Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 1.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 1.9%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 2.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1991.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.4% | — |
| 1991 | 1.3% | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 1.8% | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 1.7% | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 1.8% | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 1.9% | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 2.8% | +23.1% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -16.4% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.147 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 245.62 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.8257 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,188 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 8.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 1.9% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1991.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 25th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.