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Wednesday, 30th August 2006

Updated Stats Added to EarthTrends Database Indicators

EarthTrends Database Gets Another Update

EarthTrends is built and maintained by the World Resources Institute. Fully searchable.

Direct to EarthTrends

...we have recently updated nearly 70 indicators, including labor, land, GDP, and trade data sets with the most recent statistics available.

A complete list of what's been updated is available below.

Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems
Industrial Water Pollution: Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions

Population, Human Health, and Well-being
Labor: Agricultural labor force as a percent of total labor force
Labor: Agricultural labor force
Labor: Total labor force
Transportation: Passenger cars per 1000 people

Economics, Business and the Environment
Debt: Present value of debt as a percent of GNI
Debt: Total debt service
Debt: Total debt service as a percent of export earnings
Debt: Total external debt
Development Assistance: Aid as a percent of government expenditure
Development Assistance: Aid as a percent of GNI
Development Assistance: Aid per capita
Development Assistance: Aid received
GDP: Currency conversion factors (exchange rate)
GDP: GDP per capita, annual growth rate
GDP: GDP per capita, constant US dollars
GDP: GDP per capita, current US dollars
GDP: GDP per capita, PPP, current international dollars
GDP: GDP, annual growth rate
GDP: GDP, constant US dollars
GDP: GDP, current US dollars
GDP: GDP, PPP, current international dollars
GDP: Percent GDP from agriculture
GDP: Percent GDP from industry
GDP: Percent GDP from manufacturing
GDP: Percent GDP from services
GNI: Atlas method, current US dollars
GNI: PPP, current international dollars
Government Expenditure: General government final consumption expenditure
Government Expenditure: Government cash deficit or surplus as a percent of GDP
Government Expenditure: Military expenditure as a percent of government expenditure
Government Expenditure: Military expenditure as a percent of GDP
Government Expenditure: Public education expenditure as a percent of GDP
Government Expenditure: Public health expenditure as a percent of GDP
Labor: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid
Labor: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received
National Savings: Gross savings as a percent of GNI
Tourism: International tourism expenditures
Tourism: International tourism receipts
Trade in Goods and Services: Current account balance
Trade in Goods and Services: Imports of goods and services
Trade in Goods and Services: Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP
Trade in Goods and Services: Exports of goods and services
Trade in Goods and Services: Exports of goods and services as a percent of GDP
Trade in Goods and Services: Net trade in goods and services (balance of trade)
Trade in Goods: Agricultural raw materials exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Agricultural raw materials imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Fuel exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Fuel imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Food exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Food imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Manufactures exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Manufactures imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Transnational Corporations: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Agriculture and Food
Agricultural Inputs: Water use intensity
Food Aid: Cereals donated by country
Food Aid: Cereals received by country
Labor: Agricultural labor intensity
Land: Arable land
Land: Irrigated land
Land: Irrigated land as a percent of total agricultural area
Land: Permanent cropland
Land: Permanent pasture
Land: Total area
Nutrition: Grain fed to livestock as a percent of total grain consumed

Source: WRI

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