Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Liberia
Liberia: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 1.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Liberia, 2000–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Liberia is 1.8%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Liberia peaked at 2.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2009.
Liberia ranks 78th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Liberia, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.0% | — |
| 2001 | 1.2% | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | +42.6% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -22.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -31.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +37.3% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Liberia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.15 Percent per annum (2029)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.3265 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 298.89 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 2.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.2899 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 265.33 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) 2.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU), per 0.292 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Liberia?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Liberia was 1.8% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2009.
- How does Liberia rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Liberia ranks 78th out of 204 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.