North America - Carbon dioxide damage
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in North America was 0.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 1.08 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.94 in 2012.
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 | 1.06 |
| 1971 | 1.06 |
| 1972 | 1.08 |
| 1973 | 1.08 |
| 1974 | 1.06 |
| 1975 | 1.05 |
| 1976 | 1.06 |
| 1977 | 1.07 |
| 1978 | 1.08 |
| 1979 | 1.08 |
| 1980 | 1.07 |
| 1981 | 1.02 |
| 1982 | 1.01 |
| 1983 | 1.00 |
| 1984 | 0.99 |
| 1985 | 0.98 |
| 1986 | 0.97 |
| 1987 | 0.99 |
| 1988 | 1.00 |
| 1989 | 1.01 |
| 1990 | 0.98 |
| 1991 | 1.01 |
| 1992 | 1.02 |
| 1993 | 1.05 |
| 1994 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 1.05 |
| 1996 | 1.05 |
| 1997 | 1.05 |
| 1998 | 1.04 |
| 1999 | 1.03 |
| 2000 | 1.04 |
| 2001 | 1.04 |
| 2002 | 1.05 |
| 2003 | 1.05 |
| 2004 | 1.04 |
| 2005 | 1.03 |
| 2006 | 1.00 |
| 2007 | 1.02 |
| 2008 | 1.02 |
| 2009 | 1.02 |
| 2010 | 1.01 |
| 2011 | 0.98 |
| 2012 | 0.94 |
| 2013 | 0.97 |
| 2014 | 0.98 |
| 2015 | 0.98 |
| 2016 | 0.97 |
| 2017 | 0.96 |
| 2018 | 0.96 |
| 2019 | 0.96 |
Classification
Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators
Sub-Topic: National accounts
