Data for 1990

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1990

Name: Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1990
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1990, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1990 covers 102 countries. Belize is highest, at 59.774; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -34.897. The middle country reads 21.667. Against 1989, 98 values changed (48 up, 50 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1990

HighestBelize

59.774

LowestSolomon Islands

-34.897

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

102countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
102distinct values14 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), 1990, 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), 1990: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.774
2	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	44.591
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	43.872
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	43.735
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.648
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	39.564
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.817
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	36.989
9	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.819
10	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	36.623
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.384
12	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.196
13	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.827
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.777
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.684
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	31.186
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	30.757
18	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.440
19	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30.383
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.551
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.003
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.960
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.807
24	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	26.803
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	26.581
26	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.239
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	25.646
28	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	25.036
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	24.764
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.638
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	24.415
32	Chile`CHL`South America	24.329
33	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.252
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.170
35	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.100
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.978
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.700
38	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.584
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.575
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.434
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	23.384
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.239
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.096
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.024
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	22.583
46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.454
47	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.440
48	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	21.854
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	21.806
50	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.691
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21.688
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.646
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.410
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.214
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.970
56	Colombia`COL`South America	20.881
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20.707
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19.822
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.357
60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.034
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.992
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.956
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	18.778
64	United States`USA`Northern America	18.759
65	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18.153
66	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.030
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.764
68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.760
69	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.585
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.123
71	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16.630
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.187
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.162
74	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.043
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.845
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15.341
77	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.651
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.534
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.088
80	Peru`PER`South America	13.054
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.556
82	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.935
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.880
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.533
85	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.334
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.197
87	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.688
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.546
89	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.704
90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.256
91	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.882
92	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.588
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.848
94	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.473
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.541
96	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.009
97	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.968
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.572
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.322
100	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.062
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.223
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-34.897

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belize59.774
2Guinea44.591
3Bahrain43.872
4Singapore43.735
5Botswana41.648

Lowest

102Solomon Islands-34.897
101Zimbabwe-1.223
100Sudan2.062
99Chad2.322
98Senegal2.572

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.667. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
98values changed, of 98 in both
48 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands-59.789 → -34.897+24.892
Togo11.613 → 33.196+21.583
Republic of the Congo14.600 → 31.777+17.178
Panama2.336 → 15.845+13.509
Bahrain33.000 → 43.872+10.872

Fell most

Brazil35.809 → 18.956−16.853
Bulgaria28.829 → 14.651−14.179
Paraguay33.581 → 24.170−9.411
Madagascar40.077 → 31.186−8.892
Albania26.828 → 18.778−8.051

+ Libya

+ Namibia

+ Romania

+ Tanzania

− Kuwait

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 1990.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 102 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1990). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1990

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