Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) … unit in South Korea
South Korea: Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) … unit was 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$), per unit in South Korea, 1990–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
South Korea recorded 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in South Korea peaked at 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2016.
South Korea ranks 132nd of 179 countries 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: particulate emission damage (current US$) … unit in South Korea, year by year
| Year | current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1991 | 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0029 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0026 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0024 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0023 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0021 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0022 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.002 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0018 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0017 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0016 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.7% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0007 current US$ per US$ of GDP, 2.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0041 current US$ per US$ of GDP, 34% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.002 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0018 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 129 Hungary 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 130 Colombia 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 131 Poland 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 133 Cuba 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 134 Argentina 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 135 Latvia 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for South Korea
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0085 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 307.17 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0062 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 224.29 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0047 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 168.75 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -0.4147 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in South Korea?
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in South Korea was 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1990.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2016.
- How does South Korea rank for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit?
- South Korea ranks 132nd out of 179 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.