High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Gross national saving

DEFINITION: Gross national saving is derived by deducting final consumption expenditure (household plus government) from Gross national disposable income, and consists of personal saving, plus business saving (the sum of the capital consumption allowance and retained business profits), plus government saving (the excess of tax revenues over expenditures), but excludes foreign saving (the excess of imports of goods and services over exports). The figures are presented as a percent of GDP. A negative number indicates that the economy as a whole is spending more income than it produces, thus drawing down national wealth (dissaving).

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Norway	39.4% of GDP	2012
2	Switzerland	31.5% of GDP	2012
3	South Korea	31.4% of GDP	2012
4	Netherlands	27.5% of GDP	2012
5	Estonia	26.4% of GDP	2012
6	Sweden	25.8% of GDP	2012
7	Australia	25.2% of GDP	2012
8	Austria	24.4% of GDP	2012
9	Germany	24.3% of GDP	2012
10	Slovakia	23% of GDP	2012
11	Denmark	22.6% of GDP	2012
12	Japan	21.6% of GDP	2012
13	Chile	21.4% of GDP	2012
14	Canada	21.2% of GDP	2012
15	Czech Republic	21.1% of GDP	2012
16	Israel	21% of GDP	2012
17	Slovenia	19.8% of GDP	2012
=18	Belgium	19.6% of GDP	2012
=18	Finland	19.6% of GDP	2012
20	Spain	18.6% of GDP	2012
21	France	17.6% of GDP	2012
=22	Poland	17.2% of GDP	2012
=22	Italy	17.2% of GDP	2012
24	Ireland	15.3% of GDP	2012
25	Portugal	15% of GDP	2012
26	New Zealand	14.5% of GDP	2012
27	United States	12.5% of GDP	2012
28	United Kingdom	11% of GDP	2012
29	Greece	10.2% of GDP	2012
30	Iceland	9.3% of GDP	2012

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