Sub-Saharan Africa 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	Gabon	47.1% of GDP	2012
2	Chad	45.6% of GDP	2012
3	Cape Verde	34.2% of GDP	2012
4	Mauritius	32% of GDP	2012
5	Botswana	28.9% of GDP	2012
6	Sao Tome and Principe	27.4% of GDP	2012
7	Equatorial Guinea	26.4% of GDP	2012
8	Mauritania	26.2% of GDP	2012
9	Tanzania	25.2% of GDP	2012
10	Angola	23.8% of GDP	2012
11	Niger	22% of GDP	2012
12	Mali	21.6% of GDP	2012
13	Cameroon	21% of GDP	2012
14	Zambia	19.4% of GDP	2012
15	Senegal	19.3% of GDP	2012
16	Ethiopia	18.2% of GDP	2012
=17	Namibia	18.1% of GDP	2012
=17	Sudan	18.1% of GDP	2012
19	Ghana	17.9% of GDP	2012
20	The Gambia	17.5% of GDP	2012
21	Sierra Leone	17.2% of GDP	2012
22	Djibouti	17% of GDP	2012
23	Nigeria	15.9% of GDP	2012
24	Rwanda	14.8% of GDP	2012
25	Uganda	14.7% of GDP	2012
26	Burkina Faso	14.1% of GDP	2012
27	Swaziland	13.4% of GDP	2012
28	South Africa	13.2% of GDP	2012
29	Eritrea	10.9% of GDP	2012
30	Seychelles	10.6% of GDP	2012
31	Kenya	9.5% of GDP	2012
32	Benin	9% of GDP	2012
33	Togo	8.7% of GDP	2012
34	Malawi	8.2% of GDP	2012
35	Lesotho	7.8% of GDP	2012
36	Central African Republic	3.8% of GDP	2012
37	Burundi	-0.8% of GDP	2012
38	Mozambique	-4.6% of GDP	2012
39	Madagascar	-5.8% of GDP	2012
40	Guinea	-6.4% of GDP	2011
41	Liberia	-36.6% of GDP	2011

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