Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in North America
North America: Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage was 0.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in North America, 1990–2021
Source: Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in North America is 0.1%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in North America peaked at 0.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2021.
North America ranks 44th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in North America, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2% | — |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 0.1% | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1% | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near North America
More economy & growth data for North America
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 52,472 current US$ per person (2021)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 11.31 % change on previous year (2021)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9466 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 65,820 current US$ per person (2021)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 65,508 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.759 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 10.37 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in North America?
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in North America was 0.1% 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 North America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2021.
- How does North America rank for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage?
- North America ranks 44th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North America 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.