Creator: ESDIS
Keywords: Sustainability,Environmental Sustainability

Data at a Glance

Data Format

CSV, PDF

Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Location

GLOBAL ,

AMERICAN SAMOA ,

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ,

ARUBA ,

BAHAMAS ,

BARBADOS ,

BERMUDA ,

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY ,

BRUNEI ,

CAPE VERDE ,

CAYMAN ISLANDS ,

CHRISTMAS ISLAND ,

COCOS ISLANDS ,

COMOROS ,

COOK ISLANDS ,

CUBA ,

CYPRUS ,

DOMINICA ,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ,

FAEROE ISLANDS ,

FALKLAND ISLANDS ,

FIJI ,

FRENCH POLYNESIA ,

GRENADA ,

GUADELOUPE ,

GUAM ,

HAITI ,

INDONESIA ,

JAMAICA ,

KIRIBATI ,

MADAGASCAR ,

MALAYSIA ,

MALDIVES ,

MALTA ,

MARSHALL ISLANDS ,

MARTINIQUE ,

MAURITIUS ,

MAYOTTE ,

MICRONESIA ,

NAURU ,

NEW CALEDONIA ,

NIUE ,

NORFOLK ISLAND ,

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ,

PALAU ,

PAPUA NEW GUINEA ,

PHILIPPINES ,

PITCAIRN ISLANDS ,

PUERTO RICO ,

REUNION ,

SAMOA ,

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ,

SEYCHELLES ,

SINGAPORE ,

SOLOMON ISLANDS ,

SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND ,

SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS ,

SRI LANKA ,

ST HELENA ,

ST KITTS AND NEVIS ,

ST LUCIA ,

ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON ,

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ,

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ,

TOKELAU ,

TONGA ,

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ,

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ,

TUVALU ,

VANUATU ,

WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS ,

AFGHANISTAN ,

ALBANIA ,

ALGERIA ,

ANDORRA ,

ANGOLA ,

ARGENTINA ,

ARMENIA ,

AUSTRIA ,

AZERBAIJAN ,

BAHRAIN ,

BANGLADESH ,

BELARUS ,

BELGIUM ,

BELIZE ,

BENIN ,

BHUTAN ,

BOLIVIA ,

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ,

BOTSWANA ,

BRAZIL ,

BULGARIA ,

BURKINA FASO ,

BURUNDI ,

CAMBODIA ,

CAMEROON ,

CANADA ,

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ,

CHAD ,

CHILE ,

CHINA ,

COLOMBIA ,

CONGO ,

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,

COSTA RICA ,

COTE D'IVOIRE ,

CROATIA ,

CZECHIA ,

DENMARK ,

DJIBOUTI ,

ECUADOR ,

EGYPT ,

EL SALVADOR ,

EQUATORIAL GUINEA ,

ERITREA ,

ESTONIA ,

ETHIOPIA ,

FINLAND ,

FRANCE ,

FRENCH GUIANA ,

GABON ,

GAMBIA ,

GEORGIA ,

GERMANY ,

GHANA ,

GIBRALTAR ,

GREECE ,

GREENLAND ,

GUATEMALA ,

GUINEA ,

GUINEA-BISSAU ,

GUYANA ,

HONDURAS ,

HONG KONG ,

HUNGARY ,

ICELAND ,

INDIA ,

IRAN ,

IRAQ ,

IRELAND ,

ISRAEL ,

ITALY ,

JAPAN ,

JORDAN ,

KAZAKHSTAN ,

KENYA ,

KUWAIT ,

KYRGYZSTAN ,

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,

LATVIA ,

LEBANON ,

LESOTHO ,

LIBERIA ,

LIBYA ,

LIECHTENSTEIN ,

LITHUANIA ,

LUXEMBOURG ,

MACAU ,

MALAWI ,

MALI ,

MAURITANIA ,

MEXICO ,

MOLDOVA ,

MONACO ,

MONGOLIA ,

MOROCCO ,

MOZAMBIQUE ,

MYANMAR ,

NAMIBIA ,

NEPAL ,

NETHERLANDS ,

NEW ZEALAND ,

NICARAGUA ,

NIGER ,

NIGERIA ,

NORTH MACEDONIA ,

NORWAY ,

OMAN ,

PAKISTAN ,

PALESTINE ,

PANAMA ,

PARAGUAY ,

PERU ,

POLAND ,

PORTUGAL ,

QATAR ,

ROMANIA ,

RUSSIAN FEDERATION ,

RWANDA ,

SAN MARINO ,

SAUDI ARABIA ,

SENEGAL ,

SERBIA ,

SIERRA LEONE ,

SLOVAKIA ,

SLOVENIA ,

SOMALIA ,

SOUTH AFRICA ,

SOUTH KOREA ,

SPAIN ,

SUDAN ,

SURINAME ,

SWEDEN ,

SWITZERLAND ,

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ,

TAIWAN ,

TAJIKISTAN ,

TANZANIA ,

THAILAND ,

TOGO ,

TUNISIA ,

TURKEY ,

TURKMENISTAN ,

UGANDA ,

UKRAINE ,

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ,

UNITED KINGDOM ,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,

URUGUAY ,

UZBEKISTAN ,

VENEZUELA ,

VIETNAM ,

WESTERN SAHARA ,

YEMEN ,

ZAMBIA ,

ZIMBABWE

Temporal Extent

1990-01-01 to 2005-12-31

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

The Ancillary Data portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 38 variables (time series data on population and gross domestic product as well as region codes, land area, and waterbody area) for 238 countries. The data are taken from the UN Population Division, the World Bank, the CIA Factbook, and CIESIN's Gridded Population of the World, and are distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Product Summary

Platforms

Models

Instruments

Computer

Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Location

GLOBAL ,

AMERICAN SAMOA ,

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ,

ARUBA ,

BAHAMAS ,

BARBADOS ,

BERMUDA ,

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY ,

BRUNEI ,

CAPE VERDE ,

CAYMAN ISLANDS ,

CHRISTMAS ISLAND ,

COCOS ISLANDS ,

COMOROS ,

COOK ISLANDS ,

CUBA ,

CYPRUS ,

DOMINICA ,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ,

FAEROE ISLANDS ,

FALKLAND ISLANDS ,

FIJI ,

FRENCH POLYNESIA ,

GRENADA ,

GUADELOUPE ,

GUAM ,

HAITI ,

INDONESIA ,

JAMAICA ,

KIRIBATI ,

MADAGASCAR ,

MALAYSIA ,

MALDIVES ,

MALTA ,

MARSHALL ISLANDS ,

MARTINIQUE ,

MAURITIUS ,

MAYOTTE ,

MICRONESIA ,

NAURU ,

NEW CALEDONIA ,

NIUE ,

NORFOLK ISLAND ,

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ,

PALAU ,

PAPUA NEW GUINEA ,

PHILIPPINES ,

PITCAIRN ISLANDS ,

PUERTO RICO ,

REUNION ,

SAMOA ,

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ,

SEYCHELLES ,

SINGAPORE ,

SOLOMON ISLANDS ,

SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND ,

SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS ,

SRI LANKA ,

ST HELENA ,

ST KITTS AND NEVIS ,

ST LUCIA ,

ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON ,

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ,

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ,

TOKELAU ,

TONGA ,

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ,

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ,

TUVALU ,

VANUATU ,

WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS ,

AFGHANISTAN ,

ALBANIA ,

ALGERIA ,

ANDORRA ,

ANGOLA ,

ARGENTINA ,

ARMENIA ,

AUSTRIA ,

AZERBAIJAN ,

BAHRAIN ,

BANGLADESH ,

BELARUS ,

BELGIUM ,

BELIZE ,

BENIN ,

BHUTAN ,

BOLIVIA ,

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ,

BOTSWANA ,

BRAZIL ,

BULGARIA ,

BURKINA FASO ,

BURUNDI ,

CAMBODIA ,

CAMEROON ,

CANADA ,

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ,

CHAD ,

CHILE ,

CHINA ,

COLOMBIA ,

CONGO ,

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,

COSTA RICA ,

COTE D'IVOIRE ,

CROATIA ,

CZECHIA ,

DENMARK ,

DJIBOUTI ,

ECUADOR ,

EGYPT ,

EL SALVADOR ,

EQUATORIAL GUINEA ,

ERITREA ,

ESTONIA ,

ETHIOPIA ,

FINLAND ,

FRANCE ,

FRENCH GUIANA ,

GABON ,

GAMBIA ,

GEORGIA ,

GERMANY ,

GHANA ,

GIBRALTAR ,

GREECE ,

GREENLAND ,

GUATEMALA ,

GUINEA ,

GUINEA-BISSAU ,

GUYANA ,

HONDURAS ,

HONG KONG ,

HUNGARY ,

ICELAND ,

INDIA ,

IRAN ,

IRAQ ,

IRELAND ,

ISRAEL ,

ITALY ,

JAPAN ,

JORDAN ,

KAZAKHSTAN ,

KENYA ,

KUWAIT ,

KYRGYZSTAN ,

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,

LATVIA ,

LEBANON ,

LESOTHO ,

LIBERIA ,

LIBYA ,

LIECHTENSTEIN ,

LITHUANIA ,

LUXEMBOURG ,

MACAU ,

MALAWI ,

MALI ,

MAURITANIA ,

MEXICO ,

MOLDOVA ,

MONACO ,

MONGOLIA ,

MOROCCO ,

MOZAMBIQUE ,

MYANMAR ,

NAMIBIA ,

NEPAL ,

NETHERLANDS ,

NEW ZEALAND ,

NICARAGUA ,

NIGER ,

NIGERIA ,

NORTH MACEDONIA ,

NORWAY ,

OMAN ,

PAKISTAN ,

PALESTINE ,

PANAMA ,

PARAGUAY ,

PERU ,

POLAND ,

PORTUGAL ,

QATAR ,

ROMANIA ,

RUSSIAN FEDERATION ,

RWANDA ,

SAN MARINO ,

SAUDI ARABIA ,

SENEGAL ,

SERBIA ,

SIERRA LEONE ,

SLOVAKIA ,

SLOVENIA ,

SOMALIA ,

SOUTH AFRICA ,

SOUTH KOREA ,

SPAIN ,

SUDAN ,

SURINAME ,

SWEDEN ,

SWITZERLAND ,

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ,

TAIWAN ,

TAJIKISTAN ,

TANZANIA ,

THAILAND ,

TOGO ,

TUNISIA ,

TURKEY ,

TURKMENISTAN ,

UGANDA ,

UKRAINE ,

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ,

UNITED KINGDOM ,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,

URUGUAY ,

UZBEKISTAN ,

VENEZUELA ,

VIETNAM ,

WESTERN SAHARA ,

YEMEN ,

ZAMBIA ,

ZIMBABWE

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1990-01-01 to 2005-12-31

Data Partner

Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)

Concept ID

C3550191850-ESDIS

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2006-12-31

Updated

2006-12-31

Science Keywords

Sustainability ,

Environmental Sustainability

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2006). Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Ancillary Data (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4B56GNC Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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