Zambia's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) was US$358.42 million in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 293.97% from US$90.98 million in 2011 (14.7% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$358.42 million | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | US$191.05 million | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | US$90.98 million | 2011 |
| Highest | US$358.42 million | 2021 |
| Lowest | US$28.01 million | 1996 |
| Average since 2012 | US$227.63 million | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | US$33.2 million |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Zambia's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) rose 19.8% on 2020 (from US$299.26 million to US$358.42 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +8.4% and a typical year strayed about 13.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 37.6% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.9% in 1999. 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 US$25.98 million a year. A straight line explains 94% 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 US$417.12 million 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 US$14.82 million, against US$28.24 million 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, Zambia had the 117th 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 Zambia in the 2021 ranking
- Botswana — 114th of 208: US$372.96 million
- Costa Rica — 115th of 208: US$369.62 million
- Jamaica — 116th of 208: US$359.65 million
- El Salvador — 118th of 208: US$347 million
- Papua New Guinea — 119th of 208: US$337.18 million
- North Macedonia — 120th of 208: US$333.56 million
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 | 358,422,258 |
| 2020 | 299,257,608 |
| 2019 | 277,296,669 |
| 2018 | 302,851,705 |
| 2017 | 254,810,400 |
| 2016 | 191,049,475 |
| 2015 | 172,473,183 |
| 2014 | 157,915,852 |
| 2013 | 137,059,629 |
| 2012 | 125,212,302 |
Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$1.06 billion (2021)
- Benin — US$377.22 million (2021)
- Botswana — US$372.96 million (2021)
- Burkina Faso — US$261.65 million (2021)
- Burundi — US$38.48 million (2021)
- Cabo Verde — US$26.33 million (2021)
- Cameroon — US$440.12 million (2021)
- Central African Republic — US$12.65 million (2021)
- Chad — US$108.38 million (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$1.19 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 29.79 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 4.11% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$2.53 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 63.49 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.75% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) — US$10.2 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 256.39 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zambia's adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$)?
- US$358.42 million in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 979.51% from US$33.2 million in 1990 (7.98% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$358.42 million in 2021 and the lowest US$28.01 million in 1996.
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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