Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 0.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.5%
Change on year
down 9.7%
World rank
118th
of 184 countries
All-time high
1.3%
in 1987
All-time low
0.4%
in 1984
Years of data
42
1980–2021

Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Vanuatu, 1980–2021

0.40.60.811.21.41980200020211980: 0.513 % of GNI1981: 0.5 % of GNI1982: 0.536 % of GNI1983: 0.669 % of GNI1984: 0.368 % of GNI1985: 0.581 % of GNI1986: 0.751 % of GNI1987: 1.3 % of GNI1988: 1 % of GNI1989: 1.1 % of GNI1990: 0.913 % of GNI1991: 0.92 % of GNI1992: 0.989 % of GNI1993: 1.1 % of GNI1994: 1 % of GNI1995: 1.1 % of GNI1996: 1 % of GNI1997: 0.777 % of GNI1998: 0.669 % of GNI1999: 0.846 % of GNI2000: 0.843 % of GNI2001: 0.768 % of GNI2002: 0.835 % of GNI2003: 0.956 % of GNI2004: 0.712 % of GNI2005: 0.609 % of GNI2006: 0.687 % of GNI2007: 0.823 % of GNI2008: 0.979 % of GNI2009: 0.906 % of GNI2010: 0.86 % of GNI2011: 0.866 % of GNI2012: 0.85 % of GNI2013: 0.752 % of GNI2014: 0.972 % of GNI2015: 0.801 % of GNI2016: 0.798 % of GNI2017: 0.9 % of GNI2018: 0.591 % of GNI2019: 0.505 % of GNI2020: 0.573 % of GNI2021: 0.518 % of GNI

Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.

Analysis

In 2021, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Vanuatu stood at 0.5%.

That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Vanuatu peaked at 1.3% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1984.

That places Vanuatu 118th out of 184 countries with data for 2021, putting it 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 Vanuatu, year by year

Annual values for Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI) in Vanuatu, 1980 to 2021.
Year % of GNI Change
1980 0.5%
1981 0.5% -2.4%
1982 0.5% +7.2%
1983 0.7% +24.7%
1984 0.4% -44.9%
1985 0.6% +57.8%
1986 0.8% +29.1%
1987 1.3% +75.2%
1988 1.0% -20.4%
1989 1.1% +3.5%
1990 0.9% -15.7%
1991 0.9% +0.8%
1992 1.0% +7.6%
1993 1.1% +13.2%
1994 1.0% -7.5%
1995 1.1% +6.3%
1996 1.0% -6.1%
1997 0.8% -24.8%
1998 0.7% -13.9%
1999 0.8% +26.5%
2000 0.8% -0.4%
2001 0.8% -8.9%
2002 0.8% +8.8%
2003 1.0% +14.5%
2004 0.7% -25.6%
2005 0.6% -14.4%
2006 0.7% +12.8%
2007 0.8% +19.8%
2008 1.0% +18.9%
2009 0.9% -7.5%
2010 0.9% -5.0%
2011 0.9% +0.7%
2012 0.9% -1.8%
2013 0.8% -11.5%
2014 1.0% +29.2%
2015 0.8% -17.6%
2016 0.8% -0.3%
2017 0.9% +12.7%
2018 0.6% -34.4%
2019 0.5% -14.5%
2020 0.6% +13.4%
2021 0.5% -9.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.4% 1.3% 10
1990s 0.9% 0.7% 1.1% 10
2000s 0.8% 0.6% 1.0% 10
2010s 0.8% 0.5% 1.0% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 2

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Frequently asked questions

What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Vanuatu?
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in Vanuatu was 0.5% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 1987.
What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1984.
How does Vanuatu rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
Vanuatu ranks 118th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in Vanuatu?
Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Vanuatu 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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Indicator
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI)
Unit
% of GNI
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 9,601 data points, 1970–2021
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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.