Malta's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) was 16.31% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.48 percentage points from 4.82% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 16.31% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 14.62% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.82% | 2011 |
| Highest | 21.5% | 1981 |
| Lowest | -5.23% | 2000 |
| Average since 2012 | 14.19% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 11% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Malta's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) rose 4.78 percentage points on 2020 (from 11.53% to 16.31%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.77 percentage points in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.15 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.99 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 39% 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 2021, Malta had the 34th 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.
Closest to Malta in the 2021 ranking
- Paraguay — 30th of 132: 17.08%
- Kazakhstan — 31st of 132: 17.01%
- Ireland — 32nd of 132: 16.69%
- Luxembourg — 34th of 132: 16.18%
- Russian Federation — 35th of 132: 15.94%
- Honduras — 36th of 132: 15.71%
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 51 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 16.31 |
| 2020 | 11.53 |
| 2019 | 18.71 |
| 2018 | 19.04 |
| 2017 | 18.28 |
| 2016 | 14.62 |
| 2015 | 17.16 |
| 2014 | 13.33 |
| 2013 | 8.24 |
| 2012 | 4.65 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Malta
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.54 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.49 billion (2025)
- Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 46.54% (2023)
- Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 1.23% (2023)
- Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) — 6.47% (2023)
- Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing) — 30.86% (2023)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$14.36 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 51.71% (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malta's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI)?
- 16.31% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 5.31 percentage points from 11% in 1971. The highest value was 21.5% in 1981 and the lowest -5.23% in 2000.
- How does Malta rank?
- 34th highest of 132 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) unusual for Malta?
- In 2021, Malta's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) rose 4.78 percentage points on 2020 (from 11.53% to 16.31%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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