Gross savings as a percentage of GNI reached 10.1 % in 2016 in Namibia, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 37.3 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, gross savings as a percentage of GNI in Namibia reached an all time high of 37.1 % in 1990 and an all time low of 10.1 % in 2016. When compared to Namibia's main peers, gross savings as a percentage of GNI in Angola amounted to 25.8 %, 39.7 % in Botswana, 16.8 % in South Africa and -1.33 % in Zimbabwe in 2016.
Namibia has been ranked 139th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of gross savings as a percentage of GNI, 110 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.
Gross savings are calculated as gross national income less total consumption, plus net transfers.
| Gross Savings (As % of GNI) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Angola | % | 41.5% | 40.5% | 34.5% | 31.9% | 26.4% | ||||
| Botswana | % | 43.9% | 43.8% | 39.5% | 42.6% | 38.0% | ||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 20.2% | 8.63% | 13.7% | 16.8% | 14.4% | ||||
| Lesotho | % | 15.8% | 18.4% | 19.4% | 21.8% | 25.1% | ... | |||
| Mozambique | % | 10.5% | 8.00% | 9.37% | 11.0% | 9.15% | ||||
| Namibia | % | 14.7% | 19.1% | 19.9% | 22.1% | 15.2% | ||||
| South Africa | % | 18.0% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 16.1% | 17.0% | ||||
| Swaziland | % | 8.13% | 18.0% | 22.5% | 23.1% | 23.1% | ||||
| Zambia | % | ... | 32.3% | 36.3% | 34.4% | 33.1% | 34.6% | ... | ||
| Zimbabwe | % | -2.87% | -16.1% | -5.48% | -3.35% | -9.11% |
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