Data for 1994

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1994

Name: Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1994
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1994, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1994 covers 115 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 96.633; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -13.570. The middle country reads 20.577. Against 1993, 112 values changed (67 up, 45 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1994

HighestVenezuela

96.633

LowestSolomon Islands

-13.570

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

115countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
115distinct 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), 1994, 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), 1994: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	96.633
2	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	54.394
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	48.094
4	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46.416
5	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.164
6	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.564
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.562
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	38.129
9	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.803
10	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.487
11	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35.091
12	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.799
13	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.489
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	33.376
15	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	32.270
16	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	31.413
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.881
18	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.872
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	29.653
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29.576
21	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29.403
22	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.322
23	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.140
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.808
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.065
26	Belize`BLZ`Central America	27.859
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.691
28	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	26.623
29	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	26.293
30	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	26.251
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.241
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.058
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	25.976
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	25.957
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.951
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.912
37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	25.775
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25.363
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	24.886
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.584
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.379
42	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.927
43	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.763
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23.257
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	23.016
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.856
47	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.421
48	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.417
49	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	22.373
50	Chile`CHL`South America	22.120
51	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.846
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21.662
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.655
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.398
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21.132
56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.619
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.600
58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20.577
59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19.714
60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19.660
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19.188
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.115
63	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	19.113
64	Colombia`COL`South America	19.101
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.077
66	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.864
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.707
68	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.626
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.317
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.306
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.191
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.038
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17.988
74	United States`USA`Northern America	17.862
75	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	17.231
76	Canada`CAN`Northern America	16.983
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16.939
78	Peru`PER`South America	16.765
79	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.540
80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.415
81	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15.974
82	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.929
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15.815
84	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.648
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.371
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.347
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.244
88	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	15.092
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.506
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.275
91	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.001
92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13.992
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.657
94	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.405
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.790
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.082
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.804
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.200
99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.536
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.508
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.703
102	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.816
103	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5.779
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.417
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.194
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.499
107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.445
108	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.287
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.110
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.569
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-0.969
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-2.339
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-4.660
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-5.286
115	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-13.570

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela96.633
2Eritrea54.394
3Singapore48.094
4Guinea46.416
5Mauritania43.164

Lowest

115Solomon Islands-13.570
114Zimbabwe-5.286
113Nicaragua-4.660
112Gambia-2.339
111Haiti-0.969

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.577. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
112values changed, of 112 in both
67 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania7.530 → 43.164+35.634
Togo4.231 → 29.881+25.650
Solomon Islands-27.527 → -13.570+13.957
Eritrea41.269 → 54.394+13.125
Gabon17.465 → 29.140+11.676

Fell most

Botswana43.739 → 29.322−14.417
Paraguay22.474 → 12.790−9.685
Albania11.208 → 3.110−8.098
Egypt31.625 → 23.927−7.698
Burundi12.112 → 5.417−6.694

+ Nicaragua

+ Russia

+ Ukraine

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 1994.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1994). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1994

0647 held

Other years

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Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1993
112 countries
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119 countries
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Gross Savings (% of GDP): every year
47 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

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