Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in South Africa
South Africa: Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage was 0.4% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in South Africa, 1990–2020
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 South Africa is 0.4%, measured in 2020.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in South Africa peaked at 1.4% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2019.
That places South Africa 81st out of 177 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in South Africa, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.4% | — |
| 1991 | 1.3% | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 1.3% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 1.1% | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 78 Cape Verde 0.4% compare
- 79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% compare
- 80 Kyrgyzstan 0.4% compare
- 82 Thailand 0.4% compare
- 83 Serbia 0.4% compare
- 84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4% compare
More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -4.01 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0094 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -61.95 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -2.16 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -192.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -33.37 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 16.18 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in South Africa?
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in South Africa was 0.4% in 2020, 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1990.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2019.
- How does South Africa rank for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage?
- South Africa ranks 81st out of 177 countries with data for 2020.
- Is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa 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.