Syrian Arab Republic: Adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Syrian Arab Republic's adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI) rose 0.63 percentage points on 2019 (from 0.77% to 1.4%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2019), the average change was −0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.6 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 11.98 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.35 percentage points in 2012. 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 1.12 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 51% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

Closest to Syrian Arab Republic in the 2020 ranking

• Bahrain — 1st of 5: 11.24%
• Saudi Arabia — 2nd of 5: 5.1%
• United Arab Emirates — 3rd of 5: 3.41%
• Türkiye — 5th of 5: 0.16%

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 21 values

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

• Afghanistan — 0.34% (2021)
• Algeria — 12.79% (2021)
• Bahrain — 11.24% (2020)
• Djibouti — 0.28% (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.68% (2021)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 6.7% (2021)
• Iraq — 11.54% (2021)
• Israel — 0.25% (2021)
• Jordan — 0.06% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Syrian Arab Republic

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$8.91 billion (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$305.05 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$) — US$820.37 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$2.65 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$9.21 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$9.21 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$9.21 billion (2023)

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Questions people ask

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

1.4% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 4.31 percentage points from 5.71% in 2000. The highest value was 15.17% in 2011 and the lowest 0.63% in 2017.

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

In 2020, Syrian Arab Republic's adjusted savings, natural resources depletion (% of GNI) rose 0.63 percentage points on 2019 (from 0.77% to 1.4%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2019), the average change was −0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.6 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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.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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