Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Africa
South Africa: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 4.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Africa, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Africa is 4.6%, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 70.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Africa peaked at 5.3% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1992.
That places South Africa 13th out of 204 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Africa, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.5% | — |
| 1991 | 2.4% | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 2.2% | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 2.4% | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 2.7% | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 2.9% | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | +17.4% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 3.6% | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 4.7% | +32.8% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 3.9% | -27.1% |
| 2004 | 3.3% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +17.9% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -14.0% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 4.1% | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 2.7% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 6.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1367 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 901.96 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1889 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,246 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 2.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 3.38 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Africa?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Africa was 4.6% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2002.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1992.
- How does South Africa rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- South Africa ranks 13th out of 204 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.