Congo, Rep.: Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Congo, Rep.'s adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 14.36 percentage points on 2019 (from -19.11% to -33.47%).

Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was +0.67 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 19.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 25.81 percentage points in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 70.43 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about 3.56 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, Congo, Rep. had the 21st highest value of the 21 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2020 ranking

• Guinea-Bissau — 18th of 21: -3.69%
• Sierra Leone — 19th of 21: -9.66%
• Libya — 20th of 21: -27.21%

What this measures

Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide and particulate emissions damage. 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.

Limitations: The exercise treats public education expenditures as an addition to savings. However, because of the wide variability in the effectiveness of public education expenditures, these figures cannot be construed as the value of investments in human capital. A current expenditure of $1 on education does not necessarily yield $1 of human capital. The calculation should also consider private education expenditure, but data are not available for a large number of countries. While extensive, the accounting of natural resource depletion and pollution costs still has some gaps.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 29 values

Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Angola — 13.4% (2021)
• Benin — 9.41% (2020)
• Botswana — 8.5% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 7.61% (2019)
• Burundi — -19.76% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 23.75% (2021)
• Cameroon — -1.61% (2021)
• Comoros — 5.41% (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More economic policy & debt data for Congo, Rep.

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.43 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.41 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$927.34 million (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 337.74 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 14.88% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$8.36 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 4.86 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Congo, Rep.'s adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)?

-33.47% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 2.54 percentage points from -30.94% in 1990. The highest value was 15.37% in 2014 and the lowest -97.4% in 1995.

How does Congo, Rep. rank?

21st highest of 21 economies with data for 2020.

Is the latest change in adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI) unusual for Congo, Rep.?

In 2020, Congo, Rep.'s adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 14.36 percentage points on 2019 (from -19.11% to -33.47%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was +0.67 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 19.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.SVNG.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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