Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Small states
Small states: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 4.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Small states, 1980–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
Small states recorded 4.1% for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in 2021.
That represents a change of up 84.7% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Small states peaked at 13.2% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2020.
Small states ranks 17th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Small states, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 13.2% | — |
| 1981 | 11.9% | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 5.3% | -55.0% |
| 1983 | 6.0% | +12.3% |
| 1984 | 6.2% | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 6.2% | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 2.9% | -53.7% |
| 1987 | 3.6% | +25.7% |
| 1988 | 2.7% | -25.9% |
| 1989 | 7.2% | +169.4% |
| 1990 | 8.4% | +17.6% |
| 1991 | 5.2% | -38.3% |
| 1992 | 5.1% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 5.1% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 4.9% | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 4.7% | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 2.5% | -46.5% |
| 1999 | 3.5% | +41.0% |
| 2000 | 4.7% | +31.4% |
| 2001 | 3.4% | -27.2% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 5.3% | +39.5% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | +14.7% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | -24.6% |
| 2010 | 4.6% | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 6.0% | +30.7% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 4.1% | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -25.8% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | -22.8% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | +23.1% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -25.6% |
| 2021 | 4.1% | +84.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.5% | 2.7% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.9% | 2.5% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.3% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 2.3% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.2% | 4.1% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Small states
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 9.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 10.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 12,477 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4415 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 9,468 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.5711 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.2055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 3,407 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Small states?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Small states was 4.1% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- How does Small states rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Small states ranks 17th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small states 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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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.