Afghanistan - Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI) in Afghanistan was 0.221 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.282 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.081 in 1970.

Definition: Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. If growth exceeds harvest, this figure is zero.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in "The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future" (Lange et al 2018).

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.081
1971 0.105
1972 0.132
1973 0.259
1974 0.282
1975 0.281
1976 0.275
1977 0.217
1978 0.273
1979 0.209
1980 0.217
1981 0.160
2009 0.157
2010 0.207
2011 0.179
2012 0.154
2013 0.152
2014 0.158
2015 0.171
2016 0.236
2017 0.159
2018 0.202
2019 0.221

Limitations and Exceptions: 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.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts