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

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI) in Egypt was 0.149 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.876 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.121 in 2000.

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 0.336
1971 0.285
1972 0.308
1973 0.375
1974 0.470
1975 0.466
1976 0.328
1977 0.502
1978 0.626
1979 0.459
1980 0.473
1981 0.474
1982 0.876
1983 0.527
1984 0.487
1985 0.159
1986 0.434
1987 0.418
1988 0.490
1989 0.444
1990 0.425
1991 0.486
1992 0.378
1993 0.255
1994 0.250
1995 0.321
1996 0.296
1997 0.258
1998 0.330
1999 0.151
2000 0.121
2001 0.144
2002 0.181
2003 0.266
2004 0.259
2005 0.221
2006 0.229
2007 0.175
2008 0.246
2009 0.209
2010 0.221
2011 0.235
2012 0.215
2013 0.183
2014 0.275
2015 0.229
2016 0.174
2017 0.308
2018 0.151
2019 0.149

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