Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 5.3% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 5.3% for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 71.3% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 20.0% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 1986.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.3% | — |
| 1971 | 3.7% | +14.7% |
| 1972 | 4.8% | +29.0% |
| 1973 | 6.9% | +44.0% |
| 1974 | 20.0% | +188.2% |
| 1975 | 15.1% | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 15.0% | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 14.2% | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 14.1% | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 16.3% | +15.2% |
| 1980 | 16.7% | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 10.3% | -38.1% |
| 1982 | 8.1% | -21.2% |
| 1983 | 7.3% | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 7.1% | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 6.9% | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 2.7% | -60.2% |
| 1987 | 4.9% | +79.8% |
| 1988 | 4.2% | -13.8% |
| 1989 | 6.3% | +49.6% |
| 1990 | 5.8% | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 6.3% | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 6.7% | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 5.6% | -17.1% |
| 1996 | 5.8% | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | -12.8% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -31.5% |
| 1999 | 4.8% | +39.3% |
| 2000 | 6.9% | +44.2% |
| 2001 | 5.7% | -17.9% |
| 2002 | 5.7% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +21.2% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | +27.2% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | -39.6% |
| 2010 | 6.8% | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | -11.4% |
| 2013 | 6.1% | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | -40.6% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +37.3% |
| 2018 | 6.1% | +43.9% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | -16.9% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -38.5% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | +71.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (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 | +188.2% | 6.9% | 20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.3% | 3.3% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.5% | 2.7% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.4% | 3.4% | 6.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 7.6% | 5.7% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 3.1% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 21.3% compare
- 9 Zambia 21.0% compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 20.6% compare
- 11 Eritrea 19.0% compare
- 12 Azerbaijan 16.2% compare
- 13 Brunei 16.1% compare
- 14 Mali 15.5% compare
More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,931 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6825 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.79 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 452.38 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1599 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 20.95 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 5.3% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 20.0% in 1974.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 1986.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.