Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in North America
North America: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 0.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in North America, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
North America recorded 0.9% for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in North America peaked at 1.1% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2021.
That places North America 43rd out of 47 groups 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 North America, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.0% | — |
| 1991 | 1.0% | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 1.0% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near North America
- 40 Trinidad and Tobago 2.8% compare
- 41 China 2.7% compare
- 42 Pakistan 2.6% compare
- 43 Congo 2.5% compare
- 44 Jamaica 2.5% compare
- 45 North Macedonia 2.5% compare
- 46 Mozambique 2.5% compare
More economy & growth data for North America
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 65,508 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.188 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 15,566 current US$ per person (2024)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 85,298 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9945 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current US$), annual growth rate 5.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.759 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9883 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in North America?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in North America was 0.9% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 1997.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- How does North America rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- North America ranks 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North America 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.