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Country or Region: Saudi Arabia › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Saudi Arabia 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: Saudi Riyal
Currency Symbol: SAR

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: Central Bank. Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency Annual Report, Statistical Appendix Section 9, Table 2. Latest actual data: 2009 National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Factor costs Start/end months of reporting year: January/December Base year: 1999 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: Saudi Arabian riyals Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Saudi Arabia in year 2010 is 35.175 %

This makes Saudi Arabia No. 16 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 %; Saudi Arabia is 16.54 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Saudi Arabia was 32.11 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Saudi Arabia in 2010 was or will be 9.55% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Saudi Arabia was or will be 43.48 %, which is 23.61% more than the 2010 figure.