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Country or Region: Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Afghanistan indicators, › See Gross National Savings (% of GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Afghanis
Currency Symbol: AFA

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment. Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2010. Latest actual data is for the solar year 2009/10 Notes: The data for Afghanistan is based on a solar year that runs from March 21 to March 20 National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: April/March. Reporting year starts March 21 Base year: 2002. Base year is the solar year 2002/03 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: Afghani Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Afghanistan in year 2010 is 28.441 %

This makes Afghanistan No. 32 in world rankings according to Gross National Savings (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Gross National Savings (% of GDP) value is 18.64 %; Afghanistan is 9.80 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Afghanistan was 28.31 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Afghanistan in 2010 was or will be 0.47% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Afghanistan was or will be 22.82 %, which is 19.76% less than the 2010 figure.