Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Iceland
Iceland: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 64.08 million current US$ in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Iceland, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Iceland is 64.08 million current US$, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Iceland peaked at 71.63 million current US$ in 2015 and was at its lowest, 23.63 million current US$, in 1990.
That places Iceland 159th out of 209 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.92 million current US$ | 23.63 million current US$ | 37.63 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.50 million current US$ | 41.39 million current US$ | 61.29 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.10 million current US$ | 56.01 million current US$ | 71.63 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.48 million current US$ | 60.89 million current US$ | 64.08 million current US$ | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Iceland
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of gdp -2.26 (2025)
- Inflation of consumer prices 4.09 (2025)
- Gdp per capita worldbank constant usd 58,910 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp 8.53 (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd 23.12 billion (2025)
- Gdp per capita in international and market dollars 58,910 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 128.44 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -52.84 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -383.05 million current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 498.69 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Iceland?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Iceland was 64.08 million current US$ in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 71.63 million current US$ in 2015.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.63 million current US$ in 1990.
- How does Iceland rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Iceland ranks 159th out of 209 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.