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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Niger's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) fell 10.27 percentage points on 2019 (from 23.92% to 13.65%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was +0.57 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.1 percentage points in 1988 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.27 percentage points in 2020. 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 21% 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, Niger had the 17th 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 Niger in the 2020 ranking

• Mali — 14th of 20: 15.83%
• Antigua and Barbuda — 15th of 20: 14.55%
• Marshall Islands — 16th of 20: 14.42%
• Guinea-Bissau — 18th of 20: 13.34%
• Sierra Leone — 19th of 20: 0.32%
• Libya — 20th of 20: -14.16%

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 47 values

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

• Angola — 43.66% (2021)
• Benin — 21.54% (2020)
• Botswana — 23.11% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 17.8% (2019)
• Burundi — 5.53% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 33.01% (2021)
• Cameroon — 14.41% (2021)
• Comoros — 13.92% (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 25.53% (2021)
• Congo, Rep. — 19.15% (2020)

More economic policy & debt data for Niger

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.65 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.54 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 12.23% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$14.76 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 8.59 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 68.18% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$17.4 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 10.13 trillion (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

13.65% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1974?

It is up 8.21 percentage points from 5.43% in 1974. The highest value was 23.92% in 2019 and the lowest 2.48% in 1984.

How does Niger rank?

17th highest of 20 economies with data for 2020.

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

In 2020, Niger's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) fell 10.27 percentage points on 2019 (from 23.92% to 13.65%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was +0.57 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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