Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in OECD members
OECD members: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 0.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in OECD members, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in OECD members stood at 0.9%.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in OECD members peaked at 0.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1995.
That places OECD members 44th out of 47 groups 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.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.7% | — |
| 1991 | 0.7% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 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
- 47 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.5% compare
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2024)
- Imports of goods and services 3.8% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 28.3% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -0.1% (2025)
- Trade 56.9% (2024)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 6.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 731.26 billion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 11.64 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 12.98 trillion current US$ (2022)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in OECD members?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in OECD members was 0.9% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1995.
- How does OECD members rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- OECD members ranks 44th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.