Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Malawi
Malawi: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 0.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Malawi, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Malawi stood at 0.6%.
That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Malawi peaked at 1.0% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2011.
That places Malawi 181st out of 204 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.4% | — |
| 1991 | 0.4% | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | +26.1% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | +91.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | -38.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +54.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -49.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +25.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | +42.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +18.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +41.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -31.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 57.31 current US$ per person (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 190.71 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 99,620 current LCU per person (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 42,016 constant LCU per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 10.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.143 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 96.05 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Malawi?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Malawi was 0.6% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 1994.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2011.
- How does Malawi rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Malawi ranks 181st out of 204 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.