Savings share of GDP in United Kingdom

Gross savings in United Kingdom were equal to 17.2% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Gross savings as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1970 to 2025 Source: World Bank
United Kingdom, 2025 17.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 16.8%
World, 2024 26.0% Official aggregate Not the same period as United Kingdom (2025).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 23.4% Middle value of 35 countries

Savings share of GDP in United Kingdom 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 United KingdomWorld
2025 17.2% –
2024 16.8% 26.0%
2023 14.9% 26.2%
2022 16.4% 27.2%
2021 18.1% 27.1%
2020 15.6% 25.7%
2019 16.5% 26.5%
2018 15.2% 26.6%
2017 15.8% 26.4%
2016 13.3% 25.8%
2015 13.7% 26.3%
2014 13.6% 26.7%
2013 12.7% 26.4%
2012 13.4% 26.7%
2011 14.9% 26.8%
2010 13.9% 26.5%
2009 12.9% 25.3%
2008 14.4% 27.4%
2007 15.5% 28.2%
2006 15.8% 28.2%
2005 16.4% 27.1%
2004 15.8% 26.6%
2003 16.5% 25.4%
2002 16.7% 25.0%
2001 17.0% 25.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 16.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 13.7%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.

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Source and dates

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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
1970 to 2025 for United Kingdom
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