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Countries by gross savings, share of GDP

Brunei had the highest gross savings, share of GDP of 161 countries in 2020, at 50.9% of GDP. Palau had the lowest, at -7.2% of GDP. The median was 21.2% of GDP and the figure for the World was 25.7% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest50.9Brunei
Lowest-7.2Palau
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Map of countries, 2020

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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% of GDP, 2020. 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, 2020

Brunei: 50.9 % of GDPBrunei50.9Kiribati: 46.1 % of GDPKiribati46.1Zambia: 44.9 % of GDPZambia44.9China: 43.5 % of GDPChina43.5Singapore: 42.1 % of GDPSingapore42.1Qatar: 41.8 % of GDPQatar41.8Bermuda: 39.3 % of GDPBermuda39.3Macao: 39.2 % of GDPMacao39.2Mauritania: 37.6 % of GDPMauritania37.6Bangladesh: 37.2 % of GDPBangladesh37.2Tanzania: 36.4 % of GDPTanzania36.4Republic of the Congo: 36.3 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo36.3Tajikistan: 36.1 % of GDPTajikistan36.1South Korea: 35.8 % of GDPSouth Korea35.8Cambodia: 35.8 % of GDPCambodia35.8Ireland: 34.6 % of GDPIreland34.6Samoa: 33.7 % of GDPSamoa33.7Algeria: 33.3 % of GDPAlgeria33.3Vietnam: 33 % of GDPVietnam33Nepal: 32.8 % of GDPNepal32.8Switzerland: 32 % of GDPSwitzerland32Uzbekistan: 31.7 % of GDPUzbekistan31.7San Marino: 31.5 % of GDPSan Marino31.5Sri Lanka: 31.4 % of GDPSri Lanka31.4Türkiye: 30.1 % of GDPTürkiye30.1Denmark: 30 % of GDPDenmark30Sweden: 30 % of GDPSweden30Japan: 29.7 % of GDPJapan29.7Kyrgyzstan: 29.3 % of GDPKyrgyzstan29.3Indonesia: 29.2 % of GDPIndonesia29.2Austria: 29.2 % of GDPAustria29.2Israel: 28.8 % of GDPIsrael28.8India: 28.7 % of GDPIndia28.7Thailand: 28.3 % of GDPThailand28.3Bahrain: 28.2 % of GDPBahrain28.2Germany: 28 % of GDPGermany28Slovenia: 27.9 % of GDPSlovenia27.9Ethiopia: 27.8 % of GDPEthiopia27.8Morocco: 27.7 % of GDPMorocco27.7Belarus: 27.5 % of GDPBelarus27.5Brunei: 50.9 % of GDPBrunei50.9Kiribati: 46.1 % of GDPKiribati46.1Zambia: 44.9 % of GDPZambia44.9China: 43.5 % of GDPChina43.5Singapore: 42.1 % of GDPSingapore42.1Qatar: 41.8 % of GDPQatar41.8Bermuda: 39.3 % of GDPBermuda39.3Macao: 39.2 % of GDPMacao39.2Mauritania: 37.6 % of GDPMauritania37.6Bangladesh: 37.2 % of GDPBangladesh37.2Tanzania: 36.4 % of GDPTanzania36.4Republic of the Congo: 36.3 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo36.3Tajikistan: 36.1 % of GDPTajikistan36.1South Korea: 35.8 % of GDPSouth Korea35.8Cambodia: 35.8 % of GDPCambodia35.8Ireland: 34.6 % of GDPIreland34.6Samoa: 33.7 % of GDPSamoa33.7Algeria: 33.3 % of GDPAlgeria33.3Vietnam: 33 % of GDPVietnam33Nepal: 32.8 % of GDPNepal32.8Switzerland: 32 % of GDPSwitzerland32Uzbekistan: 31.7 % of GDPUzbekistan31.7San Marino: 31.5 % of GDPSan Marino31.5Sri Lanka: 31.4 % of GDPSri Lanka31.4Türkiye: 30.1 % of GDPTürkiye30.1Denmark: 30 % of GDPDenmark30Sweden: 30 % of GDPSweden30Japan: 29.7 % of GDPJapan29.7Kyrgyzstan: 29.3 % of GDPKyrgyzstan29.3Indonesia: 29.2 % of GDPIndonesia29.2Austria: 29.2 % of GDPAustria29.2Israel: 28.8 % of GDPIsrael28.8India: 28.7 % of GDPIndia28.7Thailand: 28.3 % of GDPThailand28.3Bahrain: 28.2 % of GDPBahrain28.2Germany: 28 % of GDPGermany28Slovenia: 27.9 % of GDPSlovenia27.9Ethiopia: 27.8 % of GDPEthiopia27.8Morocco: 27.7 % of GDPMorocco27.7Belarus: 27.5 % of GDPBelarus27.5
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020
% of GDP		Change on 2019
1Brunei50.9-2.6 pts
2Kiribati46.1-8.3 pts
3Zambia44.9+5.1 pts
4China43.5+0.2 pts
5Singapore42.1+2.1 pts
6Qatar41.8-4.4 pts
7Bermuda39.3+0.8 pts
8Macao39.2-7.7 pts
9Mauritania37.6+2.9 pts
10Bangladesh37.2+0.8 pts
11Tanzania36.4+3.9 pts
12Republic of the Congo36.3-1.3 pts
13Tajikistan36.1-0.4 pts
14South Korea35.8+1.5 pts
15Cambodia35.8+3.2 pts
16Ireland34.6+1 pts
17Samoa33.7-2.1 pts
18Algeria33.3-5.1 pts
19Vietnam33+1.7 pts
20Nepal32.8-9.4 pts
21Switzerland32+0.2 pts
22Uzbekistan31.7+0.2 pts
23San Marino31.5-4.1 pts
24Sri Lanka31.4-0.7 pts
25Türkiye30.1+0.5 pts
26Denmark30+0.7 pts
27Sweden30+0.7 pts
28Japan29.7-0.9 pts
29Kyrgyzstan29.3+6.4 pts
30Indonesia29.2-1.7 pts
31Austria29.2+1.1 pts
32Israel28.8+2 pts
33India28.7-1 pts
34Thailand28.3-3.5 pts
35Bahrain28.2-5.4 pts
36Germany28-1.2 pts
37Slovenia27.9+0.6 pts
38Ethiopia27.8-1.6 pts
39Morocco27.7+0.5 pts
40Belarus27.5-0.4 pts
41Estonia27.1-1.2 pts
42North Macedonia27.1-4.7 pts
43Netherlands27.1-1.5 pts
44Gambia26.9+8.9 pts
45Hungary26.5-1.4 pts
46Norway26.5-1.7 pts
47Kazakhstan26.2-0.5 pts
48Hong Kong26+1.9 pts
49Czechia25.9+0.1 pts
50Russia25.8-0.8 pts
51Finland25.5+1.2 pts
52Latvia25.2+2 pts
53Belgium25+0.2 pts
54Philippines24.8-6.9 pts
55Senegal24.7+0.9 pts
56Panama24.7-6.9 pts
57Burundi24.6+7 pts
58Bhutan24.4-6.3 pts
59Botswana24.2-1.8 pts
60Iraq24-13.3 pts
61Malaysia23.8-0.7 pts
62Nicaragua23.8+0.2 pts
63Lithuania23.7+0.4 pts
64Azerbaijan23.6-5 pts
65Guinea-Bissau23.6+9.1 pts
66Australia23.2+1.3 pts
67Kuwait23-12.7 pts
68Dominican Republic22.9-1.2 pts
69Iceland22.9-4.7 pts
70Belize22.7+7 pts
71Eswatini22.5+2.9 pts
72Paraguay22.4+0.9 pts
73Malta22.3-5.3 pts
74Mexico22.2+0.4 pts
75Croatia22.1-2.3 pts
76Honduras21.9+2.1 pts
77Uganda21.8-0.8 pts
78Italy21.7+0.2 pts
79Benin21.6-0.6 pts
80Spain21.4-1.6 pts
81Poland21.2+0.8 pts
82Angola21.1-8.8 pts
83Tonga20.8-2.1 pts
84France20.8-2.7 pts
85Bulgaria20.7-3.4 pts
86New Zealand20.7-0.8 pts
87Timor-Leste20.6-24.1 pts
88Luxembourg20.6+2.5 pts
89Burkina Faso20.6+3.7 pts
90Lesotho20.5+2.3 pts
91Serbia20.5+2.2 pts
92Saudi Arabia20-9.9 pts
93Ecuador19.9-0.9 pts
94Peru19.8-0.9 pts
95Niger19.8-9.1 pts
96Slovakia19.6-0.8 pts
97Democratic Republic of the Congo19.6+4.2 pts
98Togo19.5+1.7 pts
99Canada19.5-0.8 pts
100Romania19.2-0.3 pts
101Chile19.1-0.6 pts
102Solomon Islands18.6+5.5 pts
103Mali18.6-1.4 pts
104Guatemala18.5+1.9 pts
105Portugal18.4-0.6 pts
106United States18.4-1.1 pts
107El Salvador18.3+0.1 pts
108Côte d’Ivoire17.7-1.2 pts
109Haiti17.7+2 pts
110Namibia17.7+4.5 pts
111Albania17.7+0.2 pts
112Cape Verde17.5-7.2 pts
113Bosnia and Herzegovina16.3-2.7 pts
114Mongolia16.3-4 pts
115Egypt16.3-1.5 pts
116Moldova16.1+0.6 pts
117Armenia15.6+5.3 pts
118Uruguay15.6+0.2 pts
119United Kingdom15.6-1 pts
120Kenya15.3+1.3 pts
121Rwanda15.2-4 pts
122Ghana15.2-2.4 pts
123Marshall Islands15.1+9.7 pts
124Mozambique15.1-4.6 pts
125Argentina15+1.3 pts
126Bolivia14.9-2.7 pts
127Brazil14.8+2.5 pts
128Pakistan14.5+3.2 pts
129Colombia14.4-1.7 pts
130South Africa14.3+1.1 pts
131Costa Rica14.3+0.7 pts
132Mauritius13.4-2.6 pts
133Cameroon13.3-1.1 pts
134Venezuela12.4-29.4 pts
135Ukraine12.2-0.1 pts
136Palestine12.2-2.5 pts
137Georgia12.1-9.2 pts
138Djibouti11.3-9.2 pts
139Oman11.3-11 pts
140Cyprus11-3 pts
141Sierra Leone10.6+6.7 pts
142Comoros10-0.3 pts
143Zimbabwe9.8+0.6 pts
144Guinea9.7-1.4 pts
145Bahamas8.8-13 pts
146Madagascar8.2-8.2 pts
147Tunisia5.6-4.6 pts
148Greece5.5-4 pts
149Vanuatu4.9-10.5 pts
150Sudan4.7-0.5 pts
151Fiji4.3-2.9 pts
152Montenegro3.9-12.6 pts
153Aruba3.6-7.6 pts
154Malawi2.7-7.2 pts
155Lebanon2.2+8.3 pts
156Maldives-0.3-17.4 pts
157Libya-0.4-19.5 pts
158Afghanistan-2.7n/a
159Seychelles-3.6-12.6 pts
160São Tomé and Príncipe-4.4+11.2 pts
161Palau-7.2-8.4 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. 18 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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?

Brunei, with 50.9% of GDP in 2020, according to the World Bank.

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Palau, with -7.2% of GDP in 2020.

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