Virgin Islands - Particulate emission damage

Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$)

The latest value for Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) in Virgin Islands was 4,400,475 as of 2017. Over the past 15 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,166,095 in 2012 and 3,070,495 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
2002 3,070,495
2003 3,079,574
2004 3,142,286
2005 3,465,506
2006 3,486,946
2007 4,087,062
2008 3,698,881
2009 4,070,285
2010 4,294,866
2011 4,618,570
2012 5,166,095
2013 4,871,756
2014 4,519,038
2015 4,449,320
2016 4,337,977
2017 4,400,475

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts