South Africa - Carbon dioxide damage

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$)

The latest value for Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) in South Africa was 18,616,820,000 as of 2019. Over the past 49 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 18,616,820,000 in 2019 and 396,016,000 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).

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Year Value
1970 396,016,000
1971 478,874,000
1972 520,383,300
1973 567,159,400
1974 643,764,000
1975 753,676,200
1976 847,786,500
1977 953,313,300
1978 1,054,537,000
1979 1,264,847,000
1980 1,471,621,000
1981 1,855,576,000
1982 2,197,564,000
1983 2,430,511,000
1984 2,783,834,000
1985 3,013,314,000
1986 3,207,544,000
1987 3,342,221,000
1988 3,688,828,000
1989 3,897,446,000
1990 3,797,330,000
1991 4,181,990,000
1992 4,042,275,000
1993 4,502,700,000
1994 4,967,708,000
1995 5,539,036,000
1996 5,801,478,000
1997 6,394,153,000
1998 6,467,680,000
1999 6,664,488,000
2000 7,030,376,000
2001 7,217,768,000
2002 7,186,486,000
2003 8,488,270,000
2004 9,920,575,000
2005 9,686,764,000
2006 10,962,710,000
2007 11,990,660,000
2008 13,307,700,000
2009 13,885,890,000
2010 13,413,200,000
2011 14,226,590,000
2012 14,431,450,000
2013 14,838,840,000
2014 16,303,890,000
2015 16,130,190,000
2016 17,119,710,000
2017 17,679,850,000
2018 18,243,790,000
2019 18,616,820,000

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in South Africa was 5.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 6.38 in 2002, while its lowest value was 1.81 in 1974.

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:

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Year Value
1970 2.23
1971 2.43
1972 2.52
1973 2.00
1974 1.81
1975 2.06
1976 2.42
1977 2.45
1978 2.35
1979 2.29
1980 1.85
1981 2.27
1982 2.92
1983 2.89
1984 3.74
1985 5.33
1986 4.97
1987 3.91
1988 4.01
1989 4.07
1990 3.41
1991 3.46
1992 3.07
1993 3.42
1994 3.62
1995 3.63
1996 4.02
1997 4.28
1998 4.80
1999 4.99
2000 5.28
2001 6.13
2002 6.38
2003 4.97
2004 4.42
2005 3.83
2006 4.11
2007 4.14
2008 4.79
2009 4.80
2010 3.65
2011 3.51
2012 3.74
2013 4.15
2014 4.77
2015 5.21
2016 5.94
2017 5.21
2018 5.12
2019 5.45

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts