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

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI) in IBRD only was 0.028 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.274 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.028 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
1970 0.115
1971 0.105
1972 0.119
1973 0.166
1974 0.130
1975 0.194
1976 0.144
1977 0.274
1978 0.239
1979 0.156
1980 0.146
1981 0.103
1982 0.154
1983 0.115
1984 0.091
1985 0.065
1986 0.106
1987 0.110
1988 0.100
1989 0.096
1990 0.094
1991 0.103
1992 0.083
1993 0.071
1994 0.065
1995 0.073
1996 0.064
1997 0.058
1998 0.056
1999 0.050
2000 0.046
2001 0.046
2002 0.052
2003 0.060
2004 0.042
2005 0.037
2006 0.044
2007 0.045
2008 0.046
2009 0.043
2010 0.054
2011 0.047
2012 0.041
2013 0.037
2014 0.042
2015 0.044
2016 0.046
2017 0.040
2018 0.031
2019 0.028

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