Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Bhutan
Bhutan: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 48.42 million current US$ in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Bhutan, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Bhutan is 48.42 million current US$, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 175.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Bhutan peaked at 48.42 million current US$ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 969,408 current US$, in 1990.
That places Bhutan 165th out of 209 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.39 million current US$ | 969,408 current US$ | 3.55 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.55 million current US$ | 3.90 million current US$ | 8.84 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.46 million current US$ | 11.43 million current US$ | 42.82 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.06 million current US$ | 41.69 million current US$ | 48.42 million current US$ | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Bhutan
- DEC alternative conversion factor 87.16 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 12.98 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 155.11 million current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 7.44 billion current LCU (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 88.97 million current US$ (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -15.95 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -190.69 million current US$ (2024)
- GNI per capita 370,164 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 4,310 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 294.90 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Bhutan?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Bhutan was 48.42 million current US$ in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 48.42 million current US$ in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 969,408 current US$ in 1990.
- How does Bhutan rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Bhutan ranks 165th out of 209 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.