Data for 2004
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004
2004, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004 covers 136 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 96.833; Palestine is lowest, at -6.507. The middle country reads 21.454. Against 2003, 136 values changed (88 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.
Gross Savings (% of GDP) · Data for 2004
HighestVenezuela
96.833LowestPalestine
-6.507Shaded 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), 2004, 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 | 96.833 |
| 2 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 56.771 |
| 3 | MACEastern Asia | 49.025 |
| 4 | KWTWestern Asia | 48.735 |
| 5 | CHNEastern Asia | 45.372 |
| 6 | LBYNorthern Africa | 43.885 |
| 7 | SAUWestern Asia | 41.660 |
| 8 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 40.614 |
| 9 | GINWestern Africa | 40.077 |
| 10 | MARNorthern Africa | 39.357 |
| 11 | SDNNorthern Africa | 36.956 |
| 12 | CHEWestern Europe | 36.949 |
| 13 | OMNWestern Asia | 36.790 |
| 14 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 36.229 |
| 15 | KOREastern Asia | 35.525 |
| 16 | AGOMiddle Africa | 35.212 |
| 17 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 35.137 |
| 18 | BWASouthern Africa | 34.270 |
| 19 | MNGEastern Asia | 33.658 |
| 20 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 33.466 |
| 21 | INDSouthern Asia | 33.333 |
| 22 | LUXWestern Europe | 33.148 |
| 23 | NORNorthern Europe | 32.997 |
| 24 | BHSCaribbean | 32.701 |
| 25 | HKGEastern Asia | 32.306 |
| 26 | GABMiddle Africa | 32.122 |
| 27 | ALBSouthern Europe | 31.664 |
| 28 | BGDSouthern Asia | 31.577 |
| 29 | PNGMelanesia | 30.421 |
| 30 | JPNEastern Asia | 30.305 |
| 31 | NAMSouthern Africa | 30.285 |
| 32 | RUSEastern Europe | 30.260 |
| 33 | FINNorthern Europe | 29.598 |
| 34 | TGOWestern Africa | 29.070 |
| 35 | SYCEastern Africa | 28.703 |
| 36 | UKREastern Europe | 27.905 |
| 37 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 27.899 |
| 38 | JORWestern Asia | 27.724 |
| 39 | NPLSouthern Asia | 27.576 |
| 40 | AZEWestern Asia | 27.543 |
| 41 | KAZCentral Asia | 27.416 |
| 42 | BELWestern Europe | 27.194 |
| 43 | SWENorthern Europe | 27.027 |
| 44 | BLREastern Europe | 26.899 |
| 45 | NCLMelanesia | 26.147 |
| 46 | SVNSouthern Europe | 25.907 |
| 47 | DNKNorthern Europe | 25.753 |
| 48 | CZEEastern Europe | 25.726 |
| 49 | FRONorthern Europe | 25.489 |
| 50 | NLDWestern Europe | 25.436 |
| 51 | TZAEastern Africa | 25.293 |
| 52 | DOMCaribbean | 24.766 |
| 53 | CHLSouth America | 24.428 |
| 54 | MUSEastern Africa | 24.127 |
| 55 | BHRWestern Asia | 24.105 |
| 56 | MDAEastern Europe | 24.044 |
| 57 | ISRWestern Asia | 23.671 |
| 58 | CANNorthern America | 23.660 |
| 59 | DEUWestern Europe | 23.274 |
| 60 | ESPSouthern Europe | 22.891 |
| 61 | GHAWestern Africa | 22.872 |
| 62 | TURWestern Asia | 22.788 |
| 63 | FRAWestern Europe | 22.433 |
| 64 | ESTNorthern Europe | 22.242 |
| 65 | LKASouthern Asia | 22.119 |
| 66 | SVKEastern Europe | 21.967 |
| 67 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 21.487 |
| 68 | MEXCentral America | 21.468 |
| 69 | LVANorthern Europe | 21.440 |
| 70 | ITASouthern Europe | 21.157 |
| 71 | EGYNorthern Africa | 21.112 |
| 72 | TUNNorthern Africa | 21.103 |
| 73 | GEOWestern Asia | 20.957 |
| 74 | UGAEastern Africa | 20.946 |
| 75 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 20.764 |
| 76 | HNDCentral America | 20.184 |
| 77 | PRYSouth America | 20.036 |
| 78 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 20.030 |
| 79 | HRVSouthern Europe | 19.988 |
| 80 | TONPolynesia | 19.779 |
| 81 | ARMWestern Asia | 19.715 |
| 82 | SYRWestern Asia | 19.563 |
| 83 | GUYSouth America | 19.290 |
| 84 | ECUSouth America | 18.971 |
| 85 | BRASouth America | 18.855 |
| 86 | PANCentral America | 18.178 |
| 87 | GRCSouthern Europe | 17.964 |
| 88 | PERSouth America | 17.837 |
| 89 | USANorthern America | 17.733 |
| 90 | PAKSouthern Asia | 17.711 |
| 91 | MLTSouthern Europe | 17.461 |
| 92 | ABWCaribbean | 17.248 |
| 93 | CYPWestern Asia | 17.085 |
| 94 | BOLSouth America | 17.047 |
| 95 | COGMiddle Africa | 17.045 |
| 96 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 16.981 |
| 97 | BGREastern Europe | 16.972 |
| 98 | CMRMiddle Africa | 16.917 |
| 99 | SLBMelanesia | 16.884 |
| 100 | COLSouth America | 16.828 |
| 101 | URYSouth America | 16.723 |
| 102 | HUNEastern Europe | 16.709 |
| 103 | MDGEastern Africa | 16.232 |
| 104 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 16.209 |
| 105 | VUTMelanesia | 15.962 |
| 106 | ROUEastern Europe | 15.810 |
| 107 | GBRNorthern Europe | 15.786 |
| 108 | GTMCentral America | 15.668 |
| 109 | LTUNorthern Europe | 15.664 |
| 110 | FJIMelanesia | 15.567 |
| 111 | PRTSouthern Europe | 15.531 |
| 112 | SLVCentral America | 15.451 |
| 113 | KGZCentral Asia | 15.406 |
| 114 | CRICentral America | 14.881 |
| 115 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 14.722 |
| 116 | ISLNorthern Europe | 14.719 |
| 117 | MKDSouthern Europe | 14.573 |
| 118 | POLEastern Europe | 14.494 |
| 119 | ARGSouth America | 13.783 |
| 120 | BLZCentral America | 13.670 |
| 121 | SENWestern Africa | 13.565 |
| 122 | GNBWestern Africa | 13.529 |
| 123 | BENWestern Africa | 13.257 |
| 124 | NICCentral America | 12.983 |
| 125 | NERWestern Africa | 12.965 |
| 126 | TJKCentral Asia | 12.579 |
| 127 | MLIWestern Africa | 12.327 |
| 128 | KENEastern Africa | 11.961 |
| 129 | HTICaribbean | 10.583 |
| 130 | COMEastern Africa | 6.968 |
| 131 | BDIEastern Africa | 6.587 |
| 132 | LBNWestern Asia | 6.465 |
| 133 | GMBWestern Africa | 6.050 |
| 134 | BIHSouthern Europe | 5.186 |
| 135 | SLEWestern Africa | -5.148 |
| 136 | PSEWestern Asia | -6.507 |
02In 2004
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
- 136
Palestine-6.507
- 135
Sierra Leone-5.148
- 134
Bosnia and Herzegovina5.186
- 133
Gambia6.050
- 132
Lebanon6.465
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.454. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032003 → 2004
Since 2003
What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 136values changed, of 136 in both
- 88 · 48rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Lebanon-16.359 → 6.465+22.824
Kuwait36.306 → 48.735+12.429
Luxembourg23.886 → 33.148+9.262
Seychelles19.553 → 28.703+9.150
Angola26.254 → 35.212+8.958
Fell most
Republic of the Congo30.742 → 17.045−13.697
Fiji24.345 → 15.567−8.778
Palestine1.528 → -6.507−8.035
Argentina21.735 → 13.783−7.952
Libya49.312 → 43.885−5.427
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 2004.
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 (2004). Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-savings/2004
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Other years
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Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2005148 countries
All of them
Gross Savings (% of GDP): every year47 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004: questions and answers
Which country has the highest gross savings in Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004?
Venezuela, at 96.833, of the 136 countries in the file.
What year does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004 describe?
2004.
How many countries does Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004 cover?
136.
Where can I download Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2004?
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), 2004 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Gross Savings (% of GDP), 2024.