Macao SAR, China - Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) in Macao SAR, China was 0.179 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 0.546 in 1986, while its lowest value was 0.095 in 2013.

Definition: Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$30 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2014 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2015) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in "The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future" (Lange et al 2018).

See also:

Year Value
1982 0.330
1983 0.494
1984 0.402
1985 0.498
1986 0.546
1987 0.493
1988 0.445
1989 0.429
1990 0.384
1991 0.370
1992 0.292
1993 0.292
1994 0.296
1995 0.271
1996 0.323
1997 0.352
1998 0.410
1999 0.440
2000 0.489
2001 0.480
2002 0.418
2003 0.399
2004 0.377
2005 0.375
2006 0.298
2007 0.192
2008 0.162
2009 0.268
2010 0.141
2011 0.142
2012 0.114
2013 0.095
2014 0.112
2015 0.174
2016 0.176
2017 0.179
2018 0.179

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Pollution damage from emissions of carbon dioxide is calculated as the marginal social cost per unit multiplied by the increase in the stock of carbon dioxide. The unit damage figure represents the present value of global damage to economic assets and to human welfare over the time the unit of pollution remains in the atmosphere.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts