West Bank and Gaza's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) was 0.69% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.1 percentage points from 0.59% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.69% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 0.69% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.59% | 2011 |
| Highest | 1.23% | 2006 |
| Lowest | 0.15% | 1997 |
| Average since 2012 | 0.65% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 0.15% | 1997 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, West Bank and Gaza's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) fell 0.07 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.76% to 0.69%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2020), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 0.36 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.37 percentage points in 2009. 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 71% 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, West Bank and Gaza had the 151st 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 West Bank and Gaza in the 2021 ranking
- Côte d'Ivoire — 148th of 185: 0.77%
- Portugal — 149th of 185: 0.76%
- Haiti — 150th of 185: 0.7%
- Luxembourg — 152nd of 185: 0.68%
- Spain — 153rd of 185: 0.67%
- Belgium — 154th of 185: 0.67%
What this measures
Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$40 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2017 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2020) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.6948 |
| 2020 | 0.76 |
| 2019 | 0.6757 |
| 2018 | 0.6736 |
| 2017 | 0.6717 |
| 2016 | 0.6853 |
| 2015 | 0.691 |
| 2014 | 0.5742 |
| 2013 | 0.5318 |
| 2012 | 0.5205 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 1.22% (2021)
- Algeria — 4.91% (2021)
- Bahrain — 4.1% (2020)
- Djibouti — 0.45% (2021)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.01% (2021)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 8.62% (2021)
- Iraq — 3.44% (2021)
- Israel — 0.56% (2021)
- Jordan — 2.44% (2021)
- Kuwait
More economic policy & debt data for West Bank and Gaza
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.08% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) — 7.21% (2024)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$101.69 million (2025)
- Net primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$1.08 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.93 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.93 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)?
- 0.69% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is up 0.54 percentage points from 0.15% in 1997. The highest value was 1.23% in 2006 and the lowest 0.15% in 1997.
- How does West Bank and Gaza rank?
- 151st highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) unusual for West Bank and Gaza?
- In 2021, West Bank and Gaza's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) fell 0.07 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.76% to 0.69%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2020), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below 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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