Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in OECD members
OECD members: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 0.8% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in OECD members, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in OECD members stood at 0.8%.
The figure is up 234.0% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in OECD members peaked at 2.0% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.
That places OECD members 43rd 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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3% | — |
| 1971 | 0.3% | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 0.3% | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 0.4% | +28.1% |
| 1974 | 1.2% | +240.0% |
| 1975 | 1.1% | -11.9% |
| 1976 | 1.1% | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 1.1% | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.9% | -15.3% |
| 1979 | 1.8% | +98.4% |
| 1980 | 2.0% | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 1.5% | -25.0% |
| 1982 | 0.9% | -40.7% |
| 1983 | 1.2% | +34.1% |
| 1984 | 1.2% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 1.1% | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 0.4% | -64.2% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | +35.3% |
| 1988 | 0.4% | -23.3% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | +18.8% |
| 1990 | 0.5% | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 0.3% | -36.3% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +35.4% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -46.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | +51.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +107.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +33.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +31.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | +34.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -54.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +27.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +33.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -58.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +34.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +46.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -26.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +234.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 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
- 46 Australia 6.2% compare
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 5,528 current US$ per person (2022)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 14,656 current US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2346 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 12,136 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.6526 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0107 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 523.51 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1243 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -0.7716 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in OECD members?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in OECD members was 0.8% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- How does OECD members rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- OECD members ranks 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this OECD members 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.