Costa Rica - Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in Costa Rica was 0.547 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.861 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.341 in 1970.

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 0.341
1971 0.410
1972 0.445
1973 0.449
1974 0.427
1975 0.438
1976 0.392
1977 0.417
1978 0.447
1979 0.415
1980 0.344
1981 0.694
1982 0.741
1983 0.622
1984 0.525
1985 0.579
1986 0.610
1987 0.661
1988 0.739
1989 0.701
1990 0.656
1991 0.612
1992 0.610
1993 0.594
1994 0.746
1995 0.655
1996 0.656
1997 0.664
1998 0.682
1999 0.717
2000 0.713
2001 0.736
2002 0.810
2003 0.848
2004 0.861
2005 0.831
2006 0.792
2007 0.801
2008 0.725
2009 0.738
2010 0.599
2011 0.538
2012 0.506
2013 0.521
2014 0.545
2015 0.499
2016 0.527
2017 0.540
2018 0.543
2019 0.547

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Pollution damage from emissions of carbon dioxide is calculated as the marginal social cost per unit multiplied by the increase in the stock of carbon dioxide. The unit damage figure represents the present value of global damage to economic assets and to human welfare over the time the unit of pollution remains in the atmosphere.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts