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Country or Region: South Africa › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all South Africa 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: Rand
Currency Symbol: ZAR

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 Latest actual data: 2010. 2010 for overall GDP data. 2009 for demand-side components. National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: January/December Base year: 2005 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: South African rand Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for South Africa in year 2010 is 19.956 %

This makes South Africa No. 79 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 %; South Africa is 1.32 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for South Africa was 15.56 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for South Africa in 2010 was or will be 28.24% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for South Africa was or will be 18.37 %, which is 7.95% less than the 2010 figure.