Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in India
India: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 1.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in India, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in India stood at 1.6%.
That represents a change of up 79.7% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in India peaked at 3.3% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1972.
That places India 85th out of 184 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in India, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5% | — |
| 1971 | 0.5% | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.5% | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6% | +27.3% |
| 1974 | 0.9% | +37.9% |
| 1975 | 1.7% | +90.8% |
| 1976 | 1.4% | -16.4% |
| 1977 | 2.5% | +80.5% |
| 1978 | 2.3% | -10.9% |
| 1979 | 1.9% | -18.0% |
| 1980 | 1.4% | -22.2% |
| 1981 | 1.9% | +33.0% |
| 1982 | 2.2% | +12.4% |
| 1983 | 2.0% | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 2.0% | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 2.1% | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 1.4% | -33.0% |
| 1987 | 1.4% | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1.2% | -9.8% |
| 1989 | 1.7% | +38.2% |
| 1990 | 2.0% | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 1.7% | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 1.2% | -18.2% |
| 1995 | 1.4% | +15.7% |
| 1996 | 1.3% | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 1.2% | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | -16.8% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | +28.8% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -17.2% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | +23.1% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | +14.8% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | +37.7% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -51.7% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | +41.2% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -23.9% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -22.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -36.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -16.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +79.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.3% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in India?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in India was 1.6% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2008.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1972.
- How does India rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- India ranks 85th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.