Brazil vs South Korea: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage

Brazil
19.81 billion current US$
in 2021
South Korea
27.29 billion current US$
in 2021
Brazil rank
12th
South Korea rank
9th

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage over time

  • Brazil
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 27.29 billion current US$ against 19.81 billion current US$ in Brazil, a difference of 7.49 billion current US$.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.4 times Brazil's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.

Globally, Brazil ranks 12th and South Korea ranks 9th of 209 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 6,864 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

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.