European Union - Adjusted savings

Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI) in European Union was 0.070 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.236 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.021 in 1998.

Definition: 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. 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). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.

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
1970 0.059
1971 0.059
1972 0.050
1973 0.065
1974 0.148
1975 0.207
1976 0.225
1977 0.195
1978 0.157
1979 0.205
1980 0.231
1981 0.236
1982 0.187
1983 0.221
1984 0.206
1985 0.211
1986 0.100
1987 0.068
1988 0.075
1989 0.113
1990 0.111
1991 0.074
1992 0.056
1993 0.058
1994 0.049
1995 0.049
1996 0.057
1997 0.056
1998 0.021
1999 0.030
2000 0.095
2001 0.114
2002 0.096
2003 0.086
2004 0.101
2005 0.117
2006 0.157
2007 0.146
2008 0.195
2009 0.125
2010 0.148
2011 0.196
2012 0.188
2013 0.157
2014 0.114
2015 0.069
2016 0.048
2017 0.069
2018 0.088
2019 0.070

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts