Sri Lanka - Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) in Sri Lanka was 26.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 33.90 in 2012, while its lowest value was 3.42 in 1976.

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
1975 8.48
1976 3.42
1977 5.98
1978 12.19
1979 22.72
1980 25.47
1981 26.92
1982 27.99
1983 26.83
1984 24.85
1985 23.80
1986 23.78
1987 24.27
1988 24.77
1989 23.75
1990 23.88
1991 23.81
1992 24.51
1993 25.62
1994 24.53
1995 21.11
1996 21.91
1997 22.46
1998 23.01
1999 23.82
2000 22.53
2001 23.37
2002 21.64
2003 21.85
2004 22.34
2005 24.46
2006 23.00
2007 23.89
2008 18.47
2009 24.21
2010 28.77
2011 26.55
2012 33.90
2013 30.58
2014 30.50
2015 29.57
2016 26.44
2017 29.75
2018 28.06
2019 26.00

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