Serbia: Adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Serbia's adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.41% to 0.38%).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2020), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 0.06 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.22 percentage points in 1998. 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 downward, about 0.01 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 70% 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, Serbia had the 72nd highest value of the 160 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 Serbia in the 2021 ranking

• Bolivia — 68th of 160: 0.43%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 69th of 160: 0.42%
• Thailand — 70th of 160: 0.38%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 72nd of 160: 0.38%
• Algeria — 73rd of 160: 0.37%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 74th of 160: 0.36%

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 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.

Limitations: Labor productivity losses, as calculated within the framework of adjusted net savings, represent only part of the economic costs of air pollution and should be interpreted as a lower-end estimate.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 25 values

Adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Albania — 0.22% (2021)
• Armenia — 0.29% (2021)
• Austria — 0.04% (2021)
• Azerbaijan — 0.17% (2021)
• Belarus — 0.18% (2021)
• Belgium — 0.04% (2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0.35% (2021)
• Bulgaria — 0.31% (2021)
• Croatia — 0.1% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Serbia

• External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) — US$51.98 billion (2024)
• Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) — US$2.64 billion (2024)
• External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) — US$48.35 billion (2024)
• External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$) — US$20.37 billion (2024)
• External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) — US$27.97 billion (2024)
• External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) — US$1 billion (2024)
• Short-term debt (% of total external debt) — 1.92% (2024)
• PPG, IBRD (DOD, current US$) — US$2.31 billion (2024)
• IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Serbia's adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (% of GNI)?

0.38% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is down 0.99 percentage points from 1.37% in 1997. The highest value was 1.37% in 1997 and the lowest 0.38% in 2021.

How does Serbia rank?

72nd highest of 160 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (% of GNI) unusual for Serbia?

In 2021, Serbia's adjusted savings, particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.41% to 0.38%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2020), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.DPEM.GN.ZS, 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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