Sri Lanka's gross savings (% of GDP) was 31.21% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.83 percentage points from 32.05% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31.21% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 31.35% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 32.05% | 2015 |
| Highest | 37.29% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 2.91% | 1976 |
| Average since 2016 | 31.4% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 7.54% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sri Lanka's gross savings (% of GDP) rose 3.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 27.6% to 31.21%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2024), the average change was −0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.51 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 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 11.52 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.14 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.97 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 57% 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 2025, Sri Lanka had the 17th highest value of the 100 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 31.21% | 2025 |
| World | 26.05% | 2024 |
| South Asia | 34.68% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 33.37% | 2024 |
Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2025 ranking
- India — 13th of 100: 34.7%
- Denmark — 14th of 100: 34.69%
- Ireland — 15th of 100: 31.26%
- Sweden — 17th of 100: 30.62%
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 18th of 100: 30.55%
- Philippines — 19th of 100: 30.12%
What this measures
Savings is an amount that represents the part of disposable income (adjusted for the change in pension entitlements) that is not spent on final consumption. Gross savings are calculated as gross national income less total consumption, plus net transfers. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 46 values
| Year | Gross savings (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.21 |
| 2024 | 27.6 |
| 2023 | 26.04 |
| 2022 | 25.86 |
| 2021 | 33 |
| 2020 | 31.35 |
| 2019 | 32.03 |
| 2018 | 35.13 |
| 2017 | 37.29 |
| 2016 | 34.47 |
| 2015 |
Gross savings (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 34.81% (2025)
- Bhutan — 22.94% (2024)
- India — 34.7% (2025)
- Maldives — 11.19% (2024)
- Nepal — 43.05% (2025)
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 gross savings (% of GDP)?
- 31.21% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 23.68 percentage points from 7.54% in 1975. The highest value was 37.29% in 2017 and the lowest 2.91% in 1976.
- How does Sri Lanka rank?
- 17th highest of 100 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross savings (% of GDP) unusual for Sri Lanka?
- In 2025, Sri Lanka's gross savings (% of GDP) rose 3.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 27.6% to 31.21%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2024), the average change was −0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.51 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 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.GNS.ICTR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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