63Cape Verde24.8-0.8 pts
64Malaysia24.5-1.6 pts
65Croatia24.5+0.6 pts
66Finland24.4+0.3 pts
67Dominican Republic24.1+0.1 pts
68Bulgaria24.1+0.6 pts
69Hong Kong24-1.7 pts
70Senegal23.8+0.8 pts
71Nicaragua23.6+1.6 pts
72France23.5+1.6 pts
73Lithuania23.3+0.6 pts
74Latvia23.2-0.3 pts
75Spain23+0.5 pts
76Tonga22.9+4 pts
77Kyrgyzstan22.9-3.7 pts
78Uganda22.6+1.3 pts
79Oman22.2-5 pts
80Benin22.2+1.9 pts
81Australia22+0.6 pts
82Mexico21.8+0.3 pts
83Bahamas21.8+6.2 pts
84Italy21.5+0.3 pts
85Paraguay21.5-1.5 pts
86New Zealand21.5+1.4 pts
87Georgia21.3-0.1 pts
88Ecuador20.7-0.4 pts
89Peru20.7+0.3 pts
90Djibouti20.5+3 pts
91Slovakia20.5-1.9 pts
92Poland20.4+1 pts
93Canada20.3+0.7 pts
94Mongolia20.3-1.9 pts
95Mali20-0.2 pts
96Honduras19.8+0.3 pts
97Mozambique19.7+6.1 pts
98Chile19.7+0.1 pts
99Eswatini19.6-1.3 pts
100Romania19.5+1.1 pts
101United States19.5+0.3 pts
102Rwanda19.2+2.7 pts
103Libya19.1-11.8 pts
104Bosnia and Herzegovina19+2.3 pts
105Portugal19+0.2 pts
106Côte d’Ivoire18.9+1 pts
107Serbia18.3-0.5 pts
108Lesotho18.2+1.6 pts
109El Salvador18.2+2.6 pts
110Luxembourg18-2.4 pts
111Gambia18+2.3 pts
112Togo17.8+1.3 pts
113Egypt17.8-0.2 pts
114Bolivia17.6-0.7 pts
115Burundi17.6+5.4 pts
116Ghana17.6-2.4 pts
117Albania17.5-3.1 pts
118Maldives17.1-4 pts
119Burkina Faso16.8-0.3 pts
120Guatemala16.7+2 pts
121United Kingdom16.5+1.4 pts
122Montenegro16.5+2.4 pts
123Madagascar16.4-2.2 pts
124Colombia16.2-0.2 pts
125Mauritius16-1.4 pts
126Haiti15.7+3.7 pts
127Belize15.7+0.5 pts
128Moldova15.5-0.3 pts
129Democratic Republic of the Congo15.4-9.7 pts
130Vanuatu15.4-9.3 pts
131Uruguay15.4+1 pts
132Palestine14.7-0.8 pts
133Guinea-Bissau14.5-1.6 pts
134Cameroon14.4-1.3 pts
135Kenya14.1-0.4 pts
136Cyprus14-1.1 pts
137Argentina13.7+2.3 pts
138Costa Rica13.5-0.6 pts
139Namibia13.2+1.6 pts
140South Africa13.2-0 pts
141Solomon Islands13.1-2 pts
142Brazil12.3-0.4 pts
143Ukraine12.3-1.3 pts
144Pakistan11.4-0.5 pts
145Aruba11.2+0.1 pts
146Guinea11.1+0.9 pts
147Armenia10.4-5.2 pts
148Comoros10.4-1.9 pts
149Tunisia10.3-0.4 pts
150Malawi9.9+6 pts
151Greece9.5+0.5 pts
152Zimbabwe9.1-4.8 pts
153Seychelles9.1+3.7 pts
154Fiji7.3-5.3 pts
155Marshall Islands5.4-0.7 pts
156Sudan5.1+6.3 pts
157Sierra Leone3.9+0.7 pts
158Palau1.2-6.3 pts
159Lebanon-6-2.2 pts
160São Tomé and Príncipe-15.6+0.4 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. 19 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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?

Kiribati, with 54.4% of GDP in 2019, according to the World Bank.

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

São Tomé and Príncipe, with -15.6% of GDP in 2019.

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