Lower middle income - Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI) in Lower middle income was 0.148 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.804 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.136 in 2005.

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 0.291
1971 0.278
1972 0.305
1973 0.450
1974 0.347
1975 0.548
1976 0.377
1977 0.804
1978 0.606
1979 0.342
1980 0.339
1981 0.222
1982 0.325
1983 0.242
1984 0.201
1985 0.137
1986 0.229
1987 0.238
1988 0.231
1989 0.237
1990 0.264
1991 0.324
1992 0.317
1993 0.271
1994 0.233
1995 0.260
1996 0.227
1997 0.208
1998 0.230
1999 0.193
2000 0.170
2001 0.166
2002 0.183
2003 0.194
2004 0.150
2005 0.136
2006 0.159
2007 0.187
2008 0.197
2009 0.194
2010 0.229
2011 0.219
2012 0.207
2013 0.199
2014 0.225
2015 0.236
2016 0.246
2017 0.222
2018 0.160
2019 0.148

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