Lebanon's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) was 4.39% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.8 percentage points from 1.59% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.39% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 1.98% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.59% | 2011 |
| Highest | 4.39% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 1.51% | 2007 |
| Average since 2012 | 2.28% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 1.97% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Lebanon's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) rose 1.28 percentage points on 2020 (from 3.11% to 4.39%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.22 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.28 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.34 percentage points in 1992. 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 0.23 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 66% 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.
How it compares
In 2021, Lebanon had the 13th highest value of the 185 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 Lebanon in the 2021 ranking
- Viet Nam — 10th of 185: 4.84%
- South Africa — 11th of 185: 4.64%
- Russian Federation — 12th of 185: 4.4%
- Oman — 14th of 185: 4.28%
- Kosovo — 15th of 185: 4.19%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 16th of 185: 4.11%
What this measures
Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$40 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2017 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2020) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 32 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.39 |
| 2020 | 3.11 |
| 2019 | 2.25 |
| 2018 | 2.02 |
| 2017 | 2.08 |
| 2016 | 1.98 |
| 2015 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 1.78 |
| 2013 | 1.61 |
| 2012 | 1.66 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 1.22% (2021)
- Algeria — 4.91% (2021)
- Bahrain — 4.1% (2020)
- Djibouti — 0.45% (2021)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.01% (2021)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 8.62% (2021)
- Iraq — 3.44% (2021)
- Israel — 0.56% (2021)
- Jordan — 2.44% (2021)
- Kuwait
More economic policy & debt data for Lebanon
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$33.3 billion (2024)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$9.24 billion (2024)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$1.42 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$330.71 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$1.43 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$1.75 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$1.75 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$1.75 billion (2023)
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Questions people ask
- What is Lebanon's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)?
- 4.39% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 2.42 percentage points from 1.97% in 1990. The highest value was 4.39% in 2021 and the lowest 1.51% in 2007.
- How does Lebanon rank?
- 13th highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) unusual for Lebanon?
- In 2021, Lebanon's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) rose 1.28 percentage points on 2020 (from 3.11% to 4.39%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.22 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.DCO2.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) 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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