Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 5.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Ethiopia, 1981–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Ethiopia is 5.8%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and down 66.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Ethiopia peaked at 36.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2020.
That places Ethiopia 49th out of 184 countries with data for 2021, 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 Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 13.1% | — |
| 1982 | 18.2% | +38.5% |
| 1983 | 10.7% | -41.3% |
| 1984 | 10.7% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 6.9% | -35.8% |
| 1986 | 10.6% | +55.0% |
| 1987 | 9.6% | -9.8% |
| 1988 | 10.4% | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 10.3% | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 12.0% | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 11.2% | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 15.1% | +34.4% |
| 1993 | 14.7% | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 23.1% | +57.1% |
| 1995 | 31.9% | +37.8% |
| 1996 | 28.8% | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 27.4% | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 31.5% | +15.0% |
| 1999 | 19.7% | -37.3% |
| 2000 | 18.6% | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 18.2% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 23.3% | +28.1% |
| 2003 | 36.4% | +55.9% |
| 2004 | 28.0% | -23.1% |
| 2005 | 23.5% | -15.8% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 21.9% | +16.0% |
| 2008 | 18.7% | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 16.4% | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 17.3% | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 14.8% | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 9.9% | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | -35.5% |
| 2019 | 5.5% | -13.4% |
| 2020 | 5.5% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.2% | 6.9% | 18.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 21.5% | 11.2% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.4% | 16.4% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.1% | 5.5% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More economy & growth data for Ethiopia
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 86.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0253 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 28.66 current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) -10.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.0584 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 54.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 35.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 6.98 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 6,506 current LCU per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 11.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Ethiopia?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Ethiopia was 5.8% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 36.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2020.
- How does Ethiopia rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Ethiopia ranks 49th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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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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.