Data for 1984

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1984

Name: Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1984
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1984 covers 96 countries. Belize is highest, at 60.69; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -126.01. The middle country reads 19.96. Against 1983, 93 values changed (55 up, 38 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1984

HighestBelize

60.69

LowestSolomon Islands

-126.01

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

96countries
1measure
1984the year it describes
96distinct 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), 1984, 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), 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.69
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.26
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.29
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.09
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.68
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.49
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	36.73
8	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.33
9	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.83
10	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	33.38
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.00
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	32.79
13	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	30.85
14	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.62
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.40
16	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	29.18
17	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.65
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	28.25
19	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27.81
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.65
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27.24
22	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.34
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	25.94
24	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.71
25	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.35
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.28
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.90
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.76
29	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	24.68
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.15
31	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.77
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.42
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	23.40
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23.37
35	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.31
36	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.26
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.06
38	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	22.83
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.77
40	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.44
41	Peru`PER`South America	22.40
42	United States`USA`Northern America	21.91
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.66
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.19
45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.91
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.72
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.08
48	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	20.03
49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	19.89
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.48
51	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.47
52	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19.28
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.99
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.71
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.23
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.94
57	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.88
58	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.65
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	17.62
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.49
61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.46
62	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.05
63	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.29
64	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.01
65	India`IND`Southern Asia	15.80
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.69
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.35
68	Colombia`COL`South America	15.05
69	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.67
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.07
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.71
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	12.48
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	12.16
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.14
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.22
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.95
77	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.01
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.43
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8.80
80	Chile`CHL`South America	8.44
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.54
82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.52
83	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.36
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7.33
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.06
86	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.75
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.66
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.00
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.96
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.64
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.97
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.39
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.70
94	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-0.54
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-2.82
96	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-126.01

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belize60.69
2Kuwait53.26
3Bahrain49.29
4Singapore44.09
5Gabon43.68

Lowest

96Solomon Islands-126.01
95Guinea-Bissau-2.82
94Sudan-0.54
93Mauritania0.70
92Niger2.39

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.96. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 93 in both
55 · 38rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela4.15 → 27.24+23.09
Guyana-11.75 → 3.97+15.72
Zimbabwe-7.75 → 5.66+13.41
Seychelles18.40 → 30.85+12.44
Vanuatu15.15 → 22.83+7.68

Fell most

Panama25.05 → 12.48−12.57
Tonga32.64 → 24.68−7.95
Bahamas21.46 → 13.71−7.74
Philippines30.62 → 23.77−6.85
Bangladesh23.10 → 16.29−6.80

+ Albania

+ Belize

+ Laos

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 1984.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 96 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1984). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1984

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How it has moved, charted by country

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