Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central
Africa Western and Central: Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage was 1.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central, 1990–2021
Source: Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central stood at 1.8%. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 7.9% on the previous year and down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central peaked at 3.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2021.
That places Africa Western and Central 2nd out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.7% | — |
| 1991 | 3.5% | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 3.5% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 3.5% | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 3.1% | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 3.2% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 3.0% | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 3.0% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 2.9% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 3.0% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.8% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +64.7% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | -7.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +64.7% | 2.2% | 3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.2% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 2.0% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Africa Western and Central
More economy & growth data for Africa Western and Central
- GDP 852.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 368.43 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 19.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4965 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 2.8% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 807.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 942.07 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 794.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- GDP per capita 1,600 current US$ (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central?
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Africa Western and Central was 1.8% in 2021, according to Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage recorded in Africa Western and Central?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage recorded in Africa Western and Central?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2021.
- How does Africa Western and Central rank for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage?
- Africa Western and Central ranks 2nd out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage rising or falling in Africa Western and Central?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa Western and Central data come from?
- The figures come from Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), published as part of Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Particulate emissions damage is the damage due to exposure of a country's population to ambient concentrations of particulates measuring less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5), ambient ozone pollution, and indoor concentrations of PM2.5 in households cooking with solid fuels. Damages are calculated as foregone labor income due to premature death. Estimates of health impacts from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 are for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2013. Data for other years have been extrapolated from trends in mortality rates. 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.