United States (2024)
16.6
% of GDP
-0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
50
years of data

Data

United States Gross Savings Rate (% of GDP) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2024 16.6 -0.5pp
2023 17.1 -1.2pp
2022 18.3 +0.6pp
2021 17.7 -0.7pp
2020 18.4 -1pp
2019 19.4 +0.2pp
2018 19.2 +0.2pp
2017 19 +0.4pp
2016 18.6 -1.1pp
2015 19.7 unchanged
2014 19.7 +1.1pp
2013 18.6 +0.2pp
2012 18.4 +2.1pp
2011 16.3 +0.9pp
2010 15.4 +1.5pp
2009 13.9 -1.2pp
2008 15.1 -2.3pp
2007 17.4 -1.8pp
2006 19.2 +1.1pp
2005 18.1 +0.4pp

About this Dataset

United States recorded 16.6 % of GDP in 2024. The latest change was -0.5pp. Across 1975–2024 the series ranges from 13.9 in 2009 to 23.5 in 1979.

This page tracks gross national savings as a share of GDP in United States from 1990 to present. The savings rate determines the pool of capital available for domestic investment and current account dynamics.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks gross national savings as a share of GDP in United States from 1990 to present. The savings rate determines the pool of capital available for domestic investment and current account dynamics. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1975–2024 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 23.5 % of GDP in 1979 and reached its lowest recorded value of 13.9 in 2009. The latest reading of 16.6 in 2024 represents a change of -0.5pp.