GEOG 1303 RESOURCES SHOWING COUNTRY VARIABLES BY REGION

COUNTRY VARIABLES

THEME	VARIABLE	POSSIBLE VALUES	NUMERICAL ID
PHYSICAL	potable water	scarce, uneven or plentiful	1
	arable land	scarce, uneven or plentiful	2
	valuable resources	none, exhausted & list former top 3 or list current top 3	3
CULTURAL	influence of language	centrifugal influence, none or centripetal influence	4
	influence of religion	centrifugal influence, none or centripetal influence	5
	heterogeneity vs. homogeneity	heterogeneity creating conflict, heterogeneity with no conflict or homogeneity	6
POPULATION	literacy	% population that is literate in 2007	7
	poverty	% population below the national poverty line in 2007	8
	population growth	% annual population change (positive or negative) in 2007	9
	urbanization	% population that lives in urban areas in 2007	10
	stage of DTM	I, II, III, IV or V (defines birth trend, death trend, main economic activity)	11
	population density	square mile	12
POLITICAL	shape	compact, prorupt / protruded, elongated, fragmented or perforated	13
	type of government		14
	centrifugal forces	list most important 1-3	not used
	centripetal forces	list most important 1-3	not used
ECONOMIC	current economic status	GNI / GNI per capita (both for 2007 in current US $)	15
	current economic status	GNI per capita PPP (US $)	16
	quality of life	human development index (HDI) (0-100 scale with 100 being the best QOL)	17
	economic trend	% average annual change (positive or negative) in GDP in 2007	18
	main economic activity	primary (extraction), secondary (manufacturing) or tertiary (services)	19

DATA SOURCES
UNIT 7 POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS & MARGIN NOTES

COUNTRY AT A GLANCE TABLES
http://go.worldbank.org/IZJELEDY60
choose country from drop down menu, click on Go link

HPN STATS AT A GLANCE
http://go.worldbank.org/malq9x8as0
choose country from drop down menu, click on Go link

COUNTRY PROFILES
http://go.worldbank.org/JVXVANWYY0
choose country from drop down menu, click on desired link

WDI TIME SERIES DATA
http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMembers&userid=1&queryId=135
select countries and click Next, select indicators and click Next, select years and click Next

DATA BY TOPIC
http://go.worldbank.org/LJW2UB0SI0

WORLD BANK KEY DEVELOPMENT DATA & STATISTICS
http://go.worldbank.org/1SF48T40L0

UNDP’S HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 2008
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/data/

Indicators - 2007/2008 Report
http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/

UN STATISTICS DIVISION
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
Demographic and Social Statistics
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/default.htm

Demographic Yearbook
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/2000_round.htm
POVCALNET
http://go.worldbank.org/A8URN8FWB0

FAO STATISTICS DIVISION
http://www.fao.org/statistics/

CIA WORLD FACT BOOK
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

WHO STATISTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
http://www.who.int/whosis/en/

REGIONAL TABLES
NORTH AMERICA EUROPE OCEANA LATIN AMERICA
CARIBBEAN MIDDLE EAST
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SOUTH ASIA
RUSSIA CENTRAL ASIA EAST ASIA SOUTHEAST ASIA

REGIONAL COMPARISONS

Region	Population millions	Population Density sq mi	RNI %	HDI	Live in Urban Area %	Arable Land %	GNI-PPP per cap
North America	335	40	0.6	0.949	79	10	43,290
Latin America	569	72	1.5	0.781	74	7	8,800
Sub-Saharan Africa	749	89	2.5	0.439	31	6	2,020
Mid. East	503	85	1.9	0.709	56	6	7,980
Europe	532	271	0.1	0.917	74	24	28,160
Russia & Neighbors	278	33	0.0	0.770	64	8	8,590
Asia	3,617	451	1.1	0.688	38	20	6,710
Oceana	34	10	1.0	0.881	71	5	23,990
World (comparison)	,6692	127	1.2	0.719	49	10	9,730
US (comparison)	304	82	0.6	0.951	79	19	45,850

TOP FIVE & BOTTOM FIVE COUNTRIES
BASED ON GNI-PPP PER CAPITA

Country	GNI-PPP per Cap (US$, 2008)
Luxembourg	64,400
Norway	53,690
Kuwait	49,970
Brunei	49,900
Singapore	48,520
US	45,850

Congo, DR	290
Liberia	290
Burundi	330
Eritrea	400
Guinea-Bissau	470
Niger	630

NORTH AMERICA

	US	CANADA
1	plentiful	uneven
2	uneven	scarce
3	gas, oil, coal, copper, lead	oil, iron, coal, gold, silver
4	centrifugal	centrifugal
5	centrifugal	none
6	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	99	100
8	12	10.8
9	1	0.8
10	81	82
11	V	V
12	82	9
13	fragmented	compact
14
15	13.9 T / 46,090	1.3 T / 39,650
16	45,850	35,310
17	0.951	0.961
18	2.1	0.4
19	tertiary	tertiary

EUROPE

	GERMANY	BULGARIA	LATVIA	CROATIA	FRANCE	ICELAND	NETHERLANDS	BELGIUM
1	plentiful	uneven	uneven	plentiful	uneven	scarce	plentiful	uneven
2	uneven	scarce	uneven	plentiful	uneven	scarce	plentiful	uneven
3	metals	zinc, copper	timber, minerals	oil, salt, hydropower	minerals	exhausted	natural gas, salt, peat	construction material, silica, carbonates
4	centripetal	centrifugal	none	centripetal	centripetal	centripetal	centrifugal	centrifugal
5	centripetal	centrifugal	none	centripetal	none	centrifugal	none	none
6	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity creating conflict	heterogeneity creating conflict	homogeneity	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity creating conflict
7	99.4	98	99	98.1	99	99	98	99
8	17	13	6	11	6.2	---	10.5	15.2
9	-0.2	-0.6	-0.6	-0.04	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.5
10	88	71	68	57	76	92	82	97
11	IV	IV	IV	III	V	IV	IV	V
12	597	178	92	202	291	8	1038	907
13	compact	compact	prorupt	elongated	compact	prorupt	compact	compact
14
15	3.2 T / 24,888	35.1 B / 4,590	22.6 B / 9,930	53 B / 12,000	2.1 T / 34,400	6 B / 40,070	748 B / 45,650	436 B / 41,120
16	33,820	11,180	16,890	15,050	33,470	34,060	39,500	35,110
17	0.935	0.824	0.855	0.850	0.952	0.968	0.953	0.946
18	1.5	5.1	8	4.6	2	5.5	2	2.8
19	tertiary	secondary	tertiary	secondary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary

	PORTUGAL	SPAIN	GREECE	LUXEMBOURG	IRELAND	NORWAY	FINLAND	ITALY
1	plentiful	uneven	plentiful	plentiful	plentiful	plentiful	plentiful	plentiful
2	scarce	uneven	scarce	plentiful	scarce	scarce	scarce	uneven
3	fish, forests, iron, copper	coal, lignite, iron	lignite, oil, iron ore	land, coal	gas, copper, wood, zinc	fish, oil	timber, iron ore	coal, nat gas, marble, zinc
4	none	centripetal	centripetal	centripetal	centripetal	centrifugal	centripetal	centripetal
5	centrifugal	centripetal	centripetal	centripetal	centrifugal	centrifugal	centripetal	centripetal
6	heterogeneity creating conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneous	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	95	98	97.1	100	99	99	100	98.4
8	9.8	19.8	12	6	7	6.4	---	---
9	0.6	1.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.1	-0.05
10	81	77	60.8	82	61	77	63	67.9
11	V	IV	IV	V	IV	V	IV	V
12	299	238	220	8333	166	38	41	515
13	fragmented	compact	fragmented	compact	prorupt	elongated	elongated	fragmented
14
15	235 B / 22,080	1.3 T / 31,960	288 B / 25,740	37.9 B / 84,890	180 B / 35,400	364 B / 77,370	234 B / 44,310	19 T / 33,490
16	20,640	30,110	32,520	64,400	37,040	53,690	35,720	29,900
17	0.897	0.949	0.926	0.944	0.959	0.968	0.952	0.941
18	1.3	2.4	4	-0.9	1	4	4	1.5
19	tertiary	secondary	tertiary	tertiary	secondary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary

AUSTRALIA & OCEANA

	FIJI	FRENCH POLY	VANUATU	GUAM	PAP NEW GUIN	MARSHALLS	NEW CALEDON	PITCAIRNS
1	plentiful	uneven	scarce	scarce	uneven	scarce	plentiful	scarce
2	uneven	scarce	scarce	scarce	uneven	scarce	scarce	scarce
3	timber, gold, oil, copper, hydro	timber, fish, cobalt	manganese, hardwood, fish	aquatic wildlife, fish	gold, copper, silver, nat gas	coconut & marine products, deep seabed minerals	nickel, chrome, iron, gold	miro trees, fish
4	centrifugal	none	none	centripetal	none	centripetal	centripetal	none
5	centrifugal	none	none	centripetal	none	centrifugal	centripetal	centripetal
6	heterogeneity creating conflict	heterogeneity creating conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	homogeneity
7	94.4	98	78	99	57.3	93.7	96	100
8	25.5	42	---	23	37	---	---	---
9	0.6	1	2.5	1.4	2.3	2.1	1.2	0
10	52	52	34	93	13	71	65	0
11	III	III	II	IV	III	III	III	I
12	127	200	43	1000	36	1000	28	---
13	fragmented	compact	fragmented	elongated	fragmented	fragmented	fragmented	fragmented
14
15	3 B / 3,750	3.8 B / 16,070	445 M / 1,970	2.5 B / 15,000 (GDP)	5.4 B / 850	88 M / 3,270	3.2 B / 15,000	---
16	4,370	---	2,890	---	1,500	---	---	---
17	0.762	---	0.674	---	0.530	---	---	---
18	2.2	2.7	7	---	6	3.5	---	---
19	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary	primary	tertiary	tertiary	primary

	PALAU	N MARIANAS	TONGA	TUVALU	AUSTRALIA	NAURU	NEW ZEALAND	AM SAMOA
1	plentiful	scarce	scarce	scarce	uneven	scarce	plentiful	scarce
2	scarce	scarce	uneven	scarce	uneven	scarce	scarce	scarce
3	gold	arable land, fish	fish, fertile soil	fish, coconuts	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper	exhausted (phosphates), fish	gas, iron ore, sand	pumice, pumicite
4	none	none	none	centripetal	none	centripetal	centripetal	none
5	none	none	none	centripetal	none	centripetal	centripetal	none
6	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	92	97	99	95	99	97	99	97
8	---	2	24	---	3.6	10.8	---	---
9	0.8	2	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.7	0.9	-0.3
10	60	91	24.5	49	88	100	86.4	92
11	II	III	II	III	IV	II	IV	III
12	100	350	333	1000	7	1111	41	250
13	fragmented	fragmented	fragmented	fragmented	prorupt	compact	fragmented	fragmented
14
15	166 M / 8,250	900 M / 12,500 (GDP)	0.3 B / 2,560	14.9 M / 16,000 (GDP)	751 B / 35,760	60 M / 5,000 (GDP)	114 B / 27,090	575.3 M / 8,000 (GDP)
16	---	---	3,430	---	33,340	---	26,340	---
17	---	---	0.819	---	0.962	---	0.943	---
18	2	*	2	3	3	---	3	3
19	tertiary	tertiary	primary	primary	tertiary	primary	tertiary	secondary

LATIN AMERICA
CHILE ARGENTINA NICARAGUA COSTA RICA HONDURAS PANAMA
1 plentiful plentiful uneven plentiful scarce plentiful
2 plentiful scarce uneven uneven uneven scarce
3 copper lead, zinc gold, silver hydropower, coffee bananas, coffee, sugar, textiles fruits, livestock
4 centripetal centripetal none none centripetal none
5 centripetal centripetal none centripetal none none
6 homogeneity homogeneity heterogeneity with no conflict heterogeneity with no conflict heterogeneity with no conflict heterogeneity with no conflict
7 94 97.6 77 99 80 91.9
8 2.3 23.4 47 16 50.7 28.6
9 1 1 1.3 1.4 2 1.5
10 87 91.8 56 63 47 73
11 IV IV III III III III
12 58 37 114 228 169 116
13 elongated elongated prorupt prorupt compact elongated
14
15 135 B / 8,190 238 B / 6,040 5.8 B / 980 24.6 B / 5,520 11.3 B / 1,600 18 B / 5,500
16 11,260 15,390 2,080 8,340 3,160 8,340
17 0.867 0.859 0.710 0.846 0.700 0.812
18 5 9 3.2 7.9 6 12
19 secondary secondary secondary secondary secondary secondary

BOLIVIA VENEZUELA GUATEMALA URUGUAY PERU BRAZIL
1 scarce plentiful plentiful uneven uneven plentiful
2 scarce scarce uneven plentiful scarce scarce
3 gold, timber, silver oil oil, nickel, hydro arable land, hydropower copper, silver, gold