Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in France
France: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage was 12.65 billion current US$ in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in France, 1990–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
France recorded 12.65 billion current US$ for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.0% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in France peaked at 12.65 billion current US$ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.32 billion current US$, in 1990.
That places France 21st out of 209 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.44 billion current US$ | 4.32 billion current US$ | 6.65 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.44 billion current US$ | 6.93 billion current US$ | 9.61 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.00 billion current US$ | 9.94 billion current US$ | 12.25 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.02 billion current US$ | 11.39 billion current US$ | 12.65 billion current US$ | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for France
- DEC alternative conversion factor 0.885 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -49.83 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -53.93 billion current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 326.76 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 369.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 56.06 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 60.68 billion current US$ (2024)
- GNI per capita 44,119 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 48,630 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 3.03 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in France?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage in France was 12.65 billion current US$ in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 12.65 billion current US$ in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.32 billion current US$ in 1990.
- How does France rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage?
- France ranks 21st out of 209 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.