Barbados: Adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Barbados' adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (current US$) rose 4.6% on 2020 (from US$13.74 million to US$14.38 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +2.8% and a typical year strayed about 5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.4% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.4% in 1996. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$425,211 a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about US$15.13 million for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$918,161, against US$1.2 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2021, Barbados had the 150th highest value of the 164 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Barbados in the 2021 ranking

• Gambia, The — 146th of 164: US$18.72 million
• Montenegro — 147th of 164: US$17.86 million
• Bahamas, The — 148th of 164: US$14.48 million
• Guam — 150th of 164: US$14.28 million
• Comoros — 151st of 164: US$13.72 million
• Bhutan — 152nd of 164: US$12.99 million

What this measures

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 2013 are for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2013. Data for other years have been extrapolated from trends in mortality rates. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

All 32 values

Adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (current US$) in nearby economies

• Argentina — US$676.97 million (2021)
• Bahamas, The — US$14.48 million (2021)
• Belize — US$7.03 million (2021)
• Bolivia — US$170.79 million (2021)
• Brazil — US$2.59 billion (2021)
• Chile — US$405.76 million (2021)
• Colombia — US$489.81 million (2021)
• Costa Rica — US$70.57 million (2021)
• Cuba — US$150.91 million (2020)

More economic policy & debt data for Barbados

• GDP (current US$) — US$8.02 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 16.03 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.5 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 15.34 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$28,365 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 56,730 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$23,014 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 54,263 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$7.69 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 15.38 billion (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 54,417 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Barbados's adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (current US$)?

US$14.38 million in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 129.9% from US$6.25 million in 1990 (2.72% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$14.38 million in 2021 and the lowest US$5.54 million in 1996.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.DPEM.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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