Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 0.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Tuvalu, 2001–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Tuvalu stood at 0.5%.
The figure is down 7.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Tuvalu peaked at 0.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2011.
That places Tuvalu 184th out of 204 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.8% | — |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -23.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +23.3% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -18.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -17.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +18.7% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +20.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Tuvalu
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.93 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1529 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 20.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate -0.2777 % change on previous year (2015)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 32.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$), annual 31.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- GNI (current LCU), per capita 15,264 current LCU per person (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2.53 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.62 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Tuvalu?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Tuvalu was 0.5% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2011.
- How does Tuvalu rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Tuvalu ranks 184th out of 204 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.