Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United States of America
United States of America: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 0.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United States of America, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United States of America is 0.9%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United States of America peaked at 1.1% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2021.
United States of America ranks 154th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.0% | — |
| 1991 | 1.0% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.0% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 1.0% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 151 Guinea-Bissau 0.9% compare
- 152 Solomon Islands 0.9% compare
- 153 Panama 0.9% compare
- 155 Ethiopia 0.9% compare
- 156 Japan 0.9% compare
- 157 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% compare
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- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0079 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 711.77 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United States of America?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in United States of America was 0.9% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 1997.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- How does United States of America rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- United States of America ranks 154th out of 204 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.