Little Green DataWorld Bank Publications, 2003 M01 1 - 239 pages 'The Little Green Data Book 2003' is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation.The World Bank's mission is to fight poverty for lasting results. Enhancing environmental quality, improving natural resource management, and maintaining global ecosystems are all important steps towards this goal, and 'The Little Green Data Book' provides a baseline against which to measure progress.Profiles of each country include 48 key development indicators including: Population, Urban Population, Rural Population Density GNI, GDP, Gross National Savings Forest Area, Annual Deforestation Agricultural Land, Fertilizer Consumption, Irrigated Land, Food Production Index Mammal and Bird Species Threatened Electric Power Consumption, GDP per unit of energy use CO2 Emissions per Capita, Passenger Cars Freshwater resources per capita, Access to Sanitation Energy Depletion, Education Expenditure, Under-5 Mortality Rate Drawing on data from the World Bank's 'World Development Indicators 2003', 'The Little Green Data Book 2003' provides quick reference to the latest available environmental data for World Bank member countries as well as other economies with populations of over 30,000.Separate tables summarize data for the World, by Region (East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and Africa, etc.), and Income Group. A helpful glossary defines each indicator. |
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100 grams/ha arable 2001 Gross national Access to sanitation Adjusted net savings Agriculture Land area Atlas method Biodiversity Mammal species capita kg oil capita kWh capita mt CFCs ODP metric Commercial energy consumption 100 grams/ha Consumption of CFCs Consumption of fixed DATA East Emissions and pollution emissions per capita Energy GDP energy use PPP$/kg Fertilizer consumption 100 fixed capital Food production index Forest area 1,000 Forests Forest area Freshwater withdrawal total GDP kg/PPP GDP per unit GNI per capita grams/ha arable land Gross national savings improved water source kg oil equiv km arable land National accounting aggregates Nationally protected area Net forest depletion ODP metric tons Particulate emission damage Particulate matter pop-weighted Passenger cars people/sq km arable Population density PPP$/kg oil equiv production index 1989-91 rural people/sq km rural pop sanitation Freshwater resources sq km total freshwater withdrawal total pop Under-5 mortality rate unit of energy unit of GDP urban pop
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Page 7 - Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St.
Page 7 - Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe World Population (millions) 6,273 Population growth (%) 1.2 Surface area (1,000 sq.
Page 90 - PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as the US dollar has in the United States.
Page 89 - Access to improved sanitation facilities is the percentage of the population with at least adequate excreta disposal facilities (private or shared, but not public) that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained.
Page 93 - ... taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.
Page 89 - Access to an Improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.
Page 93 - Income (GNI) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current US dollars converted using the World Bank Atlas method (see Statistical methods).
Page 94 - Nationaliy protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated as national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes and seascapes, or scientific reserves with limited public access. The data do not include sites protected under local or provincial law.
Page 89 - Land under permanent crops refers to land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber; it includes land under shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
Page 89 - Arable land" are not meant to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable. 121 Permanent Crops lOOOha: land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee and rubber, this category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.