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. 2023 Jul 24;89(1):49. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4079

Table 7.

Estimated additional annual total cost of mental illness attributable to climate change, air pollution and access to green space, by World Bank region.


WORLD BANK REGION COST(US$ MILLIONS, 2020 PRICE LEVEL)

2030 2050


CLIMATE CHANGE COST AIR POLLUTION COST GREEN SPACE COST TOTAL COST CLIMATE CHANGE COST AIR POLLUTION COST GREEN SPACE COST TOTAL COST

East Asia & Pacific 9,739 1,666 2,490 13,896 79,128 10,919 15,318 105,366

Europe & Central Asia 1,679 54 217 1,950 15,524 476 1,851 17,851

Latin America & Caribbean 1,187 18 163 1,368 9,460 101 1,114 10,674

Middle East & North Africa 1,494 312 189 1,995 21,229 3,370 2,545 27,143

North America 2,422 11 190 2,622 22,612 85 1,598 24,295

South Asia 4,928 17,110 798 22,836 63,411 236,464 11,133 311,008

Sub-Saharan Africa 1,799 85 333 2,217 33,918 858 5,471 40,247

Global 23,248 19,255 4,380 46,884 245,282 252,273 39,029 536,584