Mali: Adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Mali's adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI) rose 7.57 percentage points on 2020 (from 7.93% to 15.5%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.57 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.81 percentage points in 2013. 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 13% 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

In 2021, Mali had the 12th highest value of the 167 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 Mali in the 2021 ranking

• Papua New Guinea — 9th of 167: 20.56%
• Azerbaijan — 10th of 167: 16.17%
• Brunei Darussalam — 11th of 167: 16.09%
• Kazakhstan — 13th of 167: 15.25%
• Mongolia — 14th of 167: 14.89%
• Gabon — 15th of 167: 14.43%

What this measures

Natural resource depletion is the sum of net forest depletion, energy depletion, and mineral depletion. Net forest depletion is unit resource rents times the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. Energy depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of energy resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers coal, crude oil, and natural gas. 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.

Limitations: Net forest depletion is not the monetary value of deforestation. Roundwood and fuelwood production are different from deforestation, which represents a permanent change in land use and, thus, is not comparable. Areas logged out but intended for regeneration are not included in deforestation figures; rather, they are counted as producing timber depletion. Net forest depletion includes only timber values and does not include the loss of nontimber forest benefits and nonuse benefits. For both energy and mineral depletion, unit resource rent is calculated as (unit world price - average cost) / unit world price.

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

All 42 values

Adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Angola — 23.27% (2021)
• Benin — 0% (2021)
• Botswana — 0.86% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 12.62% (2021)
• Burundi — 13.92% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 0.83% (2021)
• Cameroon — 4.97% (2021)
• Central African Republic — 0.56% (2021)
• Chad — 13.54% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Mali

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$1.12 billion (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$119.74 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions (current US$) — US$131.69 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$873.86 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$1.29 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$1.29 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$1.29 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Mali's adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI)?

15.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 11.25 percentage points from 4.25% in 1980. The highest value was 15.5% in 2021 and the lowest 2.89% in 2005.

How does Mali rank?

12th highest of 167 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI) unusual for Mali?

In 2021, Mali's adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI) rose 7.57 percentage points on 2020 (from 7.93% to 15.5%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.DRES.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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