Kiribati - Adjusted net national income (current US$)

The latest value for Adjusted net national income (current US$) in Kiribati was 367,587,600 as of 2019. Over the past 39 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 367,587,600 in 2019 and 28,733,750 in 1986.

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 35,363,130
1981 35,874,770
1982 41,582,920
1983 42,998,220
1984 35,559,600
1985 28,805,510
1986 28,733,750
1987 34,647,050
1988 42,831,580
1989 42,310,620
1990 44,933,350
1991 72,625,720
1992 73,938,590
1993 69,323,070
1994 80,215,050
1995 87,055,670
1996 87,991,790
1997 106,714,500
1998 109,178,400
1999 106,304,600
2000 103,609,000
2001 103,959,600
2002 110,081,900
2003 129,224,000
2004 141,923,400
2005 150,211,300
2006 146,735,300
2007 179,763,900
2008 195,977,500
2009 173,592,000
2010 216,812,400
2011 239,395,400
2012 273,744,600
2013 290,083,000
2014 324,577,300
2015 339,493,800
2016 304,876,900
2017 344,952,400
2018 349,526,000
2019 367,587,600

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