Data for 2000

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2000

Name: Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2000
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2000, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2000 covers 127 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 98.665; Sierra Leone is lowest, at -9.492. The middle country reads 21.159. Against 1999, 124 values changed (70 up, 54 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 2000

HighestVenezuela

98.665

LowestSierra Leone

-9.492

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

127countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
127distinct 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), 2000, 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), 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.665
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.567
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.375
4	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.465
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.657
6	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	40.456
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.441
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	38.857
9	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.938
10	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	36.650
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	36.397
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.173
13	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36.154
14	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35.917
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.583
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	34.152
17	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.392
18	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	32.685
19	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.480
20	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.427
21	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	32.392
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.227
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	31.978
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	31.737
25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	31.248
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	31.245
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.782
28	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.040
29	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.278
30	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	28.647
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.841
32	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.797
33	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.645
34	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.397
35	Ecuador`ECU`South America	26.626
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26.287
37	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.128
38	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.119
39	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25.733
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	25.685
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	25.650
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.894
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24.412
44	Panama`PAN`Central America	23.926
45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.775
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	23.771
47	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	23.715
48	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.711
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	23.394
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.130
51	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.853
52	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.687
53	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.646
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	22.514
55	Chile`CHL`South America	22.502
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	22.435
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.172
58	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	22.143
59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.004
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.900
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.781
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.731
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	21.171
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.159
65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.050
66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.930
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20.860
68	United States`USA`Northern America	20.813
69	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	20.290
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.222
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.207
72	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	20.031
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.775
74	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.433
75	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.678
76	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.540
77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.300
78	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18.036
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.946
80	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.851
81	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.634
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.584
83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	17.424
84	Peru`PER`South America	17.319
85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	17.127
86	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.096
87	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.263
88	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.222
89	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.050
90	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.005
91	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	15.821
92	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.771
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.715
94	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.266
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.107
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.778
97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.683
98	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	14.666
99	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	14.636
100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.381
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.368
102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.356
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.992
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	13.616
105	Colombia`COL`South America	13.575
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.479
107	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.448
108	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.275
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.881
110	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.684
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.479
112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.378
113	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	11.629
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.277
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11.015
116	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.970
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10.363
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10.342
119	Guyana`GUY`South America	9.592
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.931
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.529
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.903
123	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.088
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.328
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.927
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-6.789
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-9.492

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela98.665
2Kuwait49.567
3Singapore46.375
4Guinea42.465
5Gabon41.657

Lowest

127Sierra Leone-9.492
126Solomon Islands-6.789
125Armenia-0.927
124Burundi1.328
123Vanuatu6.088

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.159. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
124values changed, of 124 in both
70 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Republic of the Congo17.682 → 36.173+18.491
Kuwait31.361 → 49.567+18.206
Libya16.233 → 32.392+16.159
North Macedonia7.249 → 21.900+14.651
Papua New Guinea18.879 → 32.480+13.601

Fell most

Haiti26.573 → 6.903−19.669
Mongolia33.438 → 17.424−16.014
Solomon Islands6.189 → -6.789−12.978
Sierra Leone0.722 → -9.492−10.214
Georgia20.448 → 10.342−10.106

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Laos

+ New Zealand

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 2000.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 127 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2000). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/2000

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