Euro area - Carbon dioxide damage

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in Euro area was 0.679 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 0.820 in 1985, while its lowest value was 0.462 in 1990.

Definition: Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$30 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2014 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2015) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted.

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
1980 0.537
1981 0.643
1982 0.690
1983 0.734
1984 0.806
1985 0.820
1986 0.602
1987 0.521
1988 0.497
1989 0.547
1990 0.462
1991 0.535
1992 0.497
1993 0.556
1994 0.552
1995 0.522
1996 0.548
1997 0.619
1998 0.634
1999 0.654
2000 0.759
2001 0.798
2002 0.766
2003 0.656
2004 0.603
2005 0.610
2006 0.610
2007 0.549
2008 0.511
2009 0.528
2010 0.573
2011 0.530
2012 0.584
2013 0.570
2014 0.552
2015 0.677
2016 0.679
2017 0.670
2018 0.644
2019 0.679

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts