Caribbean small states - Particulate emission damage

Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) in Caribbean small states was 0.216 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.534 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.202 in 2008.

Definition: 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 2016. Data for other years have been extrapolated from trends in mortality rates.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in "The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future" (Lange et al 2018).

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.534
1991 0.437
1992 0.412
1993 0.404
1994 0.397
1995 0.372
1996 0.351
1997 0.336
1998 0.327
1999 0.311
2000 0.296
2001 0.282
2002 0.260
2003 0.242
2004 0.220
2005 0.207
2006 0.207
2007 0.203
2008 0.202
2009 0.222
2010 0.212
2011 0.219
2012 0.213
2013 0.216
2014 0.228
2015 0.229
2016 0.230
2017 0.223
2018 0.223
2019 0.216

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts