Hong Kong SAR, China - Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 0.455 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.622 in 1986, while its lowest value was 0.287 in 1997.

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 0.587
1971 0.584
1972 0.496
1973 0.381
1974 0.417
1975 0.449
1976 0.429
1977 0.435
1978 0.451
1979 0.410
1980 0.377
1981 0.441
1982 0.486
1983 0.597
1984 0.600
1985 0.613
1986 0.622
1987 0.582
1988 0.544
1989 0.516
1990 0.443
1991 0.427
1992 0.440
1993 0.405
1994 0.337
1995 0.330
1996 0.293
1997 0.287
1998 0.389
1999 0.449
2000 0.434
2001 0.425
2002 0.477
2003 0.550
2004 0.532
2005 0.558
2006 0.520
2007 0.515
2008 0.496
2009 0.523
2010 0.492
2011 0.506
2012 0.501
2013 0.512
2014 0.518
2015 0.471
2016 0.477
2017 0.465
2018 0.460
2019 0.455

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Pollution damage from emissions of carbon dioxide is calculated as the marginal social cost per unit multiplied by the increase in the stock of carbon dioxide. The unit damage figure represents the present value of global damage to economic assets and to human welfare over the time the unit of pollution remains in the atmosphere.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts