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Country or Region: Sri Lanka › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Sri Lanka 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: Sri Lankan Rupee
Currency Symbol: LKR

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: CEIC. Central Bank of Sri Lanka Latest actual data: 2009 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: January/December Base year: 2002. Staff used splicing method for the historical series. Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: Sri Lanka rupees Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sri Lanka in year 2010 is 22.324 %

This makes Sri Lanka No. 59 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 %; Sri Lanka is 3.68 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sri Lanka was 24.77 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sri Lanka in 2010 was or will be 9.88% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sri Lanka was or will be 23.30 %, which is 4.39% more than the 2010 figure.