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

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in Switzerland was 0.190 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.425 in 1970, while its lowest value was 0.157 in 2011.

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 0.425
1971 0.396
1972 0.353
1973 0.305
1974 0.263
1975 0.243
1976 0.259
1977 0.265
1978 0.214
1979 0.199
1980 0.211
1981 0.245
1982 0.247
1983 0.287
1984 0.309
1985 0.328
1986 0.256
1987 0.205
1988 0.202
1989 0.216
1990 0.196
1991 0.205
1992 0.207
1993 0.211
1994 0.204
1995 0.171
1996 0.187
1997 0.230
1998 0.231
1999 0.236
2000 0.250
2001 0.288
2002 0.265
2003 0.224
2004 0.213
2005 0.217
2006 0.222
2007 0.203
2008 0.209
2009 0.209
2010 0.181
2011 0.157
2012 0.172
2013 0.186
2014 0.169
2015 0.178
2016 0.184
2017 0.191
2018 0.188
2019 0.190

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