Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 6.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 1980–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 6.2% for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in 2021.
That represents a change of up 69.0% on the previous year and down 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 11.9% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2020.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7.4% | — |
| 1981 | 6.1% | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 6.4% | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 5.5% | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 4.5% | -18.9% |
| 1985 | 6.1% | +35.2% |
| 1986 | 4.9% | -19.5% |
| 1987 | 4.8% | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 4.8% | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 5.6% | +16.6% |
| 1990 | 6.1% | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 4.9% | -20.9% |
| 1992 | 5.0% | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 4.7% | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 5.7% | +20.9% |
| 1995 | 6.3% | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 6.6% | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 5.9% | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 4.3% | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 6.0% | +38.0% |
| 2001 | 5.6% | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 7.9% | +31.8% |
| 2006 | 8.7% | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | +17.6% |
| 2008 | 11.9% | +16.1% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | -42.1% |
| 2010 | 8.4% | +21.9% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 8.9% | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 7.6% | -14.6% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | -17.7% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | -34.0% |
| 2016 | 4.4% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 5.2% | +19.1% |
| 2018 | 5.3% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 4.5% | -15.6% |
| 2020 | 3.7% | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | +69.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.6% | 4.5% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.5% | 4.3% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.5% | 5.6% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 4.1% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 3.7% | 6.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 5.26 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 246.12 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1471 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 283.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1696 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 9.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -1.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 6.95 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 6.2% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2008.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2020.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.