Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Liberia
Liberia: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 22.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Liberia, 2000–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Liberia is 22.0%, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 19.8% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Liberia peaked at 43.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 2019.
That places Liberia 7th out of 184 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Liberia, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.2% | — |
| 2001 | 20.8% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 29.0% | +39.2% |
| 2003 | 43.0% | +48.0% |
| 2004 | 24.3% | -43.5% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 20.4% | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 24.3% | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 23.9% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 24.0% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 20.1% | -16.3% |
| 2011 | 18.9% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 20.4% | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 19.1% | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 21.1% | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 21.1% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 21.4% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 22.0% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 16.1% | -27.1% |
| 2019 | 16.0% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 18.4% | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 22.0% | +19.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.4% | 20.2% | 43.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.6% | 16.0% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 18.4% | 22.0% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Liberia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.15 Percent per annum (2029)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate -7.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0646 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 59.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.3265 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 298.89 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 2.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.2899 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Liberia?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Liberia was 22.0% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 2019.
- How does Liberia rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Liberia ranks 7th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.