Rwanda's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) was 0.54% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.05 percentage points from 3.59% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.54% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | -3.45% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.59% | 2011 |
| Highest | 3.59% | 2011 |
| Lowest | -4.04% | 2015 |
| Average since 2012 | -1.45% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 0.11% | 2010 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Rwanda's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) rose 2.58 percentage points on 2020 (from -2.04% to 0.54%).
Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2020), the average change was −0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 3.49 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.14 percentage points in 2014. 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 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.
How it compares
In 2021, Rwanda had the 96th highest value of the 121 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 Rwanda in the 2021 ranking
- Colombia — 93rd of 121: 1.76%
- Armenia — 94th of 121: 1.2%
- South Africa — 95th of 121: 0.97%
- Malaysia — 97th of 121: 0.54%
- Mauritius — 98th of 121: 0.17%
- Kazakhstan — 99th of 121: -0.01%
What this measures
Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage. 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 12 values
| Year | Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.54 |
| 2020 | -2.04 |
| 2019 | -2.29 |
| 2018 | -2.8 |
| 2017 | -0.7704 |
| 2016 | -3.45 |
| 2015 | -4.04 |
| 2014 | -2.35 |
| 2013 | 2.79 |
| 2012 | -0.1439 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- Angola — 14.04% (2021)
- Benin — 11.67% (2020)
- Botswana — 9% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 10.08% (2019)
- Burundi — -17.76% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 24.2% (2021)
- Cameroon — -0.24% (2021)
- Comoros — 6.47% (2021)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Rwanda
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.47 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 3.52 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.46 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 3.28 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 15.06% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$10.54 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 15.06 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is Rwanda's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI)?
- 0.54% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2010?
- It is up 0.43 percentage points from 0.11% in 2010. The highest value was 3.59% in 2011 and the lowest -4.04% in 2015.
- How does Rwanda rank?
- 96th highest of 121 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) unusual for Rwanda?
- In 2021, Rwanda's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) rose 2.58 percentage points on 2020 (from -2.04% to 0.54%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2020), the average change was −0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.SVNX.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, 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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