Marshall Islands's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) was 5.06% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.79 percentage points from 11.85% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.06% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 13.66% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 11.85% | 2010 |
| Highest | 13.66% | 2015 |
| Lowest | -0.06% | 2018 |
| Average since 2011 | 6.11% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 13.32% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Marshall Islands' adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) rose 3.09 percentage points on 2019 (from 1.97% to 5.06%).
Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2019), the average change was −0.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 4.6 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.62 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 17% 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.
How it compares
In 2020, Marshall Islands had the 16th highest value of the 20 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 Marshall Islands in the 2020 ranking
- Guinea-Bissau — 12th of 20: 8.86%
- Zimbabwe — 13th of 20: 7.45%
- Lesotho — 14th of 20: 6.35%
- Fiji — 16th of 20: 4.03%
- Antigua and Barbuda — 17th of 20: 2.99%
- Sierra Leone — 18th of 20: -5.28%
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 16 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5.06 |
| 2019 | 1.97 |
| 2018 | -0.0565 |
| 2017 | 1.58 |
| 2016 | 11.2 |
| 2015 | 13.66 |
| 2014 | 9.36 |
| 2013 | 4.76 |
| 2012 | 3.28 |
| 2011 | 10.29 |
| 2010 |
Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- Australia — 8.75% (2021)
- Brunei Darussalam — 38.38% (2021)
- Cambodia — 19.44% (2021)
- China — 18.77% (2021)
- Fiji — 4.03% (2020)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 9.14% (2021)
- Indonesia — 13.67% (2021)
- Japan — 1.88% (2021)
- Kiribati — 27.35% (2020)
- Korea, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Marshall Islands
- GDP (current US$) — US$308 million (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 308 million (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$224 million (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 224 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$8,489 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 8,489 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$6,174 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 6,174 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$364 million (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 364 million (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU)
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Questions people ask
- What is Marshall Islands's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI)?
- 5.06% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 8.26 percentage points from 13.32% in 2005. The highest value was 13.66% in 2015 and the lowest -0.06% in 2018.
- How does Marshall Islands rank?
- 16th highest of 20 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) unusual for Marshall Islands?
- In 2020, Marshall Islands' adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) rose 3.09 percentage points on 2019 (from 1.97% to 5.06%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2019), the average change was −0.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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.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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