Least developed countries: UN classification: Adjusted net national income (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Least developed countries: UN classification's adjusted net national income (annual % growth) fell 0.54 percentage points on 2020 (from 3.39% to 2.86%).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2020), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 6.67 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.29 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 7% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

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What this measures

Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Limitations: Adjusted net national income differs from the adjustments made in the calculation of adjusted net savings, by not accounting for investments in human capital or the damages from pollution. Thus, adjusted net national income remains within the boundaries of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The SNA includes non-produced natural assets (such as land, mineral resources, and forests) within the asset boundary when they are under the effective control of institutional units. The calculation of adjusted net national income, which accounts for net forest, energy, and mineral depletion, as well as consumption of fixed capital, thus remains within the SNA boundaries.

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

All 19 values

Adjusted net national income (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 3.61% (2021)
• Bahrain — -8.58% (2020)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 1.55% (2021)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 14.6% (2021)
• Iraq — 21.25% (2021)
• Israel — 8.72% (2021)
• Lebanon — -16.2% (2021)
• Libya — 31.54% (2021)
• Morocco — 7.17% (2021)
• Oman — -3.4% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Least developed countries: UN classification

• GDP (current US$) — US$1.65 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,362 (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.35 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,112 (2025)
• GDP (annual % growth) — 4.3% (2025)
• GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.94% (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$44.93 billion (2025)
• Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — −US$9.99 million (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Least developed countries: UN classification's adjusted net national income (annual % growth)?

2.86% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is down 1.13 percentage points from 3.99% in 2003. The highest value was 8.88% in 2006 and the lowest 2.07% in 2008.

Is the latest change in adjusted net national income (annual % growth) unusual for Least developed countries: UN classification?

In 2021, Least developed countries: UN classification's adjusted net national income (annual % growth) fell 0.54 percentage points on 2020 (from 3.39% to 2.86%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2020), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.NNTY.KD.ZG, 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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