The value of trade and transport activities taking place on the ocean amounted to some 5.2 trillion U.S. dollars as of 2020. In comparison, the capacity of the oceans to absorb around 30 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions was valued at 4.3 trillion U.S. dollars.
Value of ocean assets worldwide as of 2020, by activity (in trillion U.S. dollars)
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Visual Capitalist. (June 5, 2020). Value of ocean assets worldwide as of 2020, by activity (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125489/value-ocean-assets-globally-by-activity/
Visual Capitalist. "Value of ocean assets worldwide as of 2020, by activity (in trillion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125489/value-ocean-assets-globally-by-activity/
Visual Capitalist. (2020). Value of ocean assets worldwide as of 2020, by activity (in trillion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125489/value-ocean-assets-globally-by-activity/
Visual Capitalist. "Value of Ocean Assets Worldwide as of 2020, by Activity (in Trillion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125489/value-ocean-assets-globally-by-activity/
Visual Capitalist, Value of ocean assets worldwide as of 2020, by activity (in trillion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125489/value-ocean-assets-globally-by-activity/ (last visited May 27, 2024)
Value of ocean assets worldwide as of 2020, by activity (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Visual Capitalist, June 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125489/value-ocean-assets-globally-by-activity/