Data for 1982

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1982

Name: Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1982
Creator: World Bank Group
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1982, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1982 covers 92 countries. Bahrain is highest, at 56.16; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -128.96. The middle country reads 19.42. Against 1981, 88 values changed (25 up, 63 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1982

HighestBahrain

56.16

LowestSolomon Islands

-128.96

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

92countries
1measure
1982the year it describes
92distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1982, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1982: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	56.16
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.21
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.65
4	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.85
5	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.25
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	37.22
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.23
8	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.54
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	35.26
10	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34.91
11	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.74
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	33.22
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.48
14	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.86
15	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.23
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	29.96
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	29.77
18	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.28
19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.09
20	Panama`PAN`Central America	27.98
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.95
22	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.40
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.04
24	Peru`PER`South America	26.77
25	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.10
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.77
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.92
28	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.53
29	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.49
30	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.35
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.32
32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.75
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.73
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.61
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.30
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.06
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.00
38	United States`USA`Northern America	21.79
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.48
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.39
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.33
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	20.72
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	20.23
44	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.90
45	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	19.87
46	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.73
47	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.11
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19.02
49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.71
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.56
51	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.53
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.48
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	18.36
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.62
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.46
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.40
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.16
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.88
59	India`IND`Southern Asia	15.81
60	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.77
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.53
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.49
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.90
64	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.32
65	Colombia`COL`South America	14.16
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13.75
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.49
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.22
69	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.60
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.11
71	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.79
72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.94
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.45
74	Honduras`HND`Central America	10.27
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.66
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.52
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.74
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.61
79	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.09
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.98
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.71
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.55
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.25
84	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3.94
85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.67
86	Chile`CHL`South America	2.92
87	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.97
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-5.47
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	-6.74
90	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-9.07
91	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-10.25
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-128.96

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bahrain56.16
2Kuwait48.21
3Gabon46.65
4Tonga39.85
5Republic of the Congo39.25

Lowest

92Solomon Islands-128.96
91Guinea-Bissau-10.25
90Mauritania-9.07
89Guyana-6.74
88Zimbabwe-5.47

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
88values changed, of 88 in both
25 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tonga17.95 → 39.85+21.90
Benin-3.25 → 13.22+16.47
Republic of the Congo25.05 → 39.25+14.20
Cameroon9.51 → 23.35+13.84
Panama18.85 → 27.98+9.13

Fell most

Kuwait71.30 → 48.21−23.09
Jordan42.87 → 29.77−13.10
Saudi Arabia48.63 → 36.23−12.40
Mauritania2.48 → -9.07−11.56
Seychelles23.64 → 12.60−11.03

+ China

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Chad

+ Uganda

− Lesotho

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1982.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 92 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1982). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1982

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