Greenland - Carbon dioxide damage

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$)

The latest value for Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) in Greenland was 18,992,950 as of 2019. Over the past 49 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 21,091,810 in 2011 and 965,900 in 1976.

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 1,008,439
1971 1,333,418
1972 1,677,939
1973 1,821,698
1974 2,030,296
1975 2,059,347
1976 965,900
1977 3,444,215
1978 2,047,348
1979 3,305,294
1980 3,637,714
1981 3,807,122
1982 4,047,186
1983 3,019,382
1984 5,008,059
1985 4,737,379
1986 3,163,995
1987 2,383,948
1988 5,875,186
1989 5,404,914
1990 4,222,268
1991 4,463,270
1992 4,372,895
1993 4,525,792
1994 4,350,477
1995 4,934,104
1996 5,779,702
1997 6,375,997
1998 6,153,297
1999 6,643,126
2000 8,442,197
2001 7,896,669
2002 7,610,924
2003 9,004,122
2004 12,848,500
2005 14,143,250
2006 15,347,900
2007 16,397,550
2008 17,681,900
2009 15,889,830
2010 18,949,330
2011 21,091,810
2012 17,652,380
2013 17,892,250
2014 17,029,110
2015 17,721,140
2016 18,307,450
2017 18,347,160
2018 18,992,610
2019 18,992,950

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in Greenland was 0.80 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 1.75 in 1972, while its lowest value was 0.33 in 1987.

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 1.61
1971 1.67
1972 1.75
1973 1.44
1974 1.33
1975 1.08
1976 0.44
1977 1.35
1978 0.64
1979 0.87
1980 0.85
1981 0.96
1982 1.08
1983 0.80
1984 1.42
1985 1.23
1986 0.57
1987 0.33
1988 0.71
1989 0.62
1990 0.45
1991 0.47
1992 0.45
1993 0.52
1994 0.46
1995 0.43
1996 0.50
1997 0.61
1998 0.55
1999 0.60
2000 0.81
2001 0.74
2002 0.67
2003 0.65
2004 0.80
2005 0.85
2006 0.92
2007 0.80

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts