Belgium - Adjusted net national income (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Adjusted net national income (constant 2010 US$) in Belgium was 407,915,000,000 as of 2019. Over the past 49 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 407,915,000,000 in 2019 and 156,718,000,000 in 1970.

Definition: Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion.

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 156,718,000,000
1971 161,881,000,000
1972 172,275,000,000
1973 184,028,000,000
1974 187,152,000,000
1975 184,891,000,000
1976 195,424,000,000
1977 195,599,000,000
1978 201,158,000,000
1979 204,849,000,000
1980 203,843,000,000
1981 198,662,000,000
1982 198,175,000,000
1983 199,787,000,000
1984 206,146,000,000
1985 212,177,000,000
1986 222,352,000,000
1987 229,490,000,000
1988 243,176,000,000
1989 251,751,000,000
1990 258,903,000,000
1991 264,643,000,000
1992 271,053,000,000
1993 273,450,000,000
1994 284,462,000,000
1995 289,347,000,000
1996 290,667,000,000
1997 300,999,000,000
1998 307,036,000,000
1999 314,268,000,000
2000 322,061,000,000
2001 322,588,000,000
2002 327,389,000,000
2003 329,283,000,000
2004 337,213,000,000
2005 342,187,000,000
2006 348,066,000,000
2007 360,349,000,000
2008 354,502,000,000
2009 349,541,000,000
2010 355,629,000,000
2011 350,804,000,000
2012 362,719,000,000
2013 366,237,000,000
2014 371,896,000,000
2015 380,969,000,000
2016 387,098,000,000
2017 391,305,000,000
2018 396,361,000,000
2019 407,915,000,000

Development Relevance: Adjusted net national income is particularly useful in monitoring low-income, resource-rich economies, like many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, because such economies often see large natural resources depletion as well as substantial exports of resource rents to foreign mining companies. For recent years adjusted net national income gives a picture of economic growth that is strikingly different from the one provided by GDP. The key to increasing future consumption and thus the standard of living lies in increasing national wealth - including not only the traditional measures of capital (such as produced and human capital), but also natural capital. Natural capital comprises such assets as land, forests, and subsoil resources. All three types of capital are key to sustaining economic growth. By accounting for the consumption of fixed and natural capital depletion, adjusted net national income better measures the income available for consumption or for investment to increase a country's future consumption.

Limitations and Exceptions: Adjusted net national income differs from the adjustments made in the calculation of adjusted net savings, by not accounting for investments in human capital or the damages from pollution. Thus, adjusted net national income remains within the boundaries of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The SNA includes non-produced natural assets (such as land, mineral resources, and forests) within the asset boundary when they are under the effective control of institutional units. The calculation of adjusted net national income, which accounts for net forest, energy, and mineral depletion, as well as consumption of fixed capital, thus remains within the SNA boundaries. This point is critical because it allows for comparisons across GDP, GNI, and adjusted net national income; such comparisons reveal the impact of natural resource depletion, which is otherwise ignored by the popular economic indicators.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Adjusted net national income complements gross national income (GNI) in assessing economic progress (Hamilton and Ley 2010) by providing a broader measure of national income that accounts for the depletion of natural resources. Adjusted net national income is calculated by subtracting from GNI a charge for the consumption of fixed capital (a calculation that yields net national income) and for the depletion of natural resources. The deduction for the depletion of natural resources, which covers net forest depletion, energy depletion, and mineral depletion, reflects the decline in asset values associated with the extraction and harvesting of natural resources. This is analogous to depreciation of fixed assets. Growth rates of adjusted net national income are computed from constant price series deflated using the gross national expenditure (formerly domestic absorption) deflator.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts