World Bank Group · Adjusted Net Savings
Adjusted net savings by country
Is a country saving more than it uses up in natural resources and pollution?
Bangladesh placed first of the 118 countries compared in 2021, at 32.184%, and Timor-Leste last, at -81.622%. In the middle country the figure was 8.389%. Among the 61 countries measured in every edition since 1990, the middle one moved from 9.228% to 7.686%.
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Adjusted net savings · 2021
Context statistic
Highest of 118Bangladesh
32.184%012021 · position · derived
Who leads
The three countries at the highest end of 118 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
1Photo: Niaz morshed Shovon · Public domain, greyscale
2Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
3Photo: Konstantin Papushin · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Lowest in 2021
- 118
Timor-Leste-81.622% - 117
Lebanon-27.911% - 116
Guinea-16.284%
Positions out of 118. Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
Highest on each continent
- Africa
Mauritania24.264% - Americas
Jamaica30.806% - AsiaBangladesh32.184%
- Europe
Denmark20.426% - Oceania
New Zealand9.862%3 of 21 measured
- Every region
02Every measured country
Adjusted net savings on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value — the better end.
- -81.622–-0.205%
- 0.004–6.127%
- 6.371–11.221%
- 11.533–17.643%
- 17.714–32.184%
- No reading in 2021 (42 measured in an earlier edition)
- Europe
10.833%
the middle country, of 35 measured · 49 members
Denmark20.426%
Greece-2.165%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Asia
9.251%
the middle country, of 32 measured · 52 members
Bangladesh32.184%Timor-Leste-81.622%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Americas
7.981%
the middle country, of 23 measured · 48 members
Jamaica30.806%
Chile-3.739%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Africa
3.775%
the middle country, of 25 measured · 55 members
Mauritania24.264%Guinea-16.284%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Oceania
3 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand, Tonga.
New Zealand9.862%
Tonga-3.347%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
20 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Southern Asia
19.216%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Bangladesh32.184%
Pakistan6.127%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
18.150%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 16 members
Mauritania24.264%Guinea-16.284%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Northern Europe
16.513%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 13 members
Denmark20.426%
Latvia3.074%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Western Europe
14.519%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg20.364%
France9.213%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Central America
12.026%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
Panama19.415%
Mexico3.451%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- South-eastern Asia
10.777%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 11 members
Singapore31.552%Timor-Leste-81.622%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Southern Europe
7.686%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 17 members
North Macedonia14.346%Greece-2.165%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Eastern Europe
7.619%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
Belarus13.166%
Ukraine-2.026%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Western Asia
3.045%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 19 members
Qatar25.475%Lebanon-27.911%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- South America
2.357%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 12 members
Paraguay17.643%Chile-3.739%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Eastern Africa
-0.747%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 19 members
Ethiopia13.442%
Mozambique-6.977%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Northern Africa
-1.129%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 6 members
Morocco21.481%
Sudan-8.499%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand9.862%
Australia6.418%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Caribbean
4 of 24 measured — too few for a middle: Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica.
Jamaica30.806%
Bahamas4.816%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central Asia
3 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan2.721%
Kyrgyzstan-2.654%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
4 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: China, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea.
South Korea17.714%
Mongolia-8.082%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Middle Africa
3 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Angola, Cameroon, DR Congo.
Angola13.403%
DR Congo-11.188%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada, United States.
Canada7.584%
United States4.305%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Tonga.
Tonga-3.347%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Southern Africa
3 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia.
Botswana8.503%
Namibia-1.834%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
118 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 8.389%; a quarter are above 15.473%, and a quarter below 2.448%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 160 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. A negative figure is not an error — it is the finding. It means a country consumed more natural and produced capital than it replaced that year, and the deepest negatives belong to economies running down a single resource. Read the bottom of this table as the substantive result, not as missing data.
Showing 25 of 160 countries
Values for 2021. The change column compares 2021 with 2020 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051990–2021 · 32 reference years
Over time
Each point is one year from 1990. The series ends in 2021, which is the latest year the World Bank has published.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 61 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 118 | 8.389% | 2.448% – 15.473% | 7.686% |
| 2020 | 141 | 8.735% | 4.079% – 14.441% | 7.628% |
| 2019 | 144 | 9.850% | 4.367% – 16.675% | 7.253% |
| 2018 | 147 | 9.827% | 4.270% – 16.782% | 6.884% |
| 2017 | 148 | 9.938% | 4.184% – 15.866% | 7.151% |
| 2016 | 150 | 8.086% | 2.912% – 15.740% | 6.994% |
| 2015 | 152 | 9.102% | 3.518% – 15.407% | 7.588% |
| 2014 | 150 | 9.387% | 2.586% – 15.400% | 8.065% |
| 2013 | 145 | 8.623% | 2.698% – 14.333% | 7.895% |
| 2012 | 145 | 8.079% | 1.569% – 13.948% | 8.283% |
| 2011 | 144 | 7.013% | 1.235% – 14.279% | 8.397% |
| 2010 | 141 | 7.650% | 2.759% – 13.698% | 7.933% |
| 2009 | 140 | 7.392% | 1.763% – 13.244% | 8.501% |
| 2008 | 139 | 9.458% | 2.894% – 16.597% | 10.029% |
| 2007 | 139 | 9.675% | 4.135% – 16.512% | 11.324% |
| 2006 | 135 | 10.488% | 3.636% – 16.639% | 11.080% |
| 2005 | 134 | 8.370% | 2.773% – 14.498% | 10.554% |
| 2004 | 127 | 7.942% | 2.859% – 13.634% | 10.417% |
| 2003 | 126 | 7.736% | 1.095% – 13.676% | 9.410% |
| 2002 | 124 | 6.643% | -0.441% – 13.314% | 9.306% |
| 2001 | 121 | 7.499% | 0.096% – 12.792% | 9.771% |
| 2000 | 120 | 6.854% | -0.779% – 14.318% | 10.444% |
| 1999 | 115 | 6.850% | -0.574% – 14.487% | 10.975% |
| 1998 | 113 | 8.281% | 0.460% – 14.739% | 12.022% |
| 1997 | 114 | 7.942% | -0.134% – 15.168% | 12.219% |
| 1996 | 114 | 7.946% | -1.987% – 14.370% | 11.545% |
| 1995 | 111 | 7.263% | -1.483% – 13.674% | 11.976% |
| 1994 | 102 | 8.792% | -0.437% – 14.149% | 10.923% |
| 1993 | 100 | 7.864% | -0.205% – 14.435% | 9.822% |
| 1992 | 95 | 6.974% | -1.128% – 12.299% | 9.061% |
| 1991 | 94 | 6.557% | -1.007% – 11.246% | 8.041% |
| 1990 | 93 | 6.245% | -2.994% – 12.224% | 9.228% |
062020 → 2021
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → afterDeclined most
before → after- Timor-Leste-23.396% → -81.622% · 139th → 118th−58.226
- Sudan17.841% → -8.499% · 23rd → 113th−26.341
- Tonga14.382% → -3.347% · 38th → 107th−17.729
- Kyrgyzstan13.272% → -2.654% · 46th → 105th−15.926
- DR Congo4.079% → -11.188% · 106th → 115th−15.268
118 countries were measured in both 2020 and 2021. The field changed from 141 to 118 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Adjusted net savings in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
59.729%
Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)
Lowest reading on record
-166.127%
Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)
Biggest improvement between editions
+183.820
-166.127% → 17.693%
Biggest decline between editions
−174.394
8.267% → -166.127%
Most improved since first measured
+30.922
-21.642% → 9.280%
At the top most often
11 of 32
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About adjusted net savings
Adjusted net savings takes a country’s savings, subtracts the natural resources it used up and the damage its pollution did, and adds what it spent on education. What is left is an estimate of whether the country is genuinely building wealth or living off the capital it already has.
What the number is: Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Economy & Innovation and Environment & Sustainability, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Economy & InnovationEnvironment & SustainabilityWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where adjusted net savings is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 111 countries in commonρ 0.52
Moves against
Where adjusted net savings is higher, these tend to be lower.
No statistic lines up this closely.
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 320 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
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11Questions
Adjusted net savings: questions and answers
Which country has the highest adjusted net savings?
Bangladesh, at 32.184%, among the 118 countries compared in 2021.
Which country has the lowest adjusted net savings?
Timor-Leste, at -81.622%, among the 118 countries compared in 2021.
How many countries does the Adjusted Net Savings cover?
118 in 2021, and 160 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 93 to 152 between editions.
What is the world average adjusted net savings?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 118 compared in 2021, the figure was 8.389%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Adjusted Net Savings published?
This site holds 32 reference years, 1990–2021, all recalculated in World Bank Group’s 2026 report on one method — not 32 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. From the World Bank’s Changing Wealth of Nations, served through its indicator API (NY.ADJ.SVNG.GN.ZS). This is the variant including particulate emission damage. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Adjusted Net Savings — World Bank Group
From the World Bank’s Changing Wealth of Nations, served through its indicator API (NY.ADJ.SVNG.GN.ZS). This is the variant including particulate emission damage.
Newest edition
Report year 2021Data year 2021
Cite the source as: World Bank. The Changing Wealth of Nations. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-10.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Photographs
The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Bangladesh — Niaz morshed Shovon, Public domain
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Jamaica — Konstantin Papushin, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Adjusted net savings by country: Adjusted Net Savings, data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/adjusted-net-savings