Burundi: Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Burundi's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) fell 2.69 percentage points on 2017 (from -5.82% to -8.51%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2017), the average change was −0.23 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.6 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.36 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Burundi in the 2018 ranking

• Bahrain — 1st of 4: 21.97%
• Senegal — 2nd of 4: 14.25%
• Dominica — 4th of 4: -25.3%

What this measures

Net national savings are equal to gross national savings less the value of consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 34 values

Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Angola — 35.45% (2021)
• Benin — 10.86% (2020)
• Botswana — 2.61% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 10% (2019)
• Cabo Verde — 21.2% (2021)
• Cameroon — 3.04% (2021)
• Comoros — 6.81% (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 21.14% (2021)
• Congo, Rep. — -10.54% (2020)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More economic policy & debt data for Burundi

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$694.46 million (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 3.71 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 20.64% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$1.72 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 9.17 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 51.09% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.41 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 12.88 trillion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Burundi's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI)?

-8.51% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1985?

It is down 6.2 percentage points from -2.32% in 1985. The highest value was 1.7% in 2005 and the lowest -15.89% in 2008.

Is the latest change in adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) unusual for Burundi?

In 2018, Burundi's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) fell 2.69 percentage points on 2017 (from -5.82% to -8.51%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2017), the average change was −0.23 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNAT.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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