Savings share of GDP in Sri Lanka

Gross savings in Sri Lanka were equal to 31.2% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Gross savings as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sri Lanka, 2025 31.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +3.6percentage points 2024: 27.6%
World, 2024 26.0% Official aggregate Not the same period as Sri Lanka (2025).

Savings share of GDP in Sri Lanka over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Gross savings as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Sri LankaWorld
2025 31.2% –
2024 27.6% 26.0%
2023 26.0% 26.2%
2022 25.9% 27.2%
2021 33.0% 27.1%
2020 31.4% 25.7%
2019 32.0% 26.5%
2018 35.1% 26.6%
2017 37.3% 26.4%
2016 34.5% 25.8%
2015 32.0% 26.3%
2014 – 26.7%
2013 – 26.4%
2012 – 26.7%
2011 – 26.8%
2010 – 26.5%
2009 23.9% 25.3%
2008 18.0% 27.4%
2007 23.6% 28.2%
2006 22.7% 28.2%
2005 24.2% 27.1%
2004 22.1% 26.6%
2003 21.7% 25.4%
2002 21.3% 25.0%
2001 23.0% 25.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.6 percentage points from 27.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 32.0%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 to 2025 for Sri Lanka
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices