Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Canada
Canada: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 2.2% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Canada, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Canada stood at 2.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 504.2% on the previous year and up 196.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Canada peaked at 4.0% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2015.
Canada ranks 81st of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Canada, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.2% | — |
| 1971 | 0.9% | -21.7% |
| 1972 | 1.0% | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 1.8% | +84.1% |
| 1974 | 3.1% | +76.6% |
| 1975 | 2.2% | -30.1% |
| 1976 | 1.9% | -14.2% |
| 1977 | 1.9% | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 1.6% | -16.4% |
| 1979 | 3.9% | +147.6% |
| 1980 | 4.0% | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 2.3% | -41.1% |
| 1982 | 1.1% | -51.0% |
| 1983 | 1.6% | +43.4% |
| 1984 | 1.8% | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 1.7% | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7% | -60.0% |
| 1987 | 1.2% | +64.7% |
| 1988 | 1.4% | +23.0% |
| 1989 | 1.3% | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 1.2% | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9% | -23.6% |
| 1992 | 1.1% | +20.1% |
| 1993 | 1.3% | +14.8% |
| 1994 | 1.2% | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 1.7% | +44.7% |
| 1997 | 1.6% | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | -33.1% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | +16.1% |
| 2000 | 2.6% | +114.0% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -16.5% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -27.7% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | +63.3% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | +31.1% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | -40.1% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 2.2% | +19.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -76.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +31.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -38.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +21.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -72.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +62.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +45.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +42.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -31.6% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | +504.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.9% | 0.9% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 0.7% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 0.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.4% | 2.2% | 2 |
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- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 0.6876 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.4381 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 24,399 current LCU per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -1.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2418 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 13,468 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 2.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.229 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Canada?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Canada was 2.2% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2015.
- How does Canada rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Canada ranks 81st out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 196.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Canada 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.