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

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Qatar was 46.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 8 years was 65.26 in 2011, while its lowest value was 43.68 in 2016.

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
2011 65.26
2012 64.52
2013 61.46
2014 58.38
2015 46.60
2016 43.68
2017 46.72
2018 50.78
2019 46.16

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