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New World Bank economic indicator accounts for resource depletion, environmental damage
Data Excerpts from a World Bank Report
Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
September 18, 2005
In September 2005, the World Bank published a report, Where Is the Wealth of Nations?, that introduced a new measure of wealth that takes into account the depletion of natural resources and damage to the environment. These factors are neglected under current indicators used to guide development decisions, notably Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Below you will find the rankings for 118 countries. At the top of the list is Switzerland with wealth per capita of $648,241. At the bottom is Ethiopia at $1,965.
A related press release can be found here. Other related tables include:
Other related tables: Change in Wealth Per Capita | Genuine Savings Estimates by Country
All figures are from Where Is the Wealth of Nations?, a World Bank report. The figures are copyright the World Bank as is the explanatory text that follows. Further information, along with the full report in PDF form, is available at www.worldbank.org/sustainabledevelopment
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World Bank 2005: Total wealth for selected countries of the world
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| Country | Population | Subsoil assets US$ per capita | Timber resources US$ per capita | Nontimber Forest Resources US$ per capita | Protected Areas US$ per capita | Cropland US$ per capita | Pastureland US$ per capita | Natural capital US$ per capita | Produced capital + urban land US$ per capita | Intangible capital US$ per capita | Total wealth US$ per capita |
| Ethiopia | 64298000 | 0 | 63 | 16 | 167 | 353 | 197 | 796 | 177 | 992 | 1965 |
| Nigeria | 126910000 | 2639 | 270 | 24 | 6 | 1022 | 78 | 4040 | 667 | -1959 | 2748 |
| Burundi | 6807000 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1130 | 44 | 1210 | 206 | 1443 | 2859 |
| Congo, Rep. of | 3447000 | 7536 | 0 | 1450 | 3 | 329 | 13 | 9330 | 6343 | -12158 | 3516 |
| Niger | 10742000 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 152 | 1598 | 187 | 1975 | 286 | 1434 | 3695 |
| Nepal | 23043000 | 0 | 233 | 38 | 81 | 767 | 111 | 1229 | 609 | 1964 | 3802 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1367000 | 0 | 195 | 362 | 0 | 1180 | 121 | 1858 | 549 | 1566 | 3974 |
| Mozambique | 17691000 | 0 | 340 | 392 | 9 | 261 | 57 | 1059 | 478 | 2695 | 4232 |
| Chad | 7861000 | 0 | 311 | 366 | 80 | 787 | 316 | 1861 | 289 | 2307 | 4458 |
| Madagascar | 15523000 | 0 | 174 | 171 | 36 | 955 | 345 | 1681 | 395 | 2944 | 5020 |
| Burkina Faso | 11274000 | 0 | 239 | 142 | 100 | 547 | 191 | 1219 | 821 | 3047 | 5087 |
| Malawi | 10311000 | 0 | 184 | 56 | 26 | 474 | 45 | 785 | 542 | 3873 | 5200 |
| Mali | 10840000 | 0 | 121 | 276 | 44 | 1420 | 295 | 2157 | 621 | 2463 | 5241 |
| Rwanda | 7709000 | 2 | 81 | 9 | 27 | 1849 | 98 | 2066 | 549 | 3055 | 5670 |
| Bangladesh | 131050000 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 810 | 52 | 961 | 817 | 4221 | 6000 |
| Gambia, The | 1312000 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 345 | 81 | 514 | 672 | 5179 | 6365 |
| Zambia | 9886000 | 134 | 276 | 716 | 78 | 477 | 98 | 1779 | 694 | 4091 | 6564 |
| Kenya | 30092000 | 1 | 235 | 129 | 113 | 361 | 529 | 1368 | 868 | 4374 | 6609 |
| India | 1015923008 | 201 | 59 | 14 | 122 | 1340 | 192 | 1928 | 1154 | 3738 | 6820 |
| Togo | 4562000 | 7 | 163 | 25 | 21 | 649 | 50 | 915 | 800 | 5394 | 7109 |
| Bhutan | 805000 | 0 | 1888 | 849 | 1291 | 589 | 328 | 4945 | 2622 | 180 | 7747 |
| Pakistan | 138080000 | 265 | 7 | 4 | 94 | 549 | 448 | 1368 | 975 | 5529 | 7871 |
| Benin | 6222000 | 15 | 321 | 96 | 207 | 603 | 90 | 1333 | 771 | 5791 | 7895 |
| Mauritania | 2508159 | 1311 | 14 | 29 | 21 | 1128 | 480 | 2982 | 1038 | 3938 | 7959 |
| Comoros | 558000 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 872 | 75 | 967 | 1270 | 5792 | 8030 |
| Haiti | 7959000 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 668 | 112 | 793 | 601 | 6840 | 8235 |
| Moldova | 4278000 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 52 | 2435 | 752 | 3260 | 4338 | 1173 | 8771 |
| China | 1262644992 | 511 | 106 | 29 | 27 | 1404 | 146 | 2223 | 2956 | 4208 | 9387 |
| Zimbabwe | 12650000 | 301 | 211 | 341 | 70 | 350 | 258 | 1531 | 1377 | 6704 | 9612 |
| Senegal | 9530000 | 4 | 238 | 147 | 78 | 608 | 196 | 1272 | 975 | 7920 | 10167 |
| Ghana | 18912080 | 65 | 290 | 76 | 7 | 855 | 43 | 1336 | 686 | 8343 | 10365 |
| Syrian Arab Rep. | 16189000 | 6734 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1255 | 730 | 8725 | 3292 | -1598 | 10419 |
| Cameroon | 15117000 | 914 | 348 | 357 | 187 | 2748 | 179 | 4733 | 1749 | 4271 | 10753 |
| Honduras | 6457000 | 24 | 727 | 189 | 282 | 1189 | 595 | 3005 | 3064 | 5497 | 11567 |
| Georgia | 5262000 | 66 | 0 | 129 | 66 | 737 | 802 | 1799 | 595 | 10642 | 13036 |
| Nicaragua | 5071000 | 9 | 475 | 146 | 184 | 867 | 410 | 2092 | 1719 | 9403 | 13214 |
| Indonesia | 206264992 | 1549 | 346 | 115 | 167 | 1245 | 50 | 3472 | 2382 | 8015 | 13869 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 15827000 | 2 | 367 | 102 | 11 | 2568 | 72 | 3121 | 997 | 10125 | 14243 |
| Sri Lanka | 18467000 | 0 | 58 | 24 | 166 | 485 | 84 | 817 | 2710 | 11204 | 14731 |
| Lesotho | 1744000 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 269 | 515 | 3263 | 11699 | 15477 |
| Guyana | 759000 | 1147 | 680 | 2886 | 12 | 5324 | 252 | 10301 | 3333 | 2176 | 15810 |
| Albania | 3113000 | 300 | 38 | 72 | 247 | 1660 | 1574 | 3892 | 1745 | 11675 | 17312 |
| Bolivia | 8428000 | 934 | 100 | 1426 | 232 | 1550 | 541 | 4783 | 2110 | 11248 | 18141 |
| Algeria | 30385000 | 11670 | 68 | 16 | 161 | 859 | 426 | 13200 | 8709 | -3418 | 18491 |
| Philippines | 76627000 | 30 | 90 | 17 | 59 | 1308 | 45 | 1549 | 2673 | 15129 | 19351 |
| Egypt | 63976000 | 1544 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1705 | 0 | 3249 | 3897 | 14734 | 21879 |
| Morocco | 28705000 | 106 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 993 | 453 | 1604 | 3435 | 17926 | 22965 |
| Iran | 63664000 | 11370 | 0 | 26 | 109 | 1989 | 611 | 14105 | 3336 | 6581 | 24023 |
| Bulgaria | 8170000 | 244 | 126 | 102 | 217 | 1650 | 1108 | 3448 | 5303 | 16505 | 25256 |
| Swaziland | 1045000 | 0 | 314 | 113 | 0 | 372 | 467 | 1267 | 3628 | 22844 | 27739 |
| Romania | 22435000 | 1222 | 290 | 65 | 175 | 1602 | 1154 | 4508 | 8495 | 16110 | 29113 |
| Guatemala | 11385000 | 301 | 517 | 57 | 181 | 1697 | 218 | 2971 | 3098 | 24411 | 30480 |
| Jordan | 4887000 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 89 | 580 | 234 | 931 | 5875 | 24740 | 31546 |
| Cape Verde | 435000 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 585 | 82 | 711 | 3902 | 28329 | 32942 |
| Dominican Republic | 8353000 | 286 | 27 | 37 | 461 | 1980 | 386 | 3176 | 5723 | 24511 | 33410 |
| Ecuador | 12420000 | 5205 | 335 | 193 | 1057 | 5263 | 1065 | 13117 | 2841 | 17788 | 33745 |
| Paraguay | 5270000 | 0 | 882 | 1005 | 78 | 2193 | 1215 | 5372 | 4480 | 25747 | 35600 |
| Thailand | 60728000 | 469 | 92 | 55 | 855 | 2370 | 96 | 3936 | 7624 | 24294 | 35854 |
| El Salvador | 6209000 | 0 | 105 | 4 | 4 | 404 | 395 | 912 | 4109 | 31455 | 36476 |
| Tunisia | 9564000 | 1610 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1546 | 736 | 3939 | 6270 | 26328 | 36537 |
| Namibia | 1894000 | 46 | 0 | 962 | 260 | 204 | 881 | 2352 | 5574 | 28981 | 36907 |
| Russian Federation | 145555008 | 11777 | 292 | 1228 | 1317 | 1262 | 1342 | 17217 | 15593 | 5900 | 38709 |
| Peru | 25939000 | 934 | 153 | 570 | 98 | 1480 | 341 | 3575 | 5562 | 29908 | 39046 |
| Botswana | 1675000 | 246 | 172 | 1681 | 299 | 55 | 730 | 3183 | 8926 | 28483 | 40592 |
| Gabon | 1258000 | 24656 | 1570 | 841 | 1 | 1480 | 37 | 28586 | 17797 | -3215 | 43168 |
| Colombia | 42299000 | 3006 | 134 | 266 | 253 | 1911 | 978 | 6547 | 4872 | 33241 | 44660 |
| Fiji | 812000 | 77 | 0 | 227 | 0 | 1381 | 522 | 2208 | 4192 | 38480 | 44880 |
| Venezuela | 24170000 | 23302 | 0 | 464 | 1793 | 1086 | 581 | 27227 | 13627 | 4342 | 45196 |
| Malaysia | 23270000 | 6922 | 438 | 188 | 161 | 1369 | 24 | 9103 | 13065 | 24520 | 46687 |
| Suriname | 425000 | 4451 | 293 | 1173 | 7626 | 2113 | 210 | 15866 | 5818 | 25444 | 47128 |
| Latvia | 2372000 | 0 | 1155 | 279 | 668 | 1506 | 1877 | 5485 | 12979 | 28734 | 47198 |
| Jamaica | 2580000 | 856 | 157 | 29 | 609 | 824 | 152 | 2627 | 10153 | 35016 | 47796 |
| Turkey | 67420000 | 190 | 64 | 34 | 86 | 2270 | 861 | 3504 | 8580 | 35774 | 47859 |
| St. Vincent | 111992 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2106 | 109 | 2228 | 10486 | 36518 | 49232 |
| Belize | 240000 | 0 | 344 | 1272 | 0 | 5201 | 133 | 6950 | 9710 | 36275 | 52935 |
| Grenada | 101400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 572 | 67 | 640 | 16128 | 38544 | 55312 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1289000 | 30279 | 42 | 46 | 112 | 444 | 54 | 30977 | 14485 | 12086 | 57549 |
| Panama | 2854000 | 0 | 176 | 228 | 726 | 3256 | 664 | 5051 | 11018 | 41594 | 57663 |
| Dominica | 71530 | 0 | .. | 146 | 0 | 5274 | 553 | 5973 | 15310 | 37802 | 59084 |
| South Africa | 44000000 | 1118 | 310 | 46 | 51 | 1238 | 637 | 3400 | 7270 | 48959 | 59629 |
| Mauritius | 1187000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 577 | 62 | 642 | 11633 | 48010 | 60284 |
| Costa Rica | 3810000 | 2 | 629 | 117 | 657 | 5811 | 1310 | 8527 | 8343 | 44741 | 61611 |
| Mexico | 97966000 | 6075 | 199 | 128 | 176 | 1195 | 721 | 8493 | 18959 | 34420 | 61872 |
| St. Lucia | 155996 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3394 | 108 | 3516 | 13594 | 49090 | 66199 |
| Estonia | 1370000 | 384 | 1382 | 341 | 490 | 1114 | 2572 | 6283 | 18685 | 41802 | 66769 |
| Hungary | 10024000 | 536 | 152 | 42 | 366 | 2721 | 1131 | 4947 | 15480 | 56645 | 77072 |
| Chile | 15211000 | 5188 | 986 | 231 | 1095 | 2443 | 1001 | 10944 | 10688 | 56094 | 77726 |
| Brazil | 170100000 | 1708 | 609 | 724 | 402 | 1998 | 1311 | 6752 | 9643 | 70528 | 86922 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 44286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35711 | 64457 | 100167 |
| Uruguay | 3322000 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22 | 3621 | 5549 | 9279 | 10787 | 98397 | 118463 |
| Seychelles | 81131 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 28836 | 96653 | 125572 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 72310 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1003 | 468 | 1500 | 38796 | 91554 | 131849 |
| Argentina | 35850000 | 3253 | 105 | 219 | 350 | 3632 | 2754 | 10312 | 19111 | 109809 | 139232 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 47008000 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 441 | 1241 | 275 | 2020 | 31399 | 107864 | 141282 |
| Barbados | 267000 | 988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 210 | 1388 | 18168 | 127181 | 146737 |
| Portugal | 10130000 | 41 | 438 | 107 | 385 | 1724 | 934 | 3629 | 31011 | 172837 | 207477 |
| Greece | 10560000 | 318 | 82 | 101 | 57 | 3424 | 573 | 4554 | 28973 | 203445 | 236972 |
| New Zealand | 3858000 | 3596 | 1648 | 611 | 11786 | 5824 | 19761 | 43226 | 36227 | 163481 | 242934 |
| Singapore | 4018000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79011 | 173595 | 252607 |
| Spain | 40500000 | 50 | 81 | 105 | 360 | 2806 | 971 | 4374 | 39531 | 217300 | 261205 |
| Israel | 6289000 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1350 | 1757 | 877 | 3999 | 44153 | 246570 | 294723 |
| Canada | 30770000 | 18566 | 4724 | 1264 | 5756 | 2829 | 1631 | 34771 | 54226 | 235982 | 324979 |
| Ireland | 3813000 | 385 | 222 | 51 | 172 | 1583 | 8122 | 10534 | 46542 | 273414 | 330490 |
| Australia | 19182000 | 11491 | 748 | 551 | 1421 | 4365 | 5590 | 24167 | 58179 | 288686 | 371031 |
| Italy | 57690000 | 361 | 0 | 51 | 543 | 2639 | 1083 | 4678 | 51943 | 316045 | 372666 |
| United Kingdom | 58880000 | 4739 | 44 | 14 | 495 | 583 | 1291 | 7167 | 55239 | 346347 | 408753 |
| Finland | 5172000 | 58 | 6115 | 1259 | 1090 | 843 | 2081 | 11445 | 61064 | 346838 | 419346 |
| Netherlands | 15919000 | 2053 | 27 | 7 | 527 | 1035 | 3090 | 6739 | 62428 | 352222 | 421389 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 10690000 | 20 | 254 | 20 | 0 | 575 | 2161 | 3030 | 60561 | 388123 | 451714 |
| France | 58893000 | 87 | 307 | 77 | 1026 | 2747 | 2091 | 6335 | 57814 | 403874 | 468024 |
| Norway | 4491000 | 49839 | 573 | 586 | 1339 | 567 | 1925 | 54828 | 119650 | 299230 | 473708 |
| Austria | 8012000 | 485 | 829 | 144 | 2410 | 1298 | 2008 | 7174 | 73118 | 412789 | 493080 |
| Japan | 126870000 | 28 | 38 | 56 | 364 | 710 | 316 | 1513 | 150258 | 341470 | 493241 |
| Germany | 82210000 | 269 | 263 | 39 | 1113 | 1176 | 1586 | 4445 | 68678 | 423323 | 496447 |
| United States | 282224000 | 7106 | 1341 | 238 | 1651 | 2752 | 1665 | 14752 | 79851 | 418009 | 512612 |
| Sweden | 8869000 | 263 | 2434 | 908 | 1549 | 1120 | 1676 | 7950 | 58331 | 447143 | 513424 |
| Denmark | 5340000 | 4173 | 211 | 25 | 1377 | 2184 | 3775 | 11746 | 80181 | 483212 | 575138 |
| Switzerland | 7180000 | 0 | 493 | 50 | 2195 | 809 | 2396 | 5943 | 99904 | 542394 | 648241 |
Column headers. What they mean.
The figures are copyright the World Bank. Further information, along with the full report in PDF form, is available at www.worldbank.org/sustainabledevelopment
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