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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Portugal's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 1.41 percentage points on 2020 (from 17.97% to 19.39%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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 5.13 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.01 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 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.55 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 86% 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, Portugal had the 87th 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 Portugal in the 2021 ranking

• Guatemala — 84th of 132: 19.61%
• Albania — 85th of 132: 19.56%
• Philippines — 86th of 132: 19.52%
• Romania — 88th of 132: 19.33%
• Slovak Republic — 89th of 132: 19.28%
• Oman — 90th of 132: 18.83%

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

• Albania — 19.56% (2021)
• Armenia — 16.97% (2021)
• Austria — 28.14% (2021)
• Azerbaijan — 33.52% (2021)
• Belarus — 30.37% (2021)
• Belgium — 26.19% (2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 20.93% (2021)
• Bulgaria — 21.88% (2021)
• Croatia — 24.62% (2021)
• Cyprus — 12.41% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Portugal

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$68.84 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$15.1 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$346.64 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 306.77 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$246.9 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 243.72 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$32,082 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 28,391 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$22,851 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 22,556 (2025)
• GNI (current US$)

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Questions people ask

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

19.39% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1975?

It is up 3.18 percentage points from 16.2% in 1975. The highest value was 29.49% in 1989 and the lowest 10.96% in 2010.

How does Portugal rank?

87th highest of 132 economies with data for 2021.

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

In 2021, Portugal's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 1.41 percentage points on 2020 (from 17.97% to 19.39%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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.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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