Human health costs associated with the air pollution as a result of the combustion fossil fuels represented around 6.6 percent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) as of February 2020. Human health impacts due to air pollution can include lower respiratory infections, diabetes, and other chronic respiratory diseases.
Cost of air pollution from fossil fuels as a share of GDP worldwide as of February 2020, by select country*
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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. "Cost of Air Pollution from Fossil Fuels as a Share of Gdp Worldwide as of February 2020, by Select Country*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098515/cost-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-share-gdp-globally-by-country/
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Cost of air pollution from fossil fuels as a share of GDP worldwide as of February 2020, by select country* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098515/cost-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-share-gdp-globally-by-country/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Cost of air pollution from fossil fuels as a share of GDP worldwide as of February 2020, by select country* [Graph], Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, February 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098515/cost-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-share-gdp-globally-by-country/