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Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987

1987, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987 covers 97 countries. Belize is highest, at 62.5107; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -18.8669. The middle country reads 20.3968. Against 1986, 97 values changed (55 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1987

HighestBelize

62.5107

LowestSolomon Islands

-18.8669

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 97 countries · select a heading to sort

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1BelizeBLZCentral America62.5107
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia52.2929
3GambiaGMBWestern Africa42.2975
4South KoreaKOREastern Asia39.7978
5GuineaGINWestern Africa39.7702
6BotswanaBWASouthern Africa38.7028
7SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia37.8544
8ChinaCHNEastern Asia37.1684
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe35.7158
10SeychellesSYCEastern Africa35.3106
11BahrainBHRWestern Asia33.9403
12MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia31.0489
13BulgariaBGREastern Europe30.3258
14MauritiusMUSEastern Africa29.9947
15PortugalPRTSouthern Europe28.6463
16OmanOMNWestern Asia28.5909
17MaltaMLTSouthern Europe28.5730
18ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia27.3085
19NorwayNORNorthern Europe27.0625
20TongaTONPolynesia26.7161
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe26.5934
22AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe26.0608
23EgyptEGYNorthern Africa25.9905
24MoroccoMARNorthern Africa25.9265
25CyprusCYPWestern Asia25.7636

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Belize62.5107
  2. 2Kuwait52.2929
  3. 3Gambia42.2975
  4. 4South Korea39.7978
  5. 5Guinea39.7702

Lowest

  1. 97Solomon Islands-18.8669
  2. 96Zimbabwe-1.9012
  3. 95Uganda3.0801
  4. 94Benin4.3579
  5. 93Niger4.3633

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.3968. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 97values changed, of 97 in both
  • 55 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Türkiye38.4029 → 24.1717−14.2313
  • Syria13.0501 → 4.6978−8.3523
  • Israel26.8142 → 20.1672−6.6470
  • Niger9.9152 → 4.3633−5.5520
  • Mongolia13.5962 → 8.4889−5.1072

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

Read before you use

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 1987.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 97 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1987). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1987

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07Questions

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest gross savings in Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987?

Belize, at 62.5107, of the 97 countries in the file.

What year does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987 cover?

97.

Where can I download Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1987 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2024.

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