Slovenia: Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Slovenia's adjusted savings, net forest depletion (% of GNI) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.18% to 0.15%).

Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.08 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.05 percentage points in 1998. 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 less than 1% 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, Slovenia had the 57th highest value of the 168 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 Slovenia in the 2021 ranking

• Czechia — 53rd of 168: 0.17%
• India — 54th of 168: 0.16%
• Croatia — 55th of 168: 0.15%
• Albania — 57th of 168: 0.14%
• Montenegro — 58th of 168: 0.13%
• Pakistan — 59th of 168: 0.13%

What this measures

Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. 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: 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.

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

All 27 values

Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Albania — 0.14% (2021)
• Armenia — 0.28% (2021)
• Austria — 0.03% (2021)
• Azerbaijan — 0% (2021)
• Belarus — 0% (2021)
• Belgium — 0.00744% (2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0% (2021)
• Bulgaria — 0% (2021)
• Croatia — 0.15% (2021)
• Cyprus

More economic policy & debt data for Slovenia

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.64% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$4.69 million (2021)
• Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing) — 21.02% (2023)
• Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 53.71% (2023)
• Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 2.03% (2023)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$16.91 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 14.97 billion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Slovenia's adjusted savings, net forest depletion (% of GNI)?

0.15% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 0.02 percentage points from 0.17% in 1995. The highest value was 0.24% in 2015 and the lowest 0.1% in 2005.

How does Slovenia rank?

57th highest of 168 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted savings, net forest depletion (% of GNI) unusual for Slovenia?

In 2021, Slovenia's adjusted savings, net forest depletion (% of GNI) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.18% to 0.15%). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

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