South Africa - Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$)

The latest value for Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) in South Africa was 1,593,077,000 as of 2019. Over the past 29 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,448,451,000 in 1992 and 1,283,476,000 in 2002.

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 2,158,163,000
1991 2,242,063,000
1992 2,448,451,000
1993 2,223,716,000
1994 2,181,078,000
1995 2,203,995,000
1996 1,914,298,000
1997 1,988,950,000
1998 1,805,720,000
1999 1,718,074,000
2000 1,682,131,000
2001 1,410,992,000
2002 1,283,476,000
2003 1,878,949,000
2004 2,268,647,000
2005 2,356,773,000
2006 2,309,002,000
2007 2,300,713,000
2008 2,060,422,000
2009 1,993,105,000
2010 2,298,226,000
2011 2,295,460,000
2012 2,123,161,000
2013 1,943,702,000
2014 1,840,741,000
2015 1,610,940,000
2016 1,421,255,000
2017 1,631,508,000
2018 1,716,088,000
2019 1,593,077,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts