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Japan vs United States: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage

Japan
45.38 billion current US$
in 2021
United States
210.32 billion current US$
in 2021
Japan rank
5th
United States rank
2nd

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage over time

  • Japan
  • United States
050.0B100.0B150.0B200.0B199020052021

How they compare

United States currently reports 210.32 billion current US$ against 45.38 billion current US$ in Japan, a difference of 164.93 billion current US$.

That makes United States's figure about 4.6 times Japan's.

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

Globally, Japan ranks 5th and United States ranks 2nd 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.