Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in World
World: Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion was 1.5% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in World, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
World recorded 1.5% for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in 2021.
That represents a change of up 118.4% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in World peaked at 3.6% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1970.
World ranks 33rd of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in World, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4% | — |
| 1971 | 0.4% | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 0.5% | +14.7% |
| 1973 | 0.7% | +39.2% |
| 1974 | 2.3% | +217.9% |
| 1975 | 1.9% | -16.1% |
| 1976 | 2.0% | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 2.0% | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 1.7% | -14.2% |
| 1979 | 3.2% | +85.0% |
| 1980 | 3.6% | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 2.8% | -23.0% |
| 1982 | 1.8% | -35.2% |
| 1983 | 2.0% | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 1.9% | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 1.7% | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 0.8% | -56.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9% | +24.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8% | -19.3% |
| 1989 | 1.0% | +26.8% |
| 1990 | 1.1% | +15.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7% | -36.1% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | -39.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6% | +38.0% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | +87.3% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +19.3% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | +21.8% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | +31.6% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | +35.7% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -46.9% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | +32.9% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | +34.3% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -18.2% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -45.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +24.3% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +32.2% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -34.0% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | +118.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.5% | 0.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 0.8% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near World
- 30 Russian Federation 9.5% compare
- 31 Chile 9.4% compare
- 32 Kyrgyzstan 9.2% compare
- 33 Qatar 8.8% compare
- 34 Kuwait 8.7% compare
- 35 Uganda 8.6% compare
- 36 New Caledonia 8.6% compare
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- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 8,712 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9941 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 13,636 current US$ per person (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.8627 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 11,834 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 7.45 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in World?
- Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion in World was 1.5% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 1980.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: natural resources depletion recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1970.
- How does World rank for adjusted savings: natural resources depletion?
- World ranks 33rd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: natural resources depletion rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.