Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 2.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle income, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle income is 2.2%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 101.8% on the previous year and down 54.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle income peaked at 7.9% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1970.
Low & middle income ranks 28th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9% | — |
| 1971 | 1.1% | +21.1% |
| 1972 | 1.3% | +17.8% |
| 1973 | 1.9% | +47.3% |
| 1974 | 4.9% | +156.2% |
| 1975 | 4.3% | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 4.7% | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 4.8% | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 4.5% | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 7.2% | +57.6% |
| 1980 | 7.9% | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 5.9% | -26.2% |
| 1982 | 4.9% | -16.5% |
| 1983 | 5.1% | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 5.0% | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 4.8% | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 2.6% | -45.3% |
| 1987 | 3.5% | +34.0% |
| 1988 | 3.0% | -13.4% |
| 1989 | 3.9% | +27.7% |
| 1990 | 4.3% | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 2.9% | -31.9% |
| 1992 | 2.8% | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 2.6% | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 2.5% | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 2.1% | -15.6% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | -30.4% |
| 1999 | 2.0% | +35.5% |
| 2000 | 3.1% | +55.8% |
| 2001 | 2.6% | -16.0% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2.8% | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +29.4% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | +23.2% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 4.6% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | -47.7% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | +29.9% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | +25.0% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | -26.3% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -15.3% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -44.3% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +20.5% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | +23.5% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -16.1% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -30.8% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | +101.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle 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 | +156.2% | 1.9% | 4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.6% | 0.9% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.7% | 2.6% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 1.5% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 2.6% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 1.3% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 267.99 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 6,107 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 3,519 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5412 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,305 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9385 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7748 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle income?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Low & middle income was 2.2% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1970.
- How does Low & middle income rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Low & middle income ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.