Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 3.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) is 3.7%, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 172.7% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 5.0% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1998.
That places Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 19th out of 47 groups 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 Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.9% | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.9% | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 1.4% | +48.3% |
| 1974 | 3.6% | +165.8% |
| 1975 | 2.6% | -27.6% |
| 1976 | 2.6% | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 2.0% | -21.6% |
| 1978 | 2.0% | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 4.6% | +132.4% |
| 1980 | 5.0% | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 3.8% | -25.3% |
| 1982 | 2.6% | -30.3% |
| 1983 | 3.9% | +47.4% |
| 1984 | 4.3% | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 3.8% | -12.4% |
| 1986 | 1.8% | -52.9% |
| 1987 | 2.6% | +47.5% |
| 1988 | 2.2% | -18.1% |
| 1989 | 2.8% | +28.1% |
| 1990 | 3.3% | +18.4% |
| 1991 | 1.8% | -45.6% |
| 1992 | 1.7% | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 1.3% | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 1.5% | +17.7% |
| 1996 | 1.7% | +16.3% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -18.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | -41.4% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | +83.4% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | +58.2% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -21.8% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +18.3% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 3.3% | +26.8% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | +27.6% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | -45.6% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | +19.4% |
| 2011 | 3.9% | +35.8% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -48.0% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +24.4% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | +41.5% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | -21.1% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | -24.4% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | +172.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.1% | 0.9% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.3% | 1.8% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 0.8% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 1.9% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.3% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 1.3% | 3.7% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 3.7% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.0% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.