WB - Environmental indicators

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

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Average precipitation (mm per year)
Forest rents (% of GDP)
Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)

Average precipitation (mm per year)

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

Forest rents (% of GDP)

WB - Environmental indicators

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

Measurement unit:

% of GDP

Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)

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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

Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)

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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

Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)

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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

Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)

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

Measurement unit:

% of GDP