Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in North America
North America: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 0.9% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in North America, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in North America is 0.9%, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 426.2% on the previous year and up 76.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in North America peaked at 4.2% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2015.
That places North America 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in North America, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4% | — |
| 1971 | 0.4% | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.5% | +14.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6% | +33.0% |
| 1974 | 2.5% | +301.3% |
| 1975 | 2.1% | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 2.0% | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 2.0% | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 1.8% | -10.3% |
| 1979 | 3.8% | +108.1% |
| 1980 | 4.2% | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 2.7% | -36.0% |
| 1982 | 1.3% | -51.4% |
| 1983 | 1.8% | +38.8% |
| 1984 | 1.6% | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 1.5% | -10.8% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -63.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9% | +59.2% |
| 1988 | 0.7% | -23.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7% | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -28.5% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -15.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | -10.1% |
| 1996 | 0.7% | +37.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -41.9% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +31.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +104.9% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -25.4% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -26.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +74.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +32.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -34.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +51.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -70.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +23.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | +28.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -39.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -85.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +124.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +49.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +69.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -45.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +426.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.6% | 0.4% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 0.5% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near North America
- 39 Norway 7.7% compare
- 40 Peru 7.6% compare
- 41 Mauritania 7.3% compare
- 42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.9% compare
- 43 Togo 6.7% compare
- 44 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.7% compare
- 45 Trinidad and Tobago 6.4% compare
More economy & growth data for North America
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0145 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,224 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 479.40 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,250 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 30.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 469.55 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 52,472 current US$ per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in North America?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in North America was 0.9% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2015.
- How does North America rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- North America ranks 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this North America 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.