Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Asia
South Asia: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 3.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Asia, 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 Asia is 3.1%, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Asia peaked at 3.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 1990.
That places South Asia 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Asia, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.9% | — |
| 1991 | 2.6% | +32.0% |
| 1992 | 2.6% | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 2.9% | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 2.8% | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 2.8% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 2.8% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 2.9% | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 3.0% | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 3.2% | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 3.0% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
- 3 Mongolia 7.4% compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.2% compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 7.2% compare
- 6 Turkmenistan 6.8% compare
- 7 Libya 6.1% compare
- 8 Tajikistan 5.6% compare
- 9 Kyrgyzstan 5.4% compare
More economy & growth data for South Asia
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 6.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 569.13 current US$ per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2104 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 6.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 2,521 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9318 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 6.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 2,779 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 5.36 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Asia?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in South Asia was 3.1% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 1990.
- How does South Asia rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- South Asia ranks 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia 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.