WB - Environmental indicators | Land Portal

This dataset contains a range of environmental indicators from the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator).

Please note that for most of the indicators below data is available for years beyond 2020, unlike what the table is diplaying.

Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country, measured in millimeter per year.

Measurement unit: 
mm per year

This indicator measures forest rents as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) of a given country.

Measurement unit: 
% of GDP

This indicator measures the proportion of marine protected areas as a share of the total territorial waters in a country.

Measurement unit: 
% of territorial waters

This indicator measures the proportion of terrestrial and marine protected areas as a share of the total territorial area, including territorial waters, in a country.

Measurement unit: 
% of total territorial area

This indicator measures the proportion of terrestrial protected areas as a share of the total land area in a country.

Measurement unit: 
% of total land area

This indicator measures total natural resources rents as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) of a given country.

Measurement unit: 
% of GDP

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