Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 1.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) is 1.9%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 2.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1991.
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 23rd 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), 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% | -16.3% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | -4.9% |
| 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 9.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1471 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 283.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1696 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.8523 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -1.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 6.95 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -84.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1991.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 23rd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) 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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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.