Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s gross domestic savings (current US$) was US$21.89 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 92.58% from US$295.14 billion in 2015 (22.91% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$21.89 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$378.84 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$295.14 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$456.77 billion | 2019 |
| Lowest | −US$35.4 billion | 2024 |
| Average since 2016 | US$248.34 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$13.19 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s gross domestic savings (current US$) rose US$57.29 billion on 2024 (from −US$35.4 billion to US$21.89 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −US$1.83 billion and a typical year strayed about US$92.29 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 US$227.99 billion in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was US$253.62 billion in 2024. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | US$21.89 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$30.01 trillion | 2024 |
What this measures
Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 61 values
| Year | Gross domestic savings (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 21,890,191,819 |
| 2024 | -35,401,688,236 |
| 2023 | 218,222,749,460 |
| 2022 | 412,053,980,683 |
| 2021 | 393,575,216,432 |
| 2020 | 378,836,246,896 |
| 2019 | 456,768,719,417 |
| 2018 | 228,781,413,651 |
| 2017 | 180,577,976,884 |
| 2016 | 228,076,422,582 |
Gross domestic savings (current US$) in nearby economies
- Algeria — US$114.69 billion (2025)
- Bahrain — US$21.75 billion (2024)
- Djibouti — US$751.09 million (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$4.37 billion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$119.83 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$87.83 billion (2024)
- Israel — US$161.7 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — US$52.49 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — −US$8.87 billion (2024)
- Libya — US$17.69 billion (2025)
- Malta
More economic policy & debt data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) — US$3.07 billion (2025)
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — −US$472.27 million (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$2.21 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.13 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,671 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,614 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 4.14% (2025)
- GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.64% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s gross domestic savings (current US$)?
- US$21.89 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 65.98% from US$13.19 billion in 1965 (0.85% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$456.77 billion in 2019 and the lowest −US$35.4 billion in 2024.
- Is the latest change in gross domestic savings (current US$) unusual for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- In 2025, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s gross domestic savings (current US$) rose US$57.29 billion on 2024 (from −US$35.4 billion to US$21.89 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −US$1.83 billion and a typical year strayed about US$92.29 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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.GDS.TOTL.CD, 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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