Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Belgium
Belgium: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 4.02 billion current US$ in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Belgium, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Belgium stood at 4.02 billion current US$. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.7% on the previous year and up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Belgium peaked at 4.02 billion current US$ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.32 billion current US$, in 1990.
Belgium ranks 41st of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.72 billion current US$ | 1.32 billion current US$ | 2.05 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.52 billion current US$ | 2.18 billion current US$ | 2.87 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.27 billion current US$ | 2.88 billion current US$ | 3.79 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.82 billion current US$ | 3.63 billion current US$ | 4.02 billion current US$ | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Belgium
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of GDP -2.0% (2025)
- Inflation of consumer prices 2.5% (2025)
- GDP per capita 45,146 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP) 11.2% (2025)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) 539.12 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP per capita in international and market dollars 45,146 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 0.885 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -10.14 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -10.98 billion current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 60.55 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Belgium?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Belgium was 4.02 billion current US$ in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 4.02 billion current US$ in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.32 billion current US$ in 1990.
- How does Belgium rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Belgium ranks 41st out of 209 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$40 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2017 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2020) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.