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China: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$)

482.50Bcurrent USD · 2021+74.3% since 2011

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. Annual figures for China from 1990 to 2021.

19902021

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2021482,501,204,649.873
2020439,495,848,769.935
2019436,628,864,961.731
2018411,491,610,734.29
2017377,763,334,520.108
2016354,614,394,232.166
2015342,898,231,400.248
2014336,932,150,887.569
2013322,755,089,894.014
2012296,466,367,705.951
2011276,883,488,530.587
2010242,198,317,493.303
2009213,181,233,213.053
2008193,220,993,217.796
2007180,097,104,298.163
2006157,871,160,157.32
2005135,517,273,074.09
2004113,066,008,724.761
200392,791,002,920.846
200276,783,233,307.854
200168,488,294,139.07
200062,116,988,923.211
199955,980,642,335.853
199855,402,362,349.79
199751,888,640,049.164
199648,874,236,057.642
199547,216,170,130.91
199440,528,889,905.882
199337,094,001,188.356
199232,393,796,897.496
199129,489,207,243.62
199026,335,904,942.255

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World Bank (2026). Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-adjusted-savings-carbon-dioxide-damage (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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