China vs India: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage

China
482.50 billion current US$
in 2021
India
107.59 billion current US$
in 2021
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

China currently reports 482.50 billion current US$ against 107.59 billion current US$ in India, a difference of 374.91 billion current US$.

That makes China's figure about 4.5 times India's.

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

Globally, China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd 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.