Data for 1988

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1988

Name: Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1988
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1988, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1988 covers 96 countries. Belize is highest, at 60.310; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -77.553. The middle country reads 20.598. Against 1987, 95 values changed (56 up, 39 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1988

HighestBelize

60.310

LowestSolomon Islands

-77.553

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

96countries
1measure
1988the 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), 1988, 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), 1988: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.310
2	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.819
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.022
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	41.894
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	41.355
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	39.390
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.970
8	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.914
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37.445
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	35.437
11	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.669
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.010
13	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31.655
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	31.403
15	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.115
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.338
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.893
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	28.881
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.426
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.366
21	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.986
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.497
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.654
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	25.541
25	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25.333
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.704
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	24.599
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.531
29	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.725
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.434
31	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.316
32	Chile`CHL`South America	23.215
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.066
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	22.837
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.756
36	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.627
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.523
38	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	22.521
39	Colombia`COL`South America	22.428
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.196
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.429
42	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21.423
43	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.411
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.275
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21.134
46	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.961
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.915
48	United States`USA`Northern America	20.635
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20.561
50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.391
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.183
52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.718
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	19.669
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	18.327
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.277
56	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.198
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	18.157
58	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.062
59	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.971
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.510
61	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.394
62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.976
63	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.649
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.888
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.747
66	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.702
67	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	15.645
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.248
69	Peru`PER`South America	14.897
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.844
71	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.800
72	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.770
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.509
74	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.331
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.315
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.751
77	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12.385
78	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.410
79	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.568
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.964
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.075
82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.960
83	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.564
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8.479
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.947
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.828
87	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.980
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.793
89	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.352
90	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.283
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.091
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.646
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.590
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.770
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.613
96	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-77.553

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belize60.310
2Botswana49.819
3Kuwait49.022
4South Korea41.894
5Singapore41.355

Lowest

96Solomon Islands-77.553
95Laos-0.613
94Benin0.770
93Syria2.590
92Senegal2.646

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.598. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
95values changed, of 95 in both
56 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Botswana38.703 → 49.819+11.116
Paraguay14.710 → 25.333+10.623
Niger4.363 → 13.315+8.952
Gabon12.676 → 21.411+8.735
Bahrain33.940 → 39.390+5.449

Fell most

Solomon Islands-18.867 → -77.553−58.686
Republic of the Congo24.996 → 5.352−19.644
Tonga26.716 → 11.410−15.306
Gambia42.297 → 30.115−12.183
Madagascar22.478 → 14.770−7.708

+ Haiti

− Argentina

− Bahamas

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 1988.
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 (1988). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1988

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