Korea - Carbon dioxide damage

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$)

The latest value for Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) in Korea was 26,781,490,000 as of 2019. Over the past 49 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 26,781,490,000 in 2019 and 142,219,000 in 1970.

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 142,219,000
1971 166,521,000
1972 182,839,800
1973 238,894,200
1974 275,692,800
1975 333,002,400
1976 409,622,100
1977 504,009,300
1978 591,741,100
1979 769,688,400
1980 868,775,800
1981 1,007,513,000
1982 1,110,766,000
1983 1,255,087,000
1984 1,444,227,000
1985 1,657,469,000
1986 1,768,815,000
1987 1,957,035,000
1988 2,386,705,000
1989 2,694,748,000
1990 2,993,010,000
1991 3,350,130,000
1992 3,809,037,000
1993 4,515,352,000
1994 5,039,034,000
1995 5,730,345,000
1996 6,428,430,000
1997 7,121,139,000
1998 6,246,915,000
1999 7,101,892,000
2000 8,309,505,000
2001 8,733,928,000
2002 9,382,791,000
2003 9,784,325,000
2004 10,627,730,000
2005 10,755,600,000
2006 11,519,810,000
2007 12,738,440,000
2008 13,597,480,000
2009 14,044,590,000
2010 16,179,690,000
2011 17,565,320,000
2012 18,136,290,000
2013 19,145,420,000
2014 19,758,580,000
2015 20,768,160,000
2016 22,279,510,000
2017 23,747,550,000
2018 25,387,480,000
2019 26,781,490,000

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in Korea was 1.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 1.72 in 1973, while its lowest value was 1.01 in 1991.

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 1.55
1971 1.67
1972 1.68
1973 1.72
1974 1.41
1975 1.54
1976 1.38
1977 1.31
1978 1.14
1979 1.15
1980 1.34
1981 1.40
1982 1.43
1983 1.45
1984 1.50
1985 1.67
1986 1.55
1987 1.34
1988 1.21
1989 1.09
1990 1.06
1991 1.01
1992 1.07
1993 1.15
1994 1.09
1995 1.02
1996 1.06
1997 1.26
1998 1.65
1999 1.44
2000 1.45
2001 1.61
2002 1.50
2003 1.40
2004 1.34
2005 1.16
2006 1.10
2007 1.09
2008 1.30
2009 1.49
2010 1.41
2011 1.39
2012 1.40
2013 1.39
2014 1.32
2015 1.41
2016 1.48
2017 1.46
2018 1.47
2019 1.61

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts