Savings share of GDP in World

Gross savings in the world were equal to 26.0% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Gross savings as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 26.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 26.2%
European Union, 2024 24.7% Official aggregate

Savings share of GDP in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2025 – 24.3%
2024 26.0% 24.7%
2023 26.2% 25.0%
2022 27.2% 24.8%
2021 27.1% 26.1%
2020 25.7% 24.3%
2019 26.5% 25.3%
2018 26.6% 24.9%
2017 26.4% 24.3%
2016 25.8% 24.0%
2015 26.3% 23.5%
2014 26.7% 23.1%
2013 26.4% 22.5%
2012 26.7% 22.2%
2011 26.8% 22.6%
2010 26.5% 21.8%
2009 25.3% 21.2%
2008 27.4% 23.4%
2007 28.2% 24.4%
2006 28.2% 23.7%
2005 27.1% 22.8%
2004 26.6% 22.7%
2003 25.4% 21.9%
2002 25.0% 22.4%
2001 25.3% 22.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 26.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.7%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 24.7%.

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
1981 to 2024 for World
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