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Countries by gross savings, share of GDP

Qatar had the highest gross savings, share of GDP of 159 countries in 2021, at 51.4% of GDP. São Tomé and Príncipe had the lowest, at -11.6% of GDP. The median was 22.4% of GDP and the figure for the World was 27.1% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest51.4Qatar
Lowest-11.6São Tomé and Príncipe
Median22.4159 countries
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Map of countries, 2021

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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% of GDP, 2021. 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, 2021

Qatar: 51.4 % of GDPQatar51.4Brunei: 49.7 % of GDPBrunei49.7Zambia: 46.1 % of GDPZambia46.1China: 44.7 % of GDPChina44.7Singapore: 44.2 % of GDPSingapore44.2Timor-Leste: 42.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste42.7Bermuda: 42.1 % of GDPBermuda42.1Iraq: 40.5 % of GDPIraq40.5Tajikistan: 40.4 % of GDPTajikistan40.4Kuwait: 39.7 % of GDPKuwait39.7Algeria: 38.3 % of GDPAlgeria38.3San Marino: 38.2 % of GDPSan Marino38.2Tanzania: 37.1 % of GDPTanzania37.1South Korea: 36.6 % of GDPSouth Korea36.6Bangladesh: 36.1 % of GDPBangladesh36.1Switzerland: 35.8 % of GDPSwitzerland35.8Cambodia: 35.4 % of GDPCambodia35.4Ireland: 34.9 % of GDPIreland34.9Mauritania: 34.9 % of GDPMauritania34.9Bahrain: 34.5 % of GDPBahrain34.5Norway: 34.4 % of GDPNorway34.4Türkiye: 33.6 % of GDPTürkiye33.6Sri Lanka: 33 % of GDPSri Lanka33Indonesia: 32.9 % of GDPIndonesia32.9Vietnam: 32.6 % of GDPVietnam32.6Azerbaijan: 32.5 % of GDPAzerbaijan32.5Denmark: 32.5 % of GDPDenmark32.5Netherlands: 32.4 % of GDPNetherlands32.4Republic of the Congo: 31.7 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo31.7Democratic Republic of the Congo: 31.6 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo31.6Sweden: 31.1 % of GDPSweden31.1Japan: 31 % of GDPJapan31Nepal: 30.9 % of GDPNepal30.9Botswana: 30.9 % of GDPBotswana30.9Saudi Arabia: 30.5 % of GDPSaudi Arabia30.5Uzbekistan: 30.1 % of GDPUzbekistan30.1India: 29.9 % of GDPIndia29.9Macao: 29.8 % of GDPMacao29.8Russia: 29.8 % of GDPRussia29.8Belarus: 29.6 % of GDPBelarus29.6Qatar: 51.4 % of GDPQatar51.4Brunei: 49.7 % of GDPBrunei49.7Zambia: 46.1 % of GDPZambia46.1China: 44.7 % of GDPChina44.7Singapore: 44.2 % of GDPSingapore44.2Timor-Leste: 42.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste42.7Bermuda: 42.1 % of GDPBermuda42.1Iraq: 40.5 % of GDPIraq40.5Tajikistan: 40.4 % of GDPTajikistan40.4Kuwait: 39.7 % of GDPKuwait39.7Algeria: 38.3 % of GDPAlgeria38.3San Marino: 38.2 % of GDPSan Marino38.2Tanzania: 37.1 % of GDPTanzania37.1South Korea: 36.6 % of GDPSouth Korea36.6Bangladesh: 36.1 % of GDPBangladesh36.1Switzerland: 35.8 % of GDPSwitzerland35.8Cambodia: 35.4 % of GDPCambodia35.4Ireland: 34.9 % of GDPIreland34.9Mauritania: 34.9 % of GDPMauritania34.9Bahrain: 34.5 % of GDPBahrain34.5Norway: 34.4 % of GDPNorway34.4Türkiye: 33.6 % of GDPTürkiye33.6Sri Lanka: 33 % of GDPSri Lanka33Indonesia: 32.9 % of GDPIndonesia32.9Vietnam: 32.6 % of GDPVietnam32.6Azerbaijan: 32.5 % of GDPAzerbaijan32.5Denmark: 32.5 % of GDPDenmark32.5Netherlands: 32.4 % of GDPNetherlands32.4Republic of the Congo: 31.7 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo31.7Democratic Republic of the Congo: 31.6 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo31.6Sweden: 31.1 % of GDPSweden31.1Japan: 31 % of GDPJapan31Nepal: 30.9 % of GDPNepal30.9Botswana: 30.9 % of GDPBotswana30.9Saudi Arabia: 30.5 % of GDPSaudi Arabia30.5Uzbekistan: 30.1 % of GDPUzbekistan30.1India: 29.9 % of GDPIndia29.9Macao: 29.8 % of GDPMacao29.8Russia: 29.8 % of GDPRussia29.8Belarus: 29.6 % of GDPBelarus29.6
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021
% of GDP		Change on 2020
1Qatar51.4+9.7 pts
2Brunei49.7-1.2 pts
3Zambia46.1+1.2 pts
4China44.7+1.2 pts
5Singapore44.2+2.1 pts
6Timor-Leste42.7+22.1 pts
7Bermuda42.1+2.8 pts
8Iraq40.5+16.5 pts
9Tajikistan40.4+4.4 pts
10Kuwait39.7+16.7 pts
11Algeria38.3+5 pts
12San Marino38.2+6.7 pts
13Tanzania37.1+0.6 pts
14South Korea36.6+0.8 pts
15Bangladesh36.1-1.1 pts
16Switzerland35.8+3.8 pts
17Cambodia35.4-0.4 pts
18Ireland34.9+0.4 pts
19Mauritania34.9-2.6 pts
20Bahrain34.5+6.2 pts
21Norway34.4+8 pts
22Türkiye33.6+3.5 pts
23Sri Lanka33+1.7 pts
24Indonesia32.9+3.7 pts
25Vietnam32.6-0.4 pts
26Azerbaijan32.5+9 pts
27Denmark32.5+2.5 pts
28Netherlands32.4+5.3 pts
29Republic of the Congo31.7-4.6 pts
30Democratic Republic of the Congo31.6+12 pts
31Sweden31.1+1.1 pts
32Japan31+1.3 pts
33Nepal30.9-1.9 pts
34Botswana30.9+6.7 pts
35Saudi Arabia30.5+10.5 pts
36Uzbekistan30.1-1.6 pts
37India29.9+1.2 pts
38Macao29.8-9.4 pts
39Russia29.8+4 pts
40Belarus29.6+2.2 pts
41Germany29.5+1.5 pts
42Austria29.5+0.3 pts
43Israel29.2+0.4 pts
44North Macedonia29.1+2 pts
45Samoa28.9-4.8 pts
46Libya28.8+29.2 pts
47Panama28.7+4.1 pts
48Hong Kong28.6+2.6 pts
49Czechia28.5+2.7 pts
50Morocco28.4+0.7 pts
51Burundi28.1+3.5 pts
52Thailand27.6-0.6 pts
53Estonia27.3+0.1 pts
54Dominican Republic27.1+4.1 pts
55Malta27+4.7 pts
56Tonga26.8+6 pts
57Hungary26.6+0.1 pts
58Belgium26.3+1.3 pts
59Senegal26.1+1.4 pts
60Angola26.1+5 pts
61Malaysia26+2.2 pts
62Slovenia25.4-2.5 pts
63Ethiopia25.2-2.5 pts
64Australia25.2+2 pts
65Finland25.1-0.4 pts
66Kazakhstan24.5-1.7 pts
67Kiribati24.3-21.8 pts
68Gambia24-2.9 pts
69Italy24+2.3 pts
70Bhutan24-0.5 pts
71Ecuador23.7+3.8 pts
72France23.5+2.7 pts
73Canada23.3+3.8 pts
74Paraguay23.3+0.9 pts
75Lithuania23.3-0.5 pts
76Eswatini22.9+0.4 pts
77Benin22.8+1.3 pts
78Spain22.6+1.2 pts
79Croatia22.4+0.3 pts
80Belize22.4-0.3 pts
81Oman22.4+11.1 pts
82Mexico21.7-0.5 pts
83Latvia21.7-3.5 pts
84Serbia21.5+1 pts
85Albania21+3.4 pts
86Guinea-Bissau20.5-3.1 pts
87Bulgaria20.5-0.2 pts
88Poland20.5-0.8 pts
89Lesotho20.4-0.1 pts
90Bosnia and Herzegovina20.4+4.1 pts
91Luxembourg20.4-0.2 pts
92Mongolia20.3+4 pts
93Iceland20.2-2.7 pts
94Peru20.2+0.4 pts
95Philippines20.2-4.6 pts
96Uganda20.2-1.6 pts
97Rwanda20+4.8 pts
98Portugal19.8+1.5 pts
99Nicaragua19.8-4 pts
100Armenia19.7+4 pts
101Argentina19.4+4.4 pts
102El Salvador19.3+1 pts
103Romania19.2-0.1 pts
104Côte d’Ivoire19.1+1.3 pts
105Guatemala18.9+0.4 pts
106Solomon Islands18.9+0.3 pts
107Niger18.8-1.1 pts
108New Zealand18.7-2 pts
109Kyrgyzstan18.4-10.9 pts
110Honduras18.3-3.7 pts
111Slovakia18.3-1.3 pts
112United Kingdom18.1+2.6 pts
113United States17.7-0.7 pts
114Bolivia17.6+2.7 pts
115Cape Verde17.60 pts
116Brazil17.2+2.4 pts
117Mali17.2-1.4 pts
118Chile16.7-2.4 pts
119Maldives16.6+16.9 pts
120South Africa16.6+2.3 pts
121Kenya16.5+1.2 pts
122Palestine16.3+4.1 pts
123Montenegro16.2+12.3 pts
124Burkina Faso15.9-4.7 pts
125Uruguay15.9+0.2 pts
126Venezuela14.9+2.5 pts
127Moldova14.4-1.7 pts
128Cyprus14.1+3.2 pts
129Cameroon13.9+0.6 pts
130Egypt13.9-2.4 pts
131Pakistan13.8-0.7 pts
132Costa Rica13.8-0.5 pts
133Colombia13.7-0.7 pts
134Ghana13.1-2 pts
135Comoros13.1+3.1 pts
136Fiji13.1+8.7 pts
137Mozambique12.6-2.5 pts
138Ukraine12.6+0.3 pts
139Madagascar12.5+4.3 pts
140Mauritius12.1-1.2 pts
141Haiti12-5.7 pts
142Guinea11.6+1.9 pts
143Marshall Islands11.5-3.7 pts
144Zimbabwe10.9+1.1 pts
145Georgia10.4-1.7 pts
146Greece9.9+4.4 pts
147Sierra Leone9.5-1.1 pts
148Bahamas9.4+0.6 pts
149Djibouti9.2-2.1 pts
150Tunisia9+3.4 pts
151Aruba9+5.4 pts
152Sudan6.7+2.1 pts
153Vanuatu5.8+0.9 pts
154Namibia4.5-13.2 pts
155Malawi2.70 pts
156Palau-2.1+5.1 pts
157Lebanon-6.6-8.8 pts
158Seychelles-11.5-7.9 pts
159São Tomé and Príncipe-11.6-7.2 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. 20 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Qatar, with 51.4% of GDP in 2021, according to the World Bank.

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São Tomé and Príncipe, with -11.6% of GDP in 2021.

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