Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Denmark
Denmark: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 1.21 billion current US$ in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Denmark, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Denmark stood at 1.21 billion current US$.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Denmark peaked at 1.43 billion current US$ in 2006 and was at its lowest, 631.21 million current US$, in 1990.
Denmark ranks 76th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 912.50 million current US$ | 631.21 million current US$ | 1.17 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 billion current US$ | 976.34 million current US$ | 1.43 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 billion current US$ | 1.17 billion current US$ | 1.38 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 billion current US$ | 1.15 billion current US$ | 1.21 billion current US$ | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Denmark
- DEC alternative conversion factor 6.62 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -37.70 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -5.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 346.97 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 52.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 82.81 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 12.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 523,385 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 77,190 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 3.15 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Denmark?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Denmark was 1.21 billion current US$ in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 billion current US$ in 2006.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 631.21 million current US$ in 1990.
- How does Denmark rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Denmark ranks 76th out of 209 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.