Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 2.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Saudi Arabia, 1990–2020
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Saudi Arabia is 2.9%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of up 11.2% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Saudi Arabia peaked at 3.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 1990.
That places Saudi Arabia 32nd out of 204 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.7% | — |
| 1991 | 1.8% | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 2.0% | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 2.1% | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 2.2% | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 2.2% | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 2.2% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 2.2% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 2.7% | +23.1% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 2.8% | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 2.2% | -12.8% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | +29.7% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | +24.3% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | +11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.0% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 1 |
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More economy & growth data for Saudi Arabia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3163 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 10,922 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.19 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 40,958 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2241 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Saudi Arabia?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Saudi Arabia was 2.9% in 2020, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 1990.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 32nd out of 204 countries with data for 2020.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.