European Union - Carbon dioxide damage

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in European Union was 0.752 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.912 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.511 in 1988.

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
1970 0.832
1971 0.813
1972 0.759
1973 0.681
1974 0.660
1975 0.588
1976 0.662
1977 0.626
1978 0.580
1979 0.549
1980 0.542
1981 0.650
1982 0.707
1983 0.754
1984 0.821
1985 0.843
1986 0.624
1987 0.537
1988 0.511
1989 0.618
1990 0.605
1991 0.625
1992 0.604
1993 0.691
1994 0.674
1995 0.631
1996 0.662
1997 0.739
1998 0.742
1999 0.758
2000 0.868
2001 0.912
2002 0.871
2003 0.750
2004 0.685
2005 0.687
2006 0.687
2007 0.616
2008 0.569
2009 0.592
2010 0.640
2011 0.596
2012 0.649
2013 0.631
2014 0.613
2015 0.747
2016 0.754
2017 0.742
2018 0.714
2019 0.752

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts