Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Egypt
Egypt: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 11.79 billion current US$ in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Egypt, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Egypt stood at 11.79 billion current US$. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 9.2% on the previous year and up 92.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Egypt peaked at 11.79 billion current US$ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.06 billion current US$, in 1990.
That places Egypt 22nd out of 209 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.47 billion current US$ | 1.06 billion current US$ | 2.07 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.64 billion current US$ | 2.13 billion current US$ | 5.46 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.80 billion current US$ | 5.72 billion current US$ | 10.17 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.29 billion current US$ | 10.79 billion current US$ | 11.79 billion current US$ | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Egypt
- DEC alternative conversion factor 49.65 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 1.80 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 36.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 739.43 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 14.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -786.80 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -15.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 146,574 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 3,260 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 17.35 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Egypt?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in Egypt was 11.79 billion current US$ in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 11.79 billion current US$ in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.06 billion current US$ in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- Egypt ranks 22nd out of 209 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt 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.