Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in China
China: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 2.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in China, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
China recorded 2.7% for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.0% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in China peaked at 8.4% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2021.
China ranks 41st of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in China, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7.3% | — |
| 1991 | 7.7% | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 7.6% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 8.4% | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 7.2% | -13.9% |
| 1995 | 6.5% | -9.2% |
| 1996 | 5.7% | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 5.5% | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 5.5% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 5.2% | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 5.2% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 5.6% | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 6.0% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.6% | 5.2% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.2% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 3.0% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in China?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in China was 2.7% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 1993.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2021.
- How does China rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- China ranks 41st out of 204 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI). 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 as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.