Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Australia
Australia: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 6.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Australia, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
Australia recorded 6.2% for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
The figure is up 102.8% on the previous year and up 104.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Australia peaked at 6.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1970.
Australia ranks 46th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7% | — |
| 1971 | 0.7% | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 0.7% | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 1.2% | +57.2% |
| 1974 | 2.0% | +68.6% |
| 1975 | 2.1% | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 2.2% | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 2.4% | +11.4% |
| 1978 | 2.1% | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 3.6% | +69.5% |
| 1980 | 3.6% | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 2.3% | -35.9% |
| 1982 | 1.8% | -24.4% |
| 1983 | 1.9% | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 2.0% | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 2.5% | +22.6% |
| 1986 | 1.6% | -33.5% |
| 1987 | 2.0% | +20.4% |
| 1988 | 1.5% | -23.1% |
| 1989 | 1.4% | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 1.8% | +30.9% |
| 1991 | 1.3% | -28.7% |
| 1992 | 1.3% | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.2% | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | -12.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | +69.8% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +45.2% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | +24.1% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +27.2% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | -42.3% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +51.9% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | +14.6% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -36.6% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -30.6% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | +33.9% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | +33.7% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | +28.4% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | +102.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 0.7% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.3% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 3.1% | 6.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 43 Togo 6.7% compare
- 44 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.7% compare
- 45 Trinidad and Tobago 6.4% compare
- 47 Turkmenistan 6.2% compare
- 48 Malaysia 6.0% compare
- 49 Ethiopia 5.8% compare
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- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 4.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 0.8012 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 52,183 current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.5164 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 33,634 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.75 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Australia?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Australia was 6.2% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1970.
- How does Australia rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Australia ranks 46th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.