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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Qatar's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 9.55 percentage points on 2020 (from 42.68% to 52.23%).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2020), the average change was −2.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.6 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.55 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.79 percentage points in 2015. 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 downward, about 1.74 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 47% 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, Qatar had the 2nd 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 Qatar in the 2021 ranking

• Ireland — 2nd of 132: 51.33%
• Singapore — 3rd of 132: 50.3%
• Brunei Darussalam — 4th of 132: 49.44%

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

• Algeria — 37.35% (2021)
• Bahrain — 30.5% (2018)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 7.94% (2021)
• Iraq — 30.77% (2021)
• Israel — 29.59% (2021)
• Jordan — 8.33% (2021)
• Kuwait — 28.45% (2019)
• Lebanon — -2.94% (2021)
• Libya — -14.16% (2020)
• Malta — 31.22% (2021)
• Morocco

More economic policy & debt data for Qatar

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$55.85 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$39.67 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$3.03 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 1.41% (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$215.56 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 784.64 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$183.49 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 736.64 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$72,525 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 263,991 (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

52.23% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2011?

It is down 13.03 percentage points from 65.26% in 2011. The highest value was 65.26% in 2011 and the lowest 42.68% in 2020.

How does Qatar rank?

2nd highest of 132 economies with data for 2021.

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

In 2021, Qatar's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 9.55 percentage points on 2020 (from 42.68% to 52.23%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2020), the average change was −2.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.6 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations above 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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