Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage was 1.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Sub-Saharan Africa, 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 Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 1.5%.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 3.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2018.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.2% | — |
| 1991 | 3.2% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 2.5% | -21.4% |
| 1993 | 2.4% | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 2.2% | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 2.1% | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 2.0% | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 1.9% | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 1.9% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.9% | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 1.9% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | -10.2% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | +62.7% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2311 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 8.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 407.9 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2438 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 246.12 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 386.71 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 398.55 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.8256 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2382 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage in Sub-Saharan Africa was 1.5% 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2018.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan 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.