The Changing Wealth of Nations


The Wealth of Nations dataset provides country level data on comprehensive wealth, adjusted net saving and non-renewable resource rents indicators. It presents a set of “wealth accounts” for over 150 countries for 1995, 2000, and 2005 which allows a longer-term assessment of global, regional and country performance in building wealth.




Type Global, Topical
Periodicity Annual
Coverage Developing and high-income economies
Number of economies 150
Start date 1995
End date 2008
Data notes Wealth estimates are calculated for 3 years—1995, 2000 and 2005. Adjusted Net Saving and non-renewable resource rent indicators are calculated annually from 1970 to 2008.
Granularity National
Last update 2010
Next expected date of update 2012
Source/Citation The Changing Wealth of Nations, The World Bank