Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 2.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United Arab Emirates, 2000–2020
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United Arab Emirates is 2.1%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.6% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United Arab Emirates peaked at 2.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2007.
That places United Arab Emirates 61st out of 204 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.4% | — |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +21.1% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | +29.1% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | +21.7% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | +15.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1 |
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More economy & growth data for United Arab Emirates
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.85 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.54 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 77.17 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.1397 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 7,024 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 45.64 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 48.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0826 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 4,154 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 22.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United Arab Emirates?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United Arab Emirates was 2.1% in 2020, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2007.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 61st out of 204 countries with data for 2020.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.