Namibia: Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Namibia's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) fell 0.06 percentage points on 2020 (from 1.56% to 1.51%).

Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2020), the average change was +0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below 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 0.43 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.34 percentage points in 2003. 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 0.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 82% 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 1.78% 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 0.07%, against 0.23% 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, Namibia had the 78th 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 Namibia in the 2021 ranking

• Argentina — 75th of 185: 1.57%
• Philippines — 76th of 185: 1.56%
• Tonga — 77th of 185: 1.51%
• Korea, Rep. — 79th of 185: 1.49%
• Mexico — 80th of 185: 1.49%
• Fiji — 81st of 185: 1.48%

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 31 values

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

• Angola — 1.71% (2021)
• Benin — 2.14% (2021)
• Botswana — 2.24% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 1.4% (2021)
• Burundi — 1.38% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 1.39% (2021)
• Cameroon — 0.99% (2021)
• Central African Republic — 0.47% (2021)
• Chad — 0.95% (2021)
• Comoros

More economic policy & debt data for Namibia

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 8.92% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$106.2 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$262.77 million (2021)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$3.36 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 60.11 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.51 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 45.2 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 22.28% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

1.51% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 1.04 percentage points from 0.46% in 1991. The highest value was 1.56% in 2020 and the lowest 0.46% in 1991.

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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