Comoros - Adjusted net national income (current US$)

The latest value for Adjusted net national income (current US$) in Comoros was 1,045,290,000 as of 2019. Over the past 39 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,055,725,000 in 2018 and 165,725,600 in 1982.

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).

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Year Value
1980 192,088,300
1981 177,466,300
1982 165,725,600
1983 172,207,000
1984 166,610,300
1985 175,476,200
1986 249,214,900
1987 303,258,700
1988 319,326,400
1989 309,848,900
1990 387,247,500
1991 383,230,800
1992 415,982,300
1993 409,720,400
1994 287,385,900
1995 353,800,600
1996 351,108,200
1997 322,769,300
1998 327,001,800
1999 340,420,300
2000 314,571,600
2001 340,764,600
2002 381,796,700
2003 488,475,300
2004 567,972,400
2005 588,597,100
2006 629,215,500
2007 710,924,100
2008 814,669,000
2009 808,059,800
2010 807,529,200
2011 906,795,900
2012 894,638,700
2013 984,253,600
2014 1,012,749,000
2015 850,240,300
2016 894,293,800
2017 954,128,400
2018 1,055,725,000
2019 1,045,290,000

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.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts