High income - Carbon dioxide damage

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in High income was 0.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 1.01 in 1970, while its lowest value was 0.71 in 1995.

Definition: Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$30 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2014 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2015) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted.

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).

See also:

Year Value
1970 1.01
1971 1.00
1972 0.97
1973 0.92
1974 0.88
1975 0.85
1976 0.88
1977 0.87
1978 0.81
1979 0.81
1980 0.78
1981 0.81
1982 0.85
1983 0.87
1984 0.90
1985 0.91
1986 0.80
1987 0.74
1988 0.72
1989 0.75
1990 0.73
1991 0.73
1992 0.73
1993 0.77
1994 0.76
1995 0.71
1996 0.76
1997 0.81
1998 0.82
1999 0.83
2000 0.88
2001 0.92
2002 0.92
2003 0.87
2004 0.83
2005 0.83
2006 0.83
2007 0.81
2008 0.78
2009 0.81
2010 0.83
2011 0.78
2012 0.81
2013 0.83
2014 0.84
2015 0.92
2016 0.91
2017 0.91
2018 0.90
2019 0.92

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts