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Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)

Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate. 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.

World Bank code: NY.ADJ.DMIN.GN.ZS • Data available for 206 countries • Latest year: 2021

In , Congo, Dem. Rep. led Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI) at 22.66.

What this measures: Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate. 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.

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Distribution — 2021

Reporting
187 countries
Median
0.00
Mean
1.18
25th percentile
0.00
75th percentile
0.54
Range
0.00 – 22.66

World at a Glance — 2021

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 4.47AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.00BNCambodia: 0.00KHChina: 0.32CNFiji: 0.93FJHong Kong SAR, China: 0.00HKIndonesia: 1.25IDJapan: 0.01JPKiribati: 0.00KIKorea, Rep.: 0.00KRLao PDR: 1.85LAMacao SAR, China: 0.00MOMalaysia: 0.00MYMarshall Islands: 0.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 0.00FMMongolia: 11.51MNMyanmar: 0.76MMNauru: 0.00NRNew Zealand: 0.08NZPalau: 0.00PWPapua New Guinea: 9.15PGPhilippines: 1.13PHSamoa: 0.00WSSingapore: 0.00SGSolomon Islands: 0.00SBThailand: 0.00THTimor-Leste: 0.00TLTonga: 0.00TOTuvalu: 0.00TVVanuatu: 0.00VUViet Nam: 0.04VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 0.06ALArmenia: 3.33AMAustria: 0.00ATAzerbaijan: 0.26AZBelarus: 0.00BYBelgium: 0.00BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 0.03BABulgaria: 0.47BGCroatia: 0.00HRCyprus: 0.01CYCzechia: 0.00CZDenmark: 0.00DKEstonia: 0.00EEFaroe Islands: 0.00FOFinland: 0.05FIFrance: 0.00FRGeorgia: 1.06GEGermany: 0.00DEGreece: 0.04GRHungary: 0.00HUIceland: 0.00ISIreland: 0.04IEItaly: 0.00ITKazakhstan: 6.51KZKosovo: 0.30XKKyrgyz Republic: 9.22KGLatvia: 0.00LVLithuania: 0.00LTLuxembourg: 0.00LUMoldova: 0.00MDMontenegro: 0.01MENetherlands: 0.00NLNorth Macedonia: 0.00MKNorway: 0.00NOPoland: 0.17PLPortugal: 0.12PTRomania: 0.02RORussian Federation: 0.89RUSerbia: 0.24RSSlovak Republic: 0.01SKSlovenia: 0.00SISpain: 0.04ESSweden: 0.56SESwitzerland: 0.00CHTajikistan: 4.49TJTurkiye: 0.28TRUkraine: 1.74UAUnited Kingdom: 0.00GBUzbekistan: 5.54UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 0.00AGArgentina: 0.46ARAruba: 0.00AWBahamas, The: 0.00BSBarbados: 0.00BBBelize: 0.00BZBolivia: 4.65BOBrazil: 1.48BRChile: 9.41CLColombia: 0.67COCosta Rica: 0.00CRCuracao: 0.00CWDominica: 0.00DMDominican Republic: 1.42DOEcuador: 0.00ECEl Salvador: 0.00SVGrenada: 0.00GDGuatemala: 0.54GTGuyana: 7.64GYHaiti: 0.00HTHonduras: 0.32HNJamaica: 0.00JMMexico: 0.85MXNicaragua: 2.22NIPanama: 1.33PAParaguay: 0.00PYPeru: 7.22PEPuerto Rico (US): 0.00PRSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.00KNSt. Lucia: 0.00LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.00VCSuriname: 0.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 0.00TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 0.00TCUruguay: 0.01UYMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 0.00AFAlgeria: 0.00DZDjibouti: 0.00DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 0.00EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 1.69IRIraq: 0.00IQIsrael: 0.00ILJordan: 0.00JOLebanon: 0.00LBLibya: 0.00LYMalta: 0.00MTMorocco: 0.12MAOman: 0.00OMPakistan: 0.02PKQatar: 0.00QATunisia: 0.00TNWest Bank and Gaza: 0.00PSNorth AmericaBermuda: 0.00BMCanada: 0.79CAUnited States: 0.06USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 0.00BDBhutan: 0.01BTIndia: 0.95INMaldives: 0.00MVNepal: 0.00NPSri Lanka: 0.00LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 0.00AOBenin: 0.00BJBotswana: 0.19BWBurkina Faso: 12.62BFBurundi: 0.00BICabo Verde: 0.00CVCameroon: 0.00CMCentral African Republic: 0.56CFChad: 0.00TDComoros: 0.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 22.66CDCongo, Rep.: 0.00CGCote d'Ivoire: 1.89CIEquatorial Guinea: 0.00GQEswatini: 0.00SZEthiopia: 0.21ETGabon: 0.02GAGambia, The: 0.00GMGhana: 4.36GHGuinea: 0.00GNGuinea-Bissau: 0.00GWKenya: 0.00KELesotho: 0.00LSLiberia: 4.48LRMadagascar: 0.00MGMalawi: 0.00MWMali: 13.15MLMauritania: 6.61MRMauritius: 0.00MUMozambique: 0.11MZNamibia: 2.18NANiger: 0.63NENigeria: 0.01NGRwanda: 0.00RWSao Tome and Principe: 0.00STSenegal: 2.29SNSeychelles: 0.00SCSierra Leone: 0.17SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 0.00SOSouth Africa: 2.65ZASudan: 5.35SDTanzania: 3.13TZTogo: 3.77TGUganda: 0.00UGZambia: 21.02ZMZimbabwe: 3.07ZW

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Highest Values — 2021

# Country Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
1 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 22.66
2 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 21.02
3 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 13.15
4 Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 12.62
5 Mongolia East Asia & Pacific 11.51
6 Chile Latin America & Caribbean 9.41
7 Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia 9.22
8 Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific 9.15
9 Guyana Latin America & Caribbean 7.64
10 Peru Latin America & Caribbean 7.22

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 64 0.41
Upper middle income 52 0.87
Lower middle income 50 1.70
Low income 20 3.18
Not classified 1 0.21

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 31 1.02
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.72
Latin America & Caribbean 35 1.09
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 17 0.11
North America 3 0.28
South Asia 6 0.16
Sub-Saharan Africa 46 2.42

Lowest Values — 2021

# Country Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
1 Denmark 0.00
2 Latvia 0.00
3 Lebanon 0.00
4 Lesotho 0.00
5 Czechia 0.00
6 Libya 0.00
7 Lithuania 0.00
8 Luxembourg 0.00
9 Macao SAR, China 0.00
10 Madagascar 0.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (NY.ADJ.DMIN.GN.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2021.