Data for 2003
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003
2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 covers 136 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 97.4077; Lebanon is lowest, at -16.3590. The middle country reads 21.2460. Against 2002, 134 values changed (73 up, 61 down), 2 countries joined.
Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 2003
HighestVenezuela
97.4077LowestLebanon
-16.3590Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 136 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VENSouth America | 97.4077 |
| 2 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 56.9479 |
| 3 | LBYNorthern Africa | 49.3117 |
| 4 | GINWestern Africa | 44.5745 |
| 5 | MACEastern Asia | 44.2527 |
| 6 | CHNEastern Asia | 42.1609 |
| 7 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 39.3988 |
| 8 | MARNorthern Africa | 39.2281 |
| 9 | CHEWestern Europe | 37.4533 |
| 10 | KWTWestern Asia | 36.3063 |
| 11 | BWASouthern Africa | 35.6783 |
| 12 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 35.6100 |
| 13 | OMNWestern Asia | 35.2636 |
| 14 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 34.8527 |
| 15 | SAUWestern Asia | 33.8705 |
| 16 | HKGEastern Asia | 33.1658 |
| 17 | KOREastern Asia | 33.0859 |
| 18 | GABMiddle Africa | 32.7284 |
| 19 | JORWestern Asia | 32.5951 |
| 20 | SDNNorthern Africa | 31.8993 |
| 21 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 31.4932 |
| 22 | BHSCaribbean | 31.2023 |
| 23 | NORNorthern Europe | 30.7811 |
| 24 | COGMiddle Africa | 30.7416 |
| 25 | INDSouthern Asia | 30.4710 |
| 26 | PNGMelanesia | 30.4588 |
| 27 | BGDSouthern Asia | 30.1646 |
| 28 | JPNEastern Asia | 29.8105 |
| 29 | ALBSouthern Europe | 29.3340 |
| 30 | KAZCentral Asia | 28.5207 |
| 31 | FRONorthern Europe | 28.5132 |
| 32 | RUSEastern Europe | 28.2662 |
| 33 | FINNorthern Europe | 28.0226 |
| 34 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 27.9738 |
| 35 | SWENorthern Europe | 27.0421 |
| 36 | MUSEastern Africa | 26.9467 |
| 37 | TGOWestern Africa | 26.6645 |
| 38 | AGOMiddle Africa | 26.2542 |
| 39 | BELWestern Europe | 26.2242 |
| 40 | AZEWestern Asia | 26.0315 |
| 41 | NAMSouthern Africa | 26.0295 |
| 42 | BHRWestern Asia | 25.5475 |
| 43 | SVNSouthern Europe | 25.5461 |
| 44 | CZEEastern Europe | 25.2330 |
| 45 | DNKNorthern Europe | 25.1582 |
| 46 | NLDWestern Europe | 25.1382 |
| 47 | NPLSouthern Asia | 25.1268 |
| 48 | MNGEastern Asia | 25.0381 |
| 49 | FJIMelanesia | 24.3451 |
| 50 | UKREastern Europe | 23.9118 |
| 51 | LUXWestern Europe | 23.8858 |
| 52 | ESPSouthern Europe | 23.7164 |
| 53 | DOMCaribbean | 23.6325 |
| 54 | CHLSouth America | 23.5378 |
| 55 | NCLMelanesia | 22.9698 |
| 56 | BLREastern Europe | 22.8774 |
| 57 | TZAEastern Africa | 22.6168 |
| 58 | ISRWestern Asia | 22.4078 |
| 59 | SLBMelanesia | 22.1817 |
| 60 | FRAWestern Europe | 22.0507 |
| 61 | CANNorthern America | 21.9437 |
| 62 | ESTNorthern Europe | 21.9232 |
| 63 | SVKEastern Europe | 21.9193 |
| 64 | ARGSouth America | 21.7345 |
| 65 | LVANorthern Europe | 21.7277 |
| 66 | LKASouthern Asia | 21.6562 |
| 67 | TURWestern Asia | 21.4394 |
| 68 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 21.3357 |
| 69 | GHAWestern Africa | 21.1563 |
| 70 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 21.0479 |
| 71 | PRYSouth America | 21.0027 |
| 72 | SYRWestern Asia | 20.8643 |
| 73 | ITASouthern Europe | 20.8028 |
| 74 | DEUWestern Europe | 20.7987 |
| 75 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 20.6841 |
| 76 | TUNNorthern Africa | 20.2750 |
| 77 | PANCentral America | 20.2614 |
| 78 | MEXCentral America | 19.7823 |
| 79 | SYCEastern Africa | 19.5529 |
| 80 | MLTSouthern Europe | 19.0373 |
| 81 | GNBWestern Africa | 18.9359 |
| 82 | HNDCentral America | 18.8091 |
| 83 | GRCSouthern Europe | 18.7395 |
| 84 | EGYNorthern Africa | 18.6481 |
| 85 | PAKSouthern Asia | 18.5723 |
| 86 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 18.3856 |
| 87 | HRVSouthern Europe | 18.1794 |
| 88 | ECUSouth America | 18.0427 |
| 89 | TONPolynesia | 17.9517 |
| 90 | CYPWestern Asia | 17.9367 |
| 91 | UGAEastern Africa | 17.8040 |
| 92 | TJKCentral Asia | 17.6482 |
| 93 | USANorthern America | 17.4287 |
| 94 | MDAEastern Europe | 16.8676 |
| 95 | BGREastern Europe | 16.8045 |
| 96 | PERSouth America | 16.8011 |
| 97 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 16.6962 |
| 98 | GBRNorthern Europe | 16.4970 |
| 99 | BRASouth America | 16.4179 |
| 100 | PRTSouthern Europe | 16.4134 |
| 101 | ISLNorthern Europe | 16.3714 |
| 102 | GEOWestern Asia | 16.3535 |
| 103 | ARMWestern Asia | 16.3418 |
| 104 | ROUEastern Europe | 16.3225 |
| 105 | POLEastern Europe | 16.1801 |
| 106 | HUNEastern Europe | 15.8185 |
| 107 | HTICaribbean | 15.8182 |
| 108 | MKDSouthern Europe | 15.7129 |
| 109 | MLIWestern Africa | 15.6176 |
| 110 | LTUNorthern Europe | 15.5325 |
| 111 | COLSouth America | 15.3965 |
| 112 | URYSouth America | 14.9257 |
| 113 | SLVCentral America | 14.8084 |
| 114 | ABWCaribbean | 14.6465 |
| 115 | SENWestern Africa | 14.5287 |
| 116 | BOLSouth America | 14.4857 |
| 117 | GTMCentral America | 14.3374 |
| 118 | CMRMiddle Africa | 14.1910 |
| 119 | NERWestern Africa | 14.0071 |
| 120 | CRICentral America | 13.4200 |
| 121 | VUTMelanesia | 12.6196 |
| 122 | BLZCentral America | 12.1978 |
| 123 | BENWestern Africa | 11.3664 |
| 124 | GUYSouth America | 11.1781 |
| 125 | MDGEastern Africa | 10.6443 |
| 126 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 10.5647 |
| 127 | KGZCentral Asia | 10.0555 |
| 128 | GMBWestern Africa | 9.7934 |
| 129 | NICCentral America | 9.6817 |
| 130 | KENEastern Africa | 9.4747 |
| 131 | BDIEastern Africa | 6.7556 |
| 132 | BIHSouthern Europe | 5.0008 |
| 133 | COMEastern Africa | 4.4258 |
| 134 | PSEWestern Asia | 1.5283 |
| 135 | SLEWestern Africa | -1.1469 |
| 136 | LBNWestern Asia | -16.3590 |
02In 2003
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
- 136
Lebanon-16.3590
- 135
Sierra Leone-1.1469
- 134
Palestine1.5283
- 133
Comoros4.4258
- 132
Bosnia and Herzegovina5.0008
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.2460. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032002 → 2003
Since 2002
What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +2 / −0countries joined / left
- 134values changed, of 134 in both
- 73 · 61rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Solomon Islands-4.5029 → 22.1817+26.6846
Libya27.7809 → 49.3117+21.5307
Mongolia16.2829 → 25.0381+8.7552
Kuwait28.2847 → 36.3063+8.0216
Papua New Guinea22.9407 → 30.4588+7.5181
Fell most
Lebanon-4.2360 → -16.3590−12.1230
Palestine12.4395 → 1.5283−10.9112
Laos18.3676 → 10.5647−7.8029
Kyrgyzstan16.8931 → 10.0555−6.8376
Paraguay26.9083 → 21.0027−5.9056
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.
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 2003.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 136 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (2003). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/2003
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07Questions
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003: questions and answers
Which country has the highest gross savings in Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003?
Venezuela, at 97.4077, of the 136 countries in the file.
What year does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 describe?
2003.
How many countries does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 cover?
136.
Where can I download Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2003 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2024.