Sri Lanka: Adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.27 percentage points from 32.82% in 2015. Since 1975 it is up 24.61 percentage points from 8.48% in 1975. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Sri Lanka's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 0.14 percentage points on 2019 (from 32.95% to 33.09%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2019), the average change was −0.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 10.53 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.41 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, Sri Lanka had the 2nd 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 Sri Lanka in the 2020 ranking

• Tanzania — 1st of 20: 34.66%
• Kiribati — 3rd of 20: 31.7%
• Tajikistan — 4th of 20: 31.01%
• Saudi Arabia — 5th of 20: 24.09%

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 41 values

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

• Bangladesh — 34.25% (2021)
• Bhutan — 14.31% (2021)
• India — 30.69% (2021)
• Nepal — 32.5% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka

• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.1 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)

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Questions people ask

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

33.09% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1975?

It is up 24.61 percentage points from 8.48% in 1975. The highest value was 38.22% in 2017 and the lowest 3.42% in 1976.

How does Sri Lanka rank?

2nd highest of 20 economies with data for 2020.

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

In 2020, Sri Lanka's adjusted savings, gross savings (% of GNI) rose 0.14 percentage points on 2019 (from 32.95% to 33.09%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2019), the average change was −0.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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.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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