United Kingdom's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) was US$13.4 billion in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.82% from US$13.29 billion in 2011 (0.08% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$13.4 billion | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | US$13.68 billion | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | US$13.29 billion | 2011 |
| Highest | US$14.67 billion | 2013 |
| Lowest | US$6.81 billion | 1990 |
| Average since 2012 | US$13.87 billion | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | US$6.81 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2021, United Kingdom's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) rose 8.4% on 2020 (from US$12.37 billion to US$13.4 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 4.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.3% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.1% in 2020. 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 US$148.57 million a year. A straight line explains 48% 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, United Kingdom had the 19th highest value of the 208 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 United Kingdom in the 2021 ranking
What this measures
Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$40 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2017 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2020) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 32 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 13,400,565,395 |
| 2020 | 12,367,434,120 |
| 2019 | 14,228,581,585 |
| 2018 | 14,132,949,346 |
| 2017 | 13,732,073,065 |
| 2016 | 13,675,478,899 |
| 2015 | 13,946,681,759 |
| 2014 | 13,993,566,797 |
| 2013 | 14,667,967,490 |
| 2012 | 14,533,947,268 |
Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$222.56 million (2021)
- Andorra — US$21.48 million (2021)
- Armenia — US$262.48 million (2021)
- Austria — US$2.74 billion (2021)
- Azerbaijan — US$1.68 billion (2021)
- Belarus — US$2.58 billion (2021)
- Belgium — US$4.02 billion (2021)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$947 million (2021)
- Bulgaria — US$1.7 billion (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for United Kingdom
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$214.36 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$170.78 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$849.56 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 645.22 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 21.23% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.42 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.84 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Kingdom's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$)?
- US$13.4 billion in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 96.86% from US$6.81 billion in 1990 (2.21% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$14.67 billion in 2013 and the lowest US$6.81 billion in 1990.
- How does United Kingdom rank?
- 19th highest of 208 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) unusual for United Kingdom?
- In 2021, United Kingdom's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) rose 8.4% on 2020 (from US$12.37 billion to US$13.4 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 4.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.DCO2.CD, 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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