Myanmar: Adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Myanmar's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 3.94 percentage points on 2018 (from 26.86% to 30.81%).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2018), the average change was +1.57 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.51 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 11.58 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.98 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% 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 Myanmar in the 2019 ranking

• Kuwait — 2nd of 3: 28.45%
• Burkina Faso — 3rd of 3: 17.8%

What this measures

Gross savings are the difference between gross national income and public and private consumption, plus net current transfers. 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.

Limitations: Because gross savings is calculated as a residual it includes errors, which may not be offsetting, in its components.

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

All 11 values

Adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Australia — 26.06% (2021)
• Brunei Darussalam — 49.44% (2021)
• Cambodia — 30.17% (2021)
• China — 45.3% (2021)
• Fiji — 16.41% (2020)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 26.99% (2021)
• Indonesia — 33.98% (2021)
• Japan — 27.08% (2021)
• Kiribati — 31.7% (2020)
• Korea, Rep. — 36.19% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Myanmar

• GDP (current US$) — US$81.67 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 171.5 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$61.87 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 75.47 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,489 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 3.13 million (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,128 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 1.38 million (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$79.99 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 167.97 trillion (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 3.06 million (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Myanmar's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI)?

30.81% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is up 18.06 percentage points from 12.75% in 2009. The highest value was 35.43% in 2012 and the lowest 12.75% in 2009.

Is the latest change in adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) unusual for Myanmar?

In 2019, Myanmar's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 3.94 percentage points on 2018 (from 26.86% to 30.81%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2018), the average change was +1.57 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.51 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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.ICTR.GN.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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