Yemen, Rep.: Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) rose 1.7% on 2017 (from US$374.55 million to US$380.82 million).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was +7.3% and a typical year strayed about 16.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 37.8% in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 49% in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$46.29 million a year. A straight line explains 45% 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.

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 29 values

Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — US$182.23 million (2021)
• Algeria — US$7.83 billion (2021)
• Bahrain — US$1.43 billion (2021)
• Djibouti — US$15.43 million (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$11.79 billion (2021)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$31.12 billion (2021)
• Iraq — US$7.07 billion (2021)
• Israel — US$2.7 billion (2021)
• Jordan — US$1.11 billion (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Yemen, Rep.

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$4.05 billion (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$198.89 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) — US$122.16 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$1.82 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$4.15 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$4.15 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$4.15 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Yemen, Rep.'s adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$)?

US$380.82 million in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 373.3% from US$80.46 million in 1990 (5.71% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$923.59 million in 2014 and the lowest US$80.46 million in 1990.

Is the latest change in adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) unusual for Yemen, Rep.?

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) rose 1.7% on 2017 (from US$374.55 million to US$380.82 million). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was +7.3% and a typical year strayed about 16.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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.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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