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The Wellbeing of Nations portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains a subset of 123 variables assembled from the Wellbeing of Nations, which assesses human and ecosystem wellbeing for 183 countries. The variables selected include both raw data and processed indicators and indices created by the report's author, Robert Prescott-Allen. The data 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 ,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ,
BAHAMAS ,
BARBADOS ,
BERMUDA ,
BRUNEI ,
CAPE VERDE ,
COMOROS ,
CUBA ,
CYPRUS ,
DOMINICA ,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ,
FIJI ,
GRENADA ,
HAITI ,
INDONESIA ,
JAMAICA ,
MADAGASCAR ,
MALAYSIA ,
MALDIVES ,
MALTA ,
MAURITIUS ,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ,
PHILIPPINES ,
SAMOA ,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ,
SEYCHELLES ,
SINGAPORE ,
SOLOMON ISLANDS ,
SRI LANKA ,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS ,
ST LUCIA ,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ,
TONGA ,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ,
VANUATU ,
AFGHANISTAN ,
ALBANIA ,
ALGERIA ,
ANGOLA ,
ARGENTINA ,
ARMENIA ,
AUSTRALIA ,
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 ,
GABON ,
GAMBIA ,
GEORGIA ,
GERMANY ,
GHANA ,
GREECE ,
GUATEMALA ,
GUINEA ,
GUINEA-BISSAU ,
GUYANA ,
HONDURAS ,
HUNGARY ,
ICELAND ,
INDIA ,
IRAN ,
IRAQ ,
IRELAND ,
ISRAEL ,
ITALY ,
JAPAN ,
JORDAN ,
KAZAKHSTAN ,
KENYA ,
KUWAIT ,
KYRGYZSTAN ,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,
LATVIA ,
LEBANON ,
LESOTHO ,
LIBERIA ,
LIBYA ,
LITHUANIA ,
LUXEMBOURG ,
MALAWI ,
MALI ,
MAURITANIA ,
MEXICO ,
MOLDOVA ,
MONGOLIA ,
MOROCCO ,
MOZAMBIQUE ,
MYANMAR ,
NAMIBIA ,
NEPAL ,
NETHERLANDS ,
NEW ZEALAND ,
NICARAGUA ,
NIGER ,
NIGERIA ,
NORTH KOREA ,
NORTH MACEDONIA ,
NORWAY ,
OMAN ,
PAKISTAN ,
PANAMA ,
PARAGUAY ,
PERU ,
POLAND ,
PORTUGAL ,
QATAR ,
ROMANIA ,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION ,
RWANDA ,
SAUDI ARABIA ,
SENEGAL ,
SIERRA LEONE ,
SLOVAKIA ,
SLOVENIA ,
SOMALIA ,
SOUTH AFRICA ,
SOUTH KOREA ,
SPAIN ,
SUDAN ,
SURINAME ,
SWEDEN ,
SWITZERLAND ,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ,
TAJIKISTAN ,
TANZANIA ,
THAILAND ,
TOGO ,
TUNISIA ,
TURKEY ,
TURKMENISTAN ,
UGANDA ,
UKRAINE ,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ,
UNITED KINGDOM ,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,
URUGUAY ,
UZBEKISTAN ,
VENEZUELA ,
VIETNAM ,
YEMEN ,
ZAMBIA ,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01 to 2000-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3550186177-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Ecosystems ,
Public Health ,
Sustainability ,
Environmental Sustainability ,
Sea Level Rise

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Prescott-Allen, R. (2001). Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4MS3QNT Date Accessed: 2026-04-15

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