Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s gross domestic savings (% of GDP) was 18.1% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.49 percentage points from 18.59% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 18.1% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 19.63% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 18.59% | 2015 |
| Highest | 37.57% | 1974 |
| Lowest | 8.46% | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 22.37% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 8.46% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s gross domestic savings (% of GDP) fell 3.83 percentage points on 2024 (from 21.93% to 18.1%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.83 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below 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 15.15 percentage points in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.22 percentage points in 1981. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) | 18.1% | 2025 |
| World | 26.87% | 2024 |
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 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | 21.93 |
| 2023 | 25.6 |
| 2022 | 26.5 |
| 2021 | 23.83 |
| 2020 | 19.63 |
| 2019 | 22.2 |
| 2018 | 23.77 |
| 2017 | 22.42 |
| 2016 | 19.72 |
| 2015 |
Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$291.25 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$339.13 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 13.77% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$1.44 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 68.06% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$1.73 trillion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s gross domestic savings (% of GDP)?
- 18.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 9.65 percentage points from 8.46% in 1960. The highest value was 37.57% in 1974 and the lowest 8.46% in 1960.
- Is the latest change in gross domestic savings (% of GDP) unusual for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- In 2025, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s gross domestic savings (% of GDP) fell 3.83 percentage points on 2024 (from 21.93% to 18.1%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.83 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below 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.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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