Savings Rate, Percent per annum by country
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.
What the numbers show
Savings Rate, Percent per annum is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 12.55 in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; the lowest is 0.05 in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.93, and the mean is 2.75.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 251.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 5,052.8%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 86.7%).
Savings Rate, Percent per annum: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 12.55 | 2017 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.02 | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Egypt | 11 | 1990 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 9.99 | 2025 | up 5,052.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 8.28 | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 7.79 | 2019 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 7 | Gambia | 6.89 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 8 | South Africa | 6.03 | 2025 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 5.65 | 2025 | up 218.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Ghana | 5 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Pakistan | 4.97 | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 12 | Iraq | 4.46 | 2015 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 4.14 | 2024 | up 155.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 3.67 | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 15 | Uganda | 3.53 | 2018 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Eswatini | 3.46 | 2024 | up 156.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Zambia | 2.93 | 2020 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Mauritius | 2.91 | 2025 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Anguilla | 2.79 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 20 | Lesotho | 2.68 | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Belize | 2.65 | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 22 | Guatemala | 2.58 | 2025 | up 52.9% | falling |
| 23 | Honduras | 2.53 | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 24 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.33 | 2020 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.15 | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 2.08 | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 27 | Montserrat | 2.05 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.04 | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 29 | Dominica | 2.04 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 1.99 | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 31 | Liberia | 1.98 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Grenada | 1.93 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Panama | 1.91 | 2006 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.91 | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 35 | Botswana | 1.89 | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia | 1.86 | 2019 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 37 | Ecuador | 1.42 | 2025 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 38 | Seychelles | 1.4 | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Maldives | 1.32 | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 1.27 | 2020 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Uruguay | 1.27 | 2025 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 1.23 | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 1.05 | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Barbados | 1.05 | 2022 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 1.02 | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9589 | 2025 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Chile | 0.9283 | 2025 | up 364.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Malaysia | 0.8181 | 2025 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Guyana | 0.8094 | 2025 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Qatar | 0.7766 | 2025 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 0.5866 | 2023 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 0.5826 | 2022 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Timor-Leste | 0.5313 | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 54 | Paraguay | 0.5022 | 2021 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Jordan | 0.3475 | 2025 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Fiji | 0.3068 | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 0.2708 | 2025 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 0.2691 | 2024 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Bahamas | 0.262 | 2025 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Haiti | 0.2617 | 2025 | up 230.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2 | 2019 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Jamaica | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 63 | Canada | 0.05 | 2017 | down 40.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.