Data for 1996

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1996

Name: Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1996
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1996, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1996 covers 121 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 97.750; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -10.537. The middle country reads 20.982. Against 1995, 118 values changed (55 up, 63 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 1996

HighestVenezuela

97.750

LowestSolomon Islands

-10.537

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

121countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
121distinct 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), 1996, 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), 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	97.750
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	48.877
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.387
4	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.175
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	39.922
6	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	39.578
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.699
8	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.581
9	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37.041
10	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.913
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36.058
12	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.560
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	34.903
14	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.604
15	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	33.033
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	33.020
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	30.116
18	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.066
19	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	30.053
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	29.491
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.022
22	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.419
23	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.808
24	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.804
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.564
26	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	27.327
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.116
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.048
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.916
30	Panama`PAN`Central America	26.744
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.606
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.209
33	Belize`BLZ`Central America	25.640
34	Chile`CHL`South America	25.318
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.238
36	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	24.842
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.587
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	24.439
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.186
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	23.946
41	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.677
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.215
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	23.176
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.139
45	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.018
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	22.892
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.839
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.604
49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.407
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.321
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.834
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.790
53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21.601
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.553
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.490
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.305
57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21.282
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21.199
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.197
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.997
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.982
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	20.892
63	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.868
64	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	20.672
65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.385
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	20.377
67	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	20.183
68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.979
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19.861
70	United States`USA`Northern America	19.651
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.613
72	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.462
73	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.324
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	19.237
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19.053
76	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	18.912
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.752
78	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	18.548
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.095
80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.752
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	17.130
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.761
83	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.481
84	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.403
85	Peru`PER`South America	16.258
86	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.000
87	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.915
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15.687
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.668
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.607
91	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15.244
92	Colombia`COL`South America	15.109
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.010
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.492
95	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.139
96	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.069
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.041
98	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.554
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13.466
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.529
101	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.232
102	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.199
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	12.069
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.952
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.781
106	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.650
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.980
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6.118
109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.624
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.945
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.675
112	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.738
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.591
114	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.104
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.971
116	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.816
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.788
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.727
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.209
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-3.312
121	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-10.537

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela97.750
2Singapore48.877
3Guinea42.387
4Iran40.175
5Kuwait39.922

Lowest

121Solomon Islands-10.537
120Gambia-3.312
119Republic of the Congo-0.209
118Sudan0.727
117Armenia1.788

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.982. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −1countries joined / left
118values changed, of 118 in both
55 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Fiji10.008 → 20.892+10.885
Botswana29.008 → 36.913+7.905
Bahamas31.786 → 39.578+7.792
Seychelles22.278 → 30.053+7.776
Uganda15.034 → 21.834+6.801

Fell most

Bulgaria25.560 → 9.952−15.609
Gambia9.453 → -3.312−12.765
Togo32.180 → 20.672−11.508
Papua New Guinea35.149 → 26.209−8.940
Vanuatu13.831 → 5.624−8.208

+ Japan

+ North Macedonia

+ Vietnam

− Comoros

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 1996.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1996). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/1996

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