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Environmental sustainability
Regions
Arab States 95.5 4.0 4.4
East Asia and the Pacific .. 15.9 ..
Europe and Central Asia 87.0 9.1 4.6
Latin America and the Caribbean 74.5 27.7 2.6
South Asia 76.9 31.1 1.6
Sub-Saharan Africa 39.2 70.2 0.8
NOTES
Three-colour coding is used to visualize partial grouping of countries and aggregates by indicator. For eac
a This column is intentionally left without colour because it is meant to provide context for the indicator on
b Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
c Less than 0.1.
DEFINITIONS
Fossil fuel energy consumption: Percentage of total energy consumption that comes from fossil fuels, w
Renewable energy consumption: Share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption. Renewa
Carbon dioxide emissions: Human-originated carbon dioxide emissions stemming from the burning of fo
Forest area: Land spanning more than 0.5 hectare with trees taller than 5 metres and a canopy cover of m
Fresh water withdrawals: Total fresh water withdrawn, expressed as a percentage of total renewable wa
Natural resource depletion: Monetary valuation of energy, mineral and forest depletion, expressed as a
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution: Age-standardized mortality rate resu
for cooking, expressed per 100,000 population. Ambient air pollution results from emissions from industria
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services: Deaths attributable to unsa
Degraded land: Rain fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands that have e
Red List Index: Measure of the aggregate extinction risk across groups of species. It is based on genuine
Natural Household
Fresh water
bon dioxide emissions Forest area resource and ambient
withdrawals
depletion air pollution
(% of total
(kg per 2010 (% of total a
Change (%) renewable water (% of GNI) (per 100,000 populatio
US$ of GDP) land area)
resources)
b b
2016 2016 1990/2016 2007-2017 2012-2017 2016
.. 70.2 .. .. .. ..
0.35 48.1 67.1 .. 1.0 64
.. 1.5 1.0 42.8 .. ..
0.24 1.9 3.4 42.9 10.9 75
0.22 12.6 13.5 35.7 0.3 49
0.47 3.3 -24.8 .. 6.3 111
.. 83.9 -0.9 0.5 13.3 108
0.14 12.6 -30.9 .. 1.0 42
0.20 3.0 1.9 .. 3.5 129
.. 22.5 57.3 .. 0.5 99
0.14 32.7 -26.2 .. 1.7 74
0.17 25.9 -31.0 0.9 2.9 56
0.26 23.8 10.8 33.9 1.0 184
0.17 8.3 -21.9 .. 2.6 145
.. 45.4 -30.1 .. 29.7 140
0.23 40.0 -45.0 .. 1.6 61
.. 15.0 0.0 .. 0.0 140
.. 72.5 35.1 0.4 2.7 124
0.14 11.0 -4.5 2.9 0.6 149
.. 91.9 .. .. .. 152
.. 55.8 -4.3 1.9 0.0 162
0.10 65.4 -1.8 .. 31.4 131
.. 34.3 25.1 .. 1.7 137
.. 82.1 7.4 .. 6.3 188
.. 36.1 0.0 .. 0.0 136
0.12 41.2 8.6 .. 11.4 204
0.06 65.2 -8.2 .. 8.3 127
.. 55.5 -16.3 .. 22.9 178
0.08 43.6 -27.3 .. 2.7 156
0.17 52.9 -27.9 .. 1.0 150
0.11 7.8 -5.8 13.1 2.5 78
0.13 25.4 -24.7 .. 0.9 194
0.12 46.3 -5.3 .. 12.8 119
0.08 39.3 -23.5 .. 2.5 208
0.35 35.5 -38.0 17.9 3.1 133
0.17 1.9 -43.5 74.4 0.8 174
.. 77.9 -6.2 .. 20.9 137
tes by indicator. For each indicator countries are divided into three groups of approximately equal size (terciles): the top third, th
ntext for the indicator on change in forest area.
omes from fossil fuels, which consist of coal, oil, petroleum and natural gas products.
y consumption. Renewable sources include hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass and biofuels.
ng from the burning of fossil fuels, gas flaring and the production of cement. Carbon dioxide emitted by forest biomass through
and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It excludes land predominantly und
ge of total renewable water resources.
pletion, expressed as a percentage of gross national income (GNI).
dized mortality rate resulting from exposure to ambient (outdoor) air pollution and household (indoor) air pollution from solid fue
emissions from industrial activity, households, cars and trucks.
eaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate wash services, expressed per 100,000 popula
nd woodlands that have experienced the reduction or loss of biological or economic productivity and complexity resulting from a
s. It is based on genuine changes in the number of species in each category of extinction risk on the International Union for Co
third, the middle third and the bottom third. Aggregates are colour coded using the same tercile cutoffs. See Notes after the tab
(% of total land
(per 100,000 population) (value)
area)
0.2 .. 0.940
0.1 .. 0.974
0.1 .. 0.925
0.6 .. 0.983
.. .. 0.821
0.1 .. 0.825
0.1 .. 0.861
0.2 .. 0.993
0.1 .. 0.860
0.2 .. 0.943
0.3 .. 0.972
0.1 c
1 0.990
0.4 .. 0.969
0.1 .. 0.626
0.2 .. 0.783
0.2 .. 0.836
0.3 11 0.986
.. .. 0.993
0.2 .. 0.781
0.1 .. 0.894
0.1 c
4 0.987
0.2 .. 0.758
1.8 .. 0.733
0.1 c
5 0.937
0.2 18 0.843
0.2 6 0.971
0.3 12 0.873
0.1 c
.. 0.883
0.1 13 0.902
0.1 c
.. 0.986
0.3 19 0.983
0.1 c
16 0.848
0.1 5 0.971
0.1 3 0.989
0.1 c
1 0.863
.. .. 0.917
0.1 4 0.908
0.1 c
4 0.963
0.1 c
13 0.988
0.2 32 0.854
0.1 c
6 0.826
0.2 1 0.755
0.1 c
.. 0.825
0.2 13 0.930
0.1 c
.. 0.844
0.1 .. 0.901
0.1 c
7 0.885
0.4 39 0.861
0.1 6 0.955
0.1 1 0.972
0.4 36 0.871
0.1 .. 0.944
0.1 c
6 0.813
0.4 2 0.949
.. .. 0.732
0.2 .. 0.914
0.1 c
64 0.845
0.4 26 0.832
0.3 9 0.875
0.1 .. 0.702
0.4 16 0.677
0.2 12 0.664
0.7 6 0.958
0.1 .. 0.813
1.0 23 0.837
0.6 27 0.396
1.9 14 0.733
0.9 9 0.818
0.2 8 0.844
0.2 6 0.864
1.2 36 0.564
1.0 .. 0.651
.. .. 0.731
0.1 .. 0.888
0.1 4 0.905
1.1 47 0.677
3.5 21 0.795
0.3 .. 0.763
1.0 27 0.902
0.8 7 0.737
0.2 2 0.846
1.9 1 0.904
0.1 .. 0.972
1.3 .. 0.724
0.6 27 0.744
0.6 30 0.679
1.1 .. 0.912
0.3 25 0.946
2.2 .. 0.734
0.6 .. 0.842
1.0 13 0.974
1.3 13 0.948
0.8 .. 0.961
11.8 51 0.979
1.3 .. 0.772
0.6 .. 0.724
1.4 15 0.825
.. .. 0.672
2.9 .. 0.669
1.5 52 0.948
2.0 21 0.983
0.6 4 0.963
1.0 81 0.743
0.3 .. 0.843
1.4 .. 0.725
4.2 38 0.644
0.1 29 0.969
4.0 22 0.975
0.4 29 0.969
0.6 .. 0.969
7.1 21 0.754
1.5 .. 0.806
13.7 78 0.772
5.6 18 0.870
20.6 16 0.961
2.0 1 0.909
.. .. 0.839
1.6 31 0.733
.. 15 0.780
3.0 26 0.799
1.9 19 0.887
0.8 24 0.984
3.6 16 0.922
2.0 16 0.826
2.7 97 0.985
4.1 17 0.890
6.3 24 0.721
2.2 .. 0.852
18.6 30 0.678
18.3 19 0.966
9.9 .. 0.885
3.6 .. 0.743
16.7 .. 0.760
3.9 10 0.799
11.9 65 0.760
3.6 .. 0.686
11.4 .. 0.785
38.7 10 0.983
27.9 13 0.817
11.3 .. 0.810
10.4 .. 0.662
18.8 14 0.844
34.9 7 0.879
22.3 19 0.813
12.6 23 0.806
6.5 33 0.816
51.2 40 0.797
19.8 .. 0.825
48.8 20 0.934
45.2 0 0.836
24.6 36 0.789
19.6 5 0.859
6.2 .. 0.767
3.7 .. 0.943
16.3 21 0.839
50.7 22 0.764
19.3 12 0.848
68.6 32 0.874
38.4 .. 0.689
31.6 22 0.751
38.6 3 0.977
30.2 30 0.788
59.7 53 0.910
44.4 20 0.953
47.2 14 0.888
23.9 6 0.943
41.6 12 0.854
17.3 12 0.933
23.8 .. 0.721
13.9 8 0.837
31.3 .. 0.816
28.3 17 0.808
43.7 29 0.842
29.7 14 0.981
44.6 11 0.894
41.5 29 0.887
10.2 .. 0.884
35.3 15 0.960
59.8 6 0.891
27.6 .. 0.825
81.3 18 0.911
49.6 19 0.988
45.6 35 0.907
70.7 3 0.981
65.4 29 0.921
63.3 .. 0.931
101.0 34 0.920
82.1 13 0.943
70.8 7 0.936
1.4 .. 0.899
.. .. 0.759
.. .. 0.772
.. .. 0.992
86.6 23 0.900
.. .. 0.840
0.3 .. —
1.9 25 —
18.0 23 —
46.5 16 —
14.0 23 —
7.0 7 —
2.2 .. —
0.5 28 —
1.7 28 —
17.1 23 —
47.8 22 —
34.3 16 —
8.9 .. —
0.4 .. —
11.7 20 —
erciles): the top third, the middle third and the bottom third. Aggregates are colour coded using the same tercile cutoffs. See Te
orest biomass through depletion of forest areas is included. Data are expressed in tonnes per capita (based on midyear popula
land predominantly under agricultural or urban land use, tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit pla
ta (based on midyear population) and in kilograms per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) in constant 2010 US dollars.
ems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Areas under reforestatio