World Bank Document

Table A.11 Savings, investment, and the current account balance, 1965-83
(percent)
Gross domestic investment/GNP Gross national savings/GNP Current account balance/GNP'
Country 1965-72 1973-78 1979-83 1965-72 1973-78 1979-83 1965-72 1973-78 1979-83
Latin America and Caribbean
*Argentina 20.4 24.6 20.5 20.3 26.2 17.9 -0.1 1.6 -2.6
Bolivia 17.5 21.1 9.0 12.9 16.1 -7.2 -4.6 -5.0 -16.2
*Brazil 25.8 28.1 22.5 24.0 24.0 17.6 -0.8 -4.1 -4.9
*Chile 15.3 15.3 17.2 13.0 11.9 7.0 -2.3 -3.4 -10.2
Colombia 19.0 18.8 20.0 15.4 19.1 17.2 -3.6 -0.3 -2.8
Costa Rica 21.2 24.5 27.1 11.9 17.7 11.5 -9.3 -6.8 -15.6
Ecuador 18.6 26.4 24.2 11.3 20.4 20.5 -7.3 -6.0 -3.7
Guatemala 13.2 19.3 15.6 10.2 14.8 11.7 -3.0 -4.5 -3.9
Jamaica 32.2 20.3 21.6 22.3 12.8 6.5 -9.9 -7.5 -15.1
*Mexico 21.3 23.4 26.1 19.2 20.2 24.2 -2.1 -3.2 -1.9
Peru 16.7 18.0 17.0 15.2 11.4 13.5 -1.5 -6.6 -3.5
Uruguay 11.9 14.4 15.2 11.8 10.6 10.3 - 0.1 -3.8 -4.9
*Venezuela 29.1 35.4 26.2 29.8 36.1 29.3 0.7 0.7 3.1
Africa
Cameroon 15.6 21.6 26.0 12.3 17.6 19.4 -3.3 -4.0 -6.6
Ethiopia 13.1 9.5 10.1 10.7 7.6 3.4 -2.4 -1.9 -6.7
Ghana 12.4 10.0 4.2 8.8 9.5 3.9 -4.3 -0.6 -0.3
IvoryCoast 21.1 25.9 29.3 15.9 23.1 17.4 -5.2 -2.8 -11.9
Kenya 21.7 25.4 26.1 17.0 17.3 15.5 -4.7 -8.1 -10.6
Liberia 24.7 32.6 27.7 27.6 17.0 11.9 2.9 -15.6 -15.8
Malawi 19.8 29.8 25.0 4.8 17.4 11.2 -15.0 -12.4 -13.8
Niger 15.9 29.3 30.7 6.5 12.3 15.0 -9.4 -17.1 -15.7
Nigeria 20.0 28.0 25.2 15.2 28.8 23.8 -4.8 0.8 1.4
Senegal 13.7 18.9 17.3 6.4 7.7 -3.1 -7.3 -11.2 -20.4
Sierra Leone 14.0 13.2 14.5 8.0 3.1 -2.0 -6.0 -10.1 -16.5
Sudan 11.9 17.3 16.0 11.0 9.1 0.9 -0.9 -8.2 -15.1
Tanzania 19.7 20.5 21.6 17.7 11.3 9.8 -2.0 -9.2 -11.8
Zaire 27.7 29.3 18.9 20.9 9.1 11.2 -6.8 -20.2 -7.7
Zambia 32.5 31.8 19.1 38.1 24.6 6.7 5.6 -7.2 -12.4
South Asia
*India 18.3 21.7 24.6 13.4 19.2 21.0 -4.9 -2.5 -3.6
Pakistan 16.3 15.9 15.8 10.2 10.0 12.1 -6.1 -5.9 -3.7
Sri Lanka 16.1 16.2 29.9 11.3 11.9 10.9 -4.8 -4.3 -19.0
East Asia
*Indonesia 12.6 20.6 23.0 6.9 18.8 20.1 -5.7 -1.8 -2.9
*Korea 24.1 29.0 30.0 14.9 24.9 23.7 -9.2 -4.1 -6.3
Malaysia 19.6 25.7 33.4 20.8 27.2 26.3 1.2 1.5 -7.1
Papua New Guinea 31.0 20.1 28.8 1.8 16.3 10.2 -29.2 -3.8 -18.6
Philippines 20.9 28.6 29.6 17.1 23.9 23.3 -3.8 -4.7 -6.3
Thailand 23.8 25.4 25.3 21.3 23.6 20.5 -2.5 -1.8 -4.8
Europe and North Africa
Algeria 28.8 46.8 40.2 27.3 39.2 38.2 -1.5 -7.6 -2.0
*Egypt 14.1 26.1 29,0 8.8 17.4 18.1 -5.3 -8.7 -10.9
Morocco 14.5 24.9 22.7 12.5 16.5 11.6 -2.0 -8.4 -11.1
Portugal 25.9 28.2 34.7 20.3 13.8 13.9 -5.6 -14.4 -20.8
Tunisia 22.9 28.2 30.5 15.6 21.0 23.1 -7.3 -7.2 -7.4
*Turkey 18.0 21.9 20.3 17.1 17.9 17.0 -0.9 -4.0 -3.3
*Yugoslavia 30.2 33.1 36.5 27.6 27.3 31.7 -2.6 -5.8 -4.8
Note: Asterisk indicates a major borrower.
a. Excluding net unrequited transfers.
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