Gross Savings - Ranking 1981

In 2025, the gross savings ranking reveals a strong concentration among resource-rich economies, with Kuwait at 50.538% of GDP and Qatar at 45.261% leading the top five. These states, along with Iran at 47.654%, derive high savings from oil and gas revenues that far exceed domestic consumption, allowing them to accumulate capital as a buffer against price volatility. At the bottom, Malawi’s deeply negative rate of -7.057% reflects a structural dependence on foreign aid and imports, where consumption consistently outpaces production, eroding national wealth. The data year 2025 thus captures a global divergence between rentier economies that can save windfall earnings and fragile states that must dissave to meet basic needs. Forward-looking, the leaderboard could be reshuffled if major energy exporters face sustained low commodity prices or if developing economies like China, at 42.117%, successfully pivot toward domestic consumption-driven growth.