Sri Lanka: Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.97 percentage points from 26.29% in 2015. Since 1990 it is up 4.86 percentage points from 20.46% in 1990. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Sri Lanka's adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 0.33 percentage points on 2019 (from 25.65% to 25.32%).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was −0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 6.11 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.44 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Sri Lanka had the 3rd 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 Sri Lanka in the 2020 ranking

• Vanuatu — 1st of 21: 37.98%
• Tanzania — 3rd of 21: 25.18%
• Zambia — 4th of 21: 22.45%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 5th of 21: 19.01%

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 26 values

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

• Bangladesh — 32.18% (2021)
• Bhutan — 13.35% (2021)
• India — 15.41% (2021)
• Nepal — 24.42% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka

• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.1 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Sri Lanka's adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)?

25.32% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 4.86 percentage points from 20.46% in 1990. The highest value was 31.73% in 2017 and the lowest 12.7% in 2008.

How does Sri Lanka rank?

3rd highest of 21 economies with data for 2020.

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

In 2020, Sri Lanka's adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 0.33 percentage points on 2019 (from 25.65% to 25.32%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was −0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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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