Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 3.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 3.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 161.8% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 4.8% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1970.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6% | — |
| 1971 | 0.8% | +17.5% |
| 1972 | 0.8% | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 1.1% | +50.2% |
| 1974 | 3.3% | +192.2% |
| 1975 | 2.3% | -29.1% |
| 1976 | 2.3% | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 1.8% | -21.5% |
| 1978 | 1.8% | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 4.3% | +141.2% |
| 1980 | 4.8% | +12.6% |
| 1981 | 3.6% | -25.5% |
| 1982 | 2.5% | -30.4% |
| 1983 | 3.7% | +47.1% |
| 1984 | 4.2% | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 3.6% | -13.4% |
| 1986 | 1.7% | -53.9% |
| 1987 | 2.5% | +49.2% |
| 1988 | 2.0% | -21.3% |
| 1989 | 2.5% | +30.0% |
| 1990 | 3.1% | +21.6% |
| 1991 | 1.7% | -44.9% |
| 1992 | 1.6% | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 1.3% | -18.3% |
| 1994 | 1.2% | -9.0% |
| 1995 | 1.4% | +15.1% |
| 1996 | 1.7% | +20.4% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -19.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | -40.6% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | +84.8% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | +59.7% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -20.9% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | +22.5% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | +29.4% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -47.0% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | +38.9% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -48.1% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +21.2% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | +43.2% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | -29.7% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | +161.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +192.2% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.9% | 0.6% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.1% | 1.7% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 0.8% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 1.9% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.3% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 1.3% | 3.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7,260 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.138 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 1,436 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6975 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.5838 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 6,076 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,706 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 3.4% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.