Guatemala's gross domestic savings (% of GDP) was 1.36% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.23 percentage points from 4.59% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.36% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 5.05% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.59% | 2015 |
| Highest | 18.24% | 1977 |
| Lowest | 0.08% | 2022 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.82% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 8.4% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Guatemala's gross domestic savings (% of GDP) rose 0.48 percentage points on 2024 (from 0.89% to 1.36%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above 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 3.82 percentage points in 1968 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.33 percentage points in 1987. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.49 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Guatemala had the 117th highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.36% | 2025 |
| World | 26.87% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 18.09% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 35.29% | 2024 |
Closest to Guatemala in the 2025 ranking
- Gambia, The — 114th of 132: 3.68%
- Honduras — 115th of 132: 2.64%
- El Salvador — 116th of 132: 2.27%
- Montenegro — 118th of 132: 1.29%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 119th of 132: 1.2%
- Sudan — 120th of 132: 0.56%
What this measures
Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.36 |
| 2024 | 0.8868 |
| 2023 | 1.42 |
| 2022 | 0.0834 |
| 2021 | 2.77 |
| 2020 | 5.05 |
| 2019 | 4.04 |
| 2018 | 3.12 |
| 2017 | 4.52 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2015 |
Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Guatemala
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$32.75 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$30.93 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$14.13 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 108.5 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$9.6 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 68.49 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 11.46% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$107.5 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guatemala's gross domestic savings (% of GDP)?
- 1.36% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 7.04 percentage points from 8.4% in 1960. The highest value was 18.24% in 1977 and the lowest 0.08% in 2022.
- How does Guatemala rank?
- 117th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross domestic savings (% of GDP) unusual for Guatemala?
- In 2025, Guatemala's gross domestic savings (% of GDP) rose 0.48 percentage points on 2024 (from 0.89% to 1.36%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDS.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, 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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