Macao SAR, China: Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Macao SAR, China's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) rose 0.03 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.36% to 0.39%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.05 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 0.15 percentage points in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.12 percentage points in 2007. 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 0.02 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 72% 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, Macao SAR, China had the 177th 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 Macao SAR, China in the 2021 ranking

• United Kingdom — 173rd of 185: 0.43%
• Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 174th of 185: 0.42%
• France — 175th of 185: 0.42%
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 177th of 185: 0.38%
• Malta — 178th of 185: 0.35%
• Norway — 179th of 185: 0.32%

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 40 values

Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.1% (2021)
• Brunei Darussalam — 2.24% (2021)
• Cambodia — 3.3% (2021)
• China — 2.75% (2021)
• Fiji — 1.48% (2021)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.38% (2021)
• Indonesia — 2.38% (2021)
• Japan — 0.88% (2021)
• Kiribati — 1.19% (2021)
• Korea, Rep.

More economic policy & debt data for Macao SAR, China

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.4% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$119.95 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$1.15 billion (2025)
• Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing) — 50.99% (2024)
• Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 40.08% (2024)
• Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 2.88% (2024)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$6.35 billion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Macao SAR, China's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)?

0.39% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1982?

It is up 0.06 percentage points from 0.33% in 1982. The highest value was 0.49% in 2002 and the lowest 0.13% in 2013.

How does Macao SAR, China rank?

177th highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) unusual for Macao SAR, China?

In 2021, Macao SAR, China's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) rose 0.03 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.36% to 0.39%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.05 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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