GEOG 1303 RESOURCES SHOWING COUNTRY VARIABLES BY REGION

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Regional Data

Country Variables

THEME	VARIABLE	POSSIBLE VALUES find the latest year in which data for all values is available & use that year's vales for ALL variables	NUMERICAL ID
PHYSICAL	potable water	scarce, uneven, or plentiful	1
	arable land	scarce, uneven, or plentiful	2
	valuable resources	none, exhausted and list former top 3, or list current top 3	3
CULTURAL	influence of language	centrifugal influence, none, or centripetal influence (value descriptions)	4
	influence of religion	centrifugal influence, none, or centripetal influence (value descriptions)	5
	heterogeneity vs. homogeneity	heterogeneity creating conflict, heterogeneity with no conflict, or homogeneity	6
POPULATION	literacy	% population that is literate	7
	poverty	% population below the national poverty line	8
	population growth	% annual population change (positive or negative)	9
	urbanization	% population that lives in urban areas	10
	stage of DTM	I, II, III, IV or V (define with birth trend, death trend, main economic activity) (value descriptions)	11
	population density	per square mile	12
POLITICAL	shape	compact, prorupt / protruded, elongated, fragmented or perforated (value descriptions)	13
	type of government (How is the government run?)	dictatorship, totalitarian, theocracy, monarchy, parliamentary, republic, anarchy (value descriptions)	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 (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) (value descriptions)	17
	economic trend	% average annual change (positive or negative) in GDP	18
	main economic activity	primary (extraction), secondary (manufacturing) or tertiary (services) (value descriptions)	19

Data Sources

2022 PRB World Population Data Sheet

UNIT 7 Power Point Presentations and Margin Notes

Country at a Glance Tables -- pick databank of choice

World Bank Data Catalog -- choose country from drop down menu, click on Go link

Country Profiles -- choose country from drop down menu, click on desired link

WDI Time Series Data -- select countries and click Next, select indicators and click Next, select years and click Next

Data by Topic

World Bank Key Development Data and Statistics

UNDEP’s Human Development Index

HDR Indicators

UN Statistics Division

Demographic and Social Statistics

Demographic Yearbook

POVCALNet

FAO Statistics Division

CIA World Fact Book

WHO Statistical Information System

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 and 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 and 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

* see Country Variable table at top of page for variable names and descriptions.

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

* see Country Variable table at top of page for variable names and descriptions.

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

* see Country Variable table at top of page for variable names and descriptions.

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	gold
4	centrifugal	none	centripetal	centrifugal	centripetal	centrifugal
5	centripetal	none	centripetal	centrifugal	centripetal	none
6	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	86.7	93	69.1	98	92.9	88
8	60	38	56.2	27.4	44.5	31
9	1.8	1.7	2.1	0.3	1.2	1.2
10	66	80	49	92.2	71	84
11	III	III	III	III	II	IV
12	24	79	326	48	56	59
13	compact	prorupt	compact	compact	compact	prorupt
14
15	5 B / 1,460	208 B / 7,550	68.7 B / 5,300	32.2 B / 8,260	95.2 B / 3,990	1.2 T / 6,060
16	2,890	7,440	4,120	11,150	6,070	8,800
17	0.695	0.792	0.689	0.852	0.773	0.800
18	4.6	8	4	1.5	9.8	5.2
19	primary	secondary	secondary	secondary	tertiary	tertiary

* see Country Variable table at top of page for variable names and descriptions.

Caribbean

*	PUERTO RICO	HAITI	BARBADOS	BAHAMAS	TRINID & TOB	CAYMANS	CUBA
1	scarce	scarce	scarce	scarce	scarce	scarce	uneven
2	scarce	scarce	plentiful	scarce	uneven	scarce	plentiful
3	cane, coffee, pharm, electron	gold, bauxite	oil	fish, salt, timber	oil, nat gas, sugar	fish	nickel, iron ore, copper
4	centripetal	centrifugal	none	centripetal	none	centripetal	none
5	centripetal	centripetal	none	centrifugal	none	centrifugal	none
6	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	82.6	52.9	99	95.6	98.7	98	98.9
8	12.3	80	---	9.3	17	---	---
9	1	1.6	0.4	0.5	-1	2.4	0.1
10	97	45	39	84	75	100	76
11	IV	II	IV	III	IV	II	IV
12	1143	850	1500	56	650	400	262
13	compact	fragmented	compact	fragmented	fragmented	fragmented	elongated
14
15	72 B / 18,300 (GDP)	5 B / 520	2.3 B / 9,110	5.4 B / 17,160	19 B / 14,480	1.9 B / 43,800 (GDP)	104 B / 9,100 (GDP)
16	---	1,050	10,880	---	14,580	---	---
17	---	0.529	0.892	0.845	0.814	---	0.838
18	-1.8	3	1.5	-1.5	6	0.9	7.3
19	secondary	primary	tertiary	tertiary	secondary	tertiary	tertiary

*	GUYANA	BRIT VIRGINS	GRENADA	DOMINICA	JAMAICA	BERMUDA	VIRGINS
1	scarce	plentiful	plentiful	plenty	plentiful	uneven	scarce
2	scarce	scarce	scarce	scarce	scarce	scarce	scarce
3	bauxite, sugar, rice, timber	timber, produce, fish, construction	timber, fruit, harbors	timber, hydro, arable land	bauxite, gypsum	limestone	none
4	centrifugal	none	centrifugal	centripetal	centripetal	none	none
5	centrifugal	centrifugal	centrifugal	centrifugal	centrifugal	none	none
6	heterogeneity creating conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	91	98	81	94	86	98	98
8	35	29	32	30	14.8	19	28.9
9	1.2	2	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	-0.2
10	28	40	30.8	74	53.1	100	95
11	II	III	III	IV	III	III	III
12	10	---	1000	333	643	---	1000
13	elongated	fragmented	prorupt	compact	compact	elongated	fragmented
14
15	893 M / 1,170	853 M / 38,500 (GDP)	0.6 B / 5,710	726 M / 10,000	11.8 B / 4,420	4.5 B / 69,900 (GDP)	1.6 B / 14,500 (GDP)
16	4,680	---	6,010	5,650	5,050	---	---
17	0.750	---	0.777	0.798	0.736	---	---
18	-2	1	2.5	3.2	1	4.6	2
19	primary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary	tertiary

* see Country Variable table at top of page for variable names and descriptions.

North Africa and Southwest Asia

*	KUWAIT	ISRAEL	MOROCCO	IRAQ	SAUDI ARABIA	JORDAN
1	scarce	uneven	scarce	scarce	uneven	scarce
2	scarce	scarce	uneven	uneven	uneven	scarce
3	oil, fish, shrimp, natural gas	timber, potash, gas, phosphates	phosphates, iron, manganese	oil, natural gas	oil	phosphates, potash, shale oil
4	none	centrifugal	none	centrifugal	centripetal	none
5	centrifugal	centrifugal	none	centrifugal	centripetal	centripetal
6	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity creating conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity creating conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	94	97.1	52.3	74.1	82.9	91
8	---	21.6	15	---	30	14
9	3.6	1.7	1.5	2.6	3.4	2.5
10	98.3	92	56	67	87	78
11	IV	V	II	IV	III	IV
12	391	926	181	174	34	169
13	compact	elongated	compact	compact	compact	compact
14
15	99 B / 38,420	203.4 B / 28,600	70.6 B / 2,580	83.7 B / 3,000 (GDP)	554 B / 22,950	16.3 B / 2,850
16	49,970	25,930	3,990	---	22,910	5,160
17	0.891	0.932	0.646	---	0.812	0.773
18	6.3	4.2	6.2	1.5	4.4	6.3
19	secondary	tertiary	primary	secondary	secondary	tertiary

*	EGYPT	TURKEY	TUNISIA	BAHRAIN	LEBANON
1	scarce	uneven	plentiful	scarce	scarce
2	uneven	uneven	scarce	scarce	scarce
3	coal, oil, hydropower	coal	oil, phosphates	exhausted (oil)	limestone, iron, salt
4	centrifugal	none	centrifugal	none	centripetal
5	centrifugal	centripetal	centripetal	none	centrifugal
6	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity with no conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity creating conflict
7	82.6	87	77.7	73	90
8	12.3	20	7.4	---	28
9	1.8	1.3	1	1.7	1
10	42	68	66.1	89	86.8
11	III	IV	III	III	III
12	194	250	163	2667	1000
13	prorupt	compact	elongated	elongated	elongated
14
15	120 B / 1,580	593 B / 8,120	32.8 B / 3,210	4 B / 17,390	28.7 B / 6,350
16	5,400	12,090	7,130	34,310	10,050
17	0.708	0.775	0.766	0.866	0.772
18	7	5	6	6.3	2.5
19	secondary	secondary	primary	primary	secondary

* see Country Variable table at top of page for variable names and descriptions.

Sub-Saharan Africa

*	ETHIOPIA	GHANA	TANZANIA	ZIMBABWE	CAMEROON	LESOTHO	ANGOLA	MADAGASCAR
1	scarce	uneven	scarce	uneven	uneven	plentiful	uneven	scarce
2	scarce	plentiful	scarce	scarce	uneven	scarce	scarce	scarce
3	gold, platinum, copper	diamonds	gold	coal, nickel, copper	oil, bauxite, ore, timber, hydro	exhausted (oil)	diamonds	graphite, coal, chromite, bauxite
4	centripetal	centrifugal	none	centrifugal	none	centripetal	centrifugal	none
5	centripetal	centripetal	none	centrifugal	none	centripetal	centrifugal	none
6	heterogeneity with no conflict	heterogeneity creating conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity creating conflict	heterogeneity creating conflict	homogeneity	heterogeneity creating conflict	heterogeneity with no conflict
7	42.7	59	69	90.7	67.9	84.8	70	68.9
8	38.7	29	36	80	40	49	40.5	50
9	3.2	2.2	2.5	0.6	2.2	0.1	2	2.8
10	17	49	25	37	56	25	45	29
11	II	I	I	I	II	III	I	II
12	186	260	110	89	101	154	35	83
13	compact	compact	compact	compact	prorupt	compact	compact	elongated
14
15	7.5 B / 280	13.7 B / 600	163 B / 400	2.2 B / 200 (GDP)	19.4 B / 1,050	1 B / 1,080	45.5 B / 2,590	6.3 B / 320
16	780	1,330	1,200	---	2,120	1,890	4,400	920
17	0.406	0.553	0.467	0.513	0.532	0.549	0.446	0.533
18	11.6	6.3	7.1	-5.6	3	4.8	20	3.1
19	primary	primary	primary	primary	secondary	secondary	secondary	tertiary

*	NIGERIA	SOUTH AFRICA	KENYA	SWAZILAND	CHAD	RWANDA	SOMALIA	DJIBOUTI
1	scarce	uneven	uneven	scarce	scarce	uneven	scarce	scarce
2	scarce	plentiful	scarce	scarce	scarce	plentiful

Country Variables

Data Sources

Regional Tables

Regional Comparisons

Top Five and Bottom Five Countries based on GNI-PPP Per Capita

North America

Europe

Australia & Oceana

Latin America

Caribbean

North Africa and Southwest Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

Top Five and Bottom Five Countries
based on GNI-PPP Per Capita