Iran - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Iran was 37.70 as of 2000. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 39.76 in 1996, while its lowest value was 11.64 in 1988.

Definition: Gross savings are the difference between gross national income and public and private consumption, plus net current transfers.

Source: World Bank national accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1978 24.56
1979 30.54
1980 23.96
1981 18.39
1982 22.92
1983 22.50
1984 20.72
1985 18.74
1986 15.16
1987 19.01
1988 11.64
1989 20.31
1990 23.54
1993 35.97
1994 35.42
1995 36.37
1996 39.76
1997 36.16
1998 29.96
1999 36.03
2000 37.70

Limitations and Exceptions: Because gross savings is calculated as a residual it includes errors, which may not be offsetting, in its components.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross savings are calculated as a residual from the national accounts by taking the difference between income earned by residents (including income received from abroad and workers' remittances) and their consumption expenditures.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts