Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 1.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 1.9%.
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 peaked at 2.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1991.
Sub-Saharan Africa 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, 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 |
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More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 8.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9902 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 466.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2788 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita 1,657 current US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 386.71 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2516 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Sub-Saharan Africa 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1991.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 23rd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 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 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.