Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Arab World
Arab World: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 4.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Arab World, 1980–2020
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
Arab World recorded 4.6% for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of down 36.4% on the previous year and down 53.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Arab World peaked at 27.6% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 2020.
That places Arab World 15th out of 47 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Arab World, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 27.6% | — |
| 1981 | 20.3% | -26.3% |
| 1982 | 11.3% | -44.1% |
| 1983 | 9.8% | -13.8% |
| 1984 | 9.7% | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 8.3% | -14.2% |
| 1986 | 5.4% | -34.6% |
| 1987 | 6.9% | +27.0% |
| 1988 | 5.8% | -16.1% |
| 1989 | 7.9% | +36.1% |
| 1990 | 8.1% | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 8.5% | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 8.2% | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 8.2% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 8.3% | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 7.9% | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 9.2% | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 7.9% | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 5.6% | -29.6% |
| 1999 | 7.1% | +27.4% |
| 2000 | 9.8% | +38.1% |
| 2001 | 7.9% | -18.7% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | +18.4% |
| 2005 | 12.8% | +19.6% |
| 2006 | 12.9% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 11.8% | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 13.5% | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 8.6% | -36.3% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | +29.0% |
| 2012 | 12.3% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | -38.8% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | +19.6% |
| 2018 | 8.2% | +27.4% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | -36.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.3% | 5.4% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.9% | 5.6% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.5% | 7.7% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.0% | 5.4% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
- 12 Azerbaijan 16.2% compare
- 13 Brunei Darussalam 16.1% compare
- 14 Mali 15.5% compare
- 15 Kazakhstan 15.2% compare
- 16 Mongolia 14.9% compare
- 17 Gabon 14.4% compare
- 18 Uzbekistan 14.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Arab World
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1627 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 5.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 4,915 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.5341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 1,228 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,308 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6095 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1733 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4,029 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Arab World?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Arab World was 4.6% in 2020, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 27.6% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 2020.
- How does Arab World rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Arab World ranks 15th out of 47 groups with data for 2020.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Arab World data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Natural resource depletion is the sum of net forest depletion, energy depletion, and mineral depletion. Net forest depletion is unit resource rents times the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. Energy depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of energy resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers coal, crude oil, and natural gas. Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.