Ethiopia - Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI) in Ethiopia was 3.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 31.23 in 2003, while its lowest value was 3.92 in 2019.

Definition: Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. If growth exceeds harvest, this figure is zero.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in "The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future" (Lange et al 2018).

See also:

Year Value
1981 9.35
1982 13.13
1983 7.77
1984 7.95
1985 5.20
1986 8.11
1987 7.34
1988 8.08
1989 8.07
1990 9.46
1991 9.02
1992 12.27
1993 11.96
1994 18.87
1995 26.26
1996 23.81
1997 22.80
1998 26.35
1999 16.57
2000 15.67
2001 15.44
2002 19.82
2003 31.23
2004 24.12
2005 20.17
2006 16.29
2007 18.99
2008 16.34
2009 14.35
2010 13.74
2011 14.79
2012 12.72
2013 12.04
2014 11.69
2015 10.76
2016 9.90
2017 8.77
2018 5.23
2019 3.92

Limitations and Exceptions: A positive net depletion figure for forest resources implies that the harvest rate exceeds the rate of natural growth; this is not the same as deforestation, which represents a change in land use. In principle, there should be an addition to savings in countries where growth exceeds harvest, but empirical estimates suggest that most of this net growth is in forested areas that cannot currently be exploited economically. Because the depletion estimates reflect only timber values, they ignore all the external and nontimber benefits associated with standing forests.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts