Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI) by country
Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. 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...
Countries reporting
130
Highest
17.5%
Liberia
Lowest
0.0%
Zambia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
10,038
What the numbers show
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 17.5% in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0% in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 1.3%.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 2,245.4%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 100.0%).
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 17.5% | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 2 | Burundi | 13.9% | 2021 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Somalia | 11.3% | 2021 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.4% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.0% | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 8.6% | 2021 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 8.0% | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 5.6% | 2021 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 9 | Madagascar | 5.6% | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea | 5.1% | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 11 | Malawi | 4.3% | 2021 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 12 | Chad | 4.0% | 2021 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 13 | Ghana | 3.9% | 2021 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 3.8% | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 3.8% | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 16 | Gabon | 3.1% | 2021 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Congo | 3.1% | 2021 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 18 | South Sudan | 3.0% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 19 | Togo | 3.0% | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 20 | Gambia | 2.9% | 2021 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 2.6% | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.6% | 2021 | up 398.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Eswatini | 2.6% | 2021 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 24 | Bhutan | 2.6% | 2021 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Mali | 2.3% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 26 | Guyana | 2.3% | 2021 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 2.2% | 2021 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 2.0% | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 29 | Suriname | 1.9% | 2021 | up 155.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 1.9% | 2021 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.9% | 2021 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 32 | Malaysia | 1.8% | 2021 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Comoros | 1.6% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 34 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.6% | 2021 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 1.3% | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 36 | Kenya | 1.2% | 2021 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 37 | Fiji | 1.2% | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 38 | Namibia | 0.9% | 2021 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 39 | Angola | 0.7% | 2021 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Mauritania | 0.7% | 2021 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 0.6% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 42 | El Salvador | 0.6% | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 0.5% | 2021 | down 40.2% | flat |
| 44 | Nepal | 0.5% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2021 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 0.3% | 2021 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Botswana | 0.3% | 2021 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 0.3% | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 49 | Samoa | 0.3% | 2021 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2021 | down 68.0% | flat |
| 51 | Armenia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Belize | 0.2% | 2021 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Tunisia | 0.2% | 2021 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 54 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2021 | up 872.9% | volatile |
| 55 | India | 0.2% | 2021 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 58 | Albania | 0.1% | 2021 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2021 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2021 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 0.1% | 2021 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Australia | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2021 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 65 | Timor-Leste | 0.1% | 2021 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Libya | 0.1% | 2021 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2021 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2019 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 70 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2021 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Yemen | 0.1% | 2018 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2021 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% | 2021 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2021 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2021 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Syria | 0.0% | 2020 | up 2,245.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Austria | 0.0% | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2021 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 81 | France | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | down 54.7% | rising |
| 83 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 38.7% | flat |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2021 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 85 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2000 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% | 2021 | down 52.9% | rising |
| 87 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2021 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2021 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Italy | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Greece | 0.0% | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 92 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2021 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 93 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2021 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2021 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2021 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 98 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2021 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2019 | down 83.8% | falling |
| 101 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2021 | up 732.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Oman | 0.0% | 2021 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 104 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2000 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 105 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2020 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 50.6% | flat |
| 107 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2019 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2021 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2020 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 110 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 111 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2021 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Benin | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Israel | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 5.2%
- European Union 0.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.0%
- Euro area 0.0%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.0%
- Least developed countries 2.0%
- IDA only 1.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.2%
- IDA total 1.2%
- Africa Western and Central 0.9%
- Pacific island small states 0.6%
- Caribbean Small States 0.4%
- IDA blend 0.4%
- Lower middle income 0.3%
- Small states 0.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 0.2%
- Other small states 0.2%
- South Asia 0.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.2%
- Low & middle income 0.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 0.1%
- Middle income 0.1%
- Arab World 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.1%
- World 0.1%
- IBRD only 0.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0%
- Upper middle income 0.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0%
About this data
Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. 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.