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___ World Recources 2008 - Comparative Table of Food and Water Recources

World Resources 2008 includes a compilation of country-level data culled from a variety of sources.*

The tables presents some of the data required to build a basic picture of the state of the World in its human, economic, and environmental dimensions.

The sortable table contains four core indicators: Intensity of Agricultural Inputs, Food Security and Nutrition, Fisheries Production and Water Resources.
 		  
Description see below table.
Intensity of
Agricultural Inputs
Agricult.
land in
1000 ha		 Ferti-
lizer
kg/ha		 Water
used
m3/ha		 % of
agri-culture
Food Security
and Nutrition
Calorie Supply
2003
(kcal/person/day)		 % of
under-
nour.
popl.
  Percent
from
Fisheries
Production
Total
Product.
in 2005 in 		% change
since
Water Resources
Actual Renewable
Water Resources		 Water
Poverty
Index (WPI)
2002		 Use of an
Improved Water
Source (% of population)
2004
  per
capita
  Country Land Fertlz. Water Work-
force		 Total Animal
Products		 under-
nour.		 metric-tons 1995 total
(km3)		 m3 per
person		 WPI Urban Rural
  World 4,423,482 110 .. 43 2,809 17 14 157,531,214 26 54,228 8,210 .. 95 73
  Asia (excl. Middle East) 770,403 221 .. 55 2,681 15 15 102,480,487 51 14,514 3,948 .. 93 76
ARM Armenia 1,390 19 3,464 11 2,357 19 24 1,033 (47) 11 3,511 54 99 80
AZE Azerbaijan 4,754 8 5,825 25 2,727 14 7 9,016 (18) 30 3,547 .. 95 59
BGD Bangladesh 9,019 187 8,999 52 2,193 3 30 2,215,957 100 1,211 8,232 54 82 72
BTN Bhutan 585 .. 2,500 94 .. .. .. 300 (12) 95 42,035 56 86 60
KHM Cambodia 5,350 4 1,051 69 2,074 9 33 426,000 279 476 32,526 46 64 35
CHN China 554,851 257c 2,871 64 2,940 22 12 60,630,984 85 2,829 2,125 51 93 67
GEO Georgia 3,006 23 2,006 18 2,646 17 9 3,072 (17) 63 14,406 60 96 67
IND India 180,000 95 3,289 58 2,473 8 20 6,323,557 26 1,897 1,670 53 95 83
IDN Indonesia 47,600 79 2,250 46 2,891 5 6 6,513,133 48 2,838 12,441 65 87 69
JPN Japan 4,736 366 11,435 3 2,768 21 <2.5 5,433,436 (28) 430 3,351 65 100 100
KAZ Kazakhstan 207,784 6 1,321 16 2,858 25 6 31,589 (37) 110 7,405 58 97 73
PRK Korea (North) 2,950 .. 1,771 27 2,178 6 33 712,995 (33) 77 3,403 .. 100 100
KOR Korea (South) 1,902 367 4,651 8 3,035 16 <2.5 2,711,667 (19) 70 1,448 62 97 71
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 10,840 10 6,799 23 3,173 18 4 27 (93) 21 3,821 64 98 66
LAO Lao PDR 1,939 .. 2,818 76 2,338 7 19 107,800 168 334 53,859 54 79 43
MYS Malaysia 7,870 175 736 16 2,867 18 3 1,424,097 14 580 22,104 67 100 96
MNG Mongolia 130,500 3 196 22 2,250 39 27 366 132 35 12,837 55 87 30
MMR Myanmar 11,293 2 3,109 69 2,912 5 5 2,217,466 169 1,046 20,313 54 80 77
NPL Nepal 4,217 15 4,043 93 2,483 7 17 42,463 101 210 7,447 54 96 89
PAK Pakistan 27,230 150 7,407 45 2,316 20 24 515,472 (5) 223 1,353 58 96 89
PHL Philippines 12,200 88 1,981 37 2,480 15 18 4,145,044 48 479 5,577 61 87 82
SGP Singapore 0 .. 950 0 .. .. .. 7,837 (43) 1 135 56 100 ..
LKA Sri Lanka 2,356 130 6,283 44 2,416 6 22 164,230 (30) 50 2,372 56 98 74
TJK Tajikistan 4,255 .. 10,359 31 1,907 10 56 210 (45) 16 2,392 59 92 48
THA Thailand 18,487 128 4,300 53 2,425 13 22 3,743,398 4 410 6,280 64 98 100
TKM Turkmenistan 32,966 .. 12,554 32 2,840 21 7 15,016 32 25 4,979 70 93 54
UZB Uzbekistan 27,259 .. 11,268 25 2,312 17 25 5,425 (61) 50 1,842 61 95 75
VNM Viet Nam 9,537 253 5,974 66 2,617 13 16 3,397,200 130 891 10,310 52 99 80
  Europe 480,665 80 .. 8 3,354 28 <2.5 16,273,014 (15) 7,793 10,686 .. 100 ..
ALB Albania 1,121 70 1,517 46 2,874 28 6 5,275 207 42 13,184 .. 99 94
AUT Austria 3,376 221 14 4 3,732 33 <2.5 2,790 (16) 78 9,455 75 100 100
BLR Belarus 8,885 153 134 11 2,885 27 4 5,050 (18) 58 6,014 61 100 100
BEL Belgium 1,394 .. .. 2 3,634 31 <2.5 25,767 (29) 18 1,751 61 100 100
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,148 16 .. 4 2,668 13 9 9,070 505 38 9,566 .. 99 96
BGR Bulgaria 5,326 126 521 6 2,885 24 8 8,579 (32) 21 2,797 63 100 97
HRV Croatia 3,137 108 .. 7 2,795 20 7 48,465 139 106 23,161 68 100 100
CZE Czech Republic 4,270 118 18 7 3,308 25 <2.5 24,697 9 13 1,290 61 100 100
DNK Denmark 2,658 136 236 3 3,472 36 <2.5 949,625 (54) 6 1,099 61 100 100
EST Estonia 829 436 9 10 3,222 26 <2.5 100,136 (25) 13 9,696 .. 100 99
FIN Finland 2,246 118 30 5 3,143 37 <2.5 146,096 (21) 110 20,857 78 100 100
FRA France 29,690 209 200 3 3,623 37 <2.5 909,483 (6) 204 3,343 68 100 100
DEU Germany 17,001 226 775 2 3,484 31 <2.5 330,353 9 154 1,862 65 100 100
GRC Greece 8,431 115 1,622 15 3,666 23 <2.5 198,951 8 74 6,653 66 .. ..
HUN Hungary 5,865 102 510 9 3,552 32 <2.5 21,270 28 104 10,353 61 100 98
ISL Iceland 2,281 .. 29 7 3,275 41 <2.5 1,690,383 4 170 566,667 77 100 100
IRL Ireland 4,370 452 0 9 3,717 32 <2.5 352,082 (22) 52 12,187 73 100 ..
ITA Italy 15,074 150 1,773 4 3,675 26 <2.5 480,921 (21) 191 3,289 61 100 ..
LVA Latvia 1,582 91 21 11 3,014 28 3 151,160 1 35 15,521 .. 100 96
LTU Lithuania 2,541 143 7 10 3,372 27 <2.5 141,798 140 25 7,317 .. .. ..
MKD Macedonia, Rep. of 1,242 22 .. 10 2,852 18 5 1,114 (26) 6 3,137 .. .. ..
MDA Moldova 2,528 7 353 20 2,729 16 11 5,001 137 12 2,783 49 97 88
NLD Netherlands 1,923 580 2,850 3 3,495 30 <2.5 617,383 18 91 5,539 69 100 100
NOR Norway 1,040 186 261 4 3,511 31 <2.5 3,203,476 7 382 81,886 77 100 100
POL Poland 16,169 108 94 20 3,366 26 <2.5 192,854 (58) 62 1,601 56 100 ..
PRT Portugal 3,812 122 3,503 11 3,747 29 <2.5 218,866 (20) 69 6,485 65 .. ..
ROU Romania 14,800 37 1,333 13 3,582 23 <2.5 13,352 (81) 212 9,837 59 91 16
RUS Russia 216,277 10 108 9 3,118 22 3 3,356,327 (24) 4,507 31,764 63 100 88
Serbia Serbia {g} 5,595 434 .. 17 2,703 35 9 7,022 82 209 19,870 .. 99 86
SVK Slovakia 2,236 92 .. 8 2,779 27 7 2,648 (26) 50 9,276 71 100 99
SVN Slovenia 510 334 .. 1 2,954 31 3 2,763 (7) 32 16,219 69 .. ..
ESP Spain 29,154 119 1,324 6 3,421 28 <2.5 1,071,178 (25) 112 2,557 64 100 100
SWE Sweden 3,166 118 96 3 3,208 36 <2.5 262,239 (36) 174 19,131 72 100 100
CHE Switzerland 1,525 178 114 4 3,545 34 <2.5 2,689 (2) 54 7,354 72 100 100
UKR Ukraine 41,355 13 588 13 3,054 20 <2.5 274,210 (36) 140 3,066 .. 99 91
GBR United Kingdom 16,956 306 47 2 3,450 31 <2.5 842,271 (17) 147 2,449 72 100 100
  Middle East & N. Africa 460,345 77 .. 30 3,116 11 6 3,894,801 29 657 1,398 .. 94 79
AFG Afghanistan 38,048 .. 2,839 66 .. .. .. 1,000 (23) 65 2,015 .. 63 31
DZA Algeria 39,956 5 481 23 3,055 10 4 126,628 19 14 423 50 88 80
EGY Egypt 3,409 535 17,928 31 3,356 8 4 889,302 118 58 759 58 99 97
IRN Iran, Isl. Rep. 63,012 60 4,057 25 3,096 9 4 527,912 43 138 1,931 60 99 84
IRQ Iraq 10,019 .. 6,791 8 .. .. .. 32,970 7 75 2,490 .. 97 50
ISR Israel 552 109 3,019 2 3,554 21 <2.5 26,555 26 2 240 54 100 100
JOR Jordan 1,004 619 1,905 10 2,680 10 6 1,071 80 1 148 46 99 91
KWT Kuwait 154 0 19,167 1 3,061 18 5 5,222 (40) 0 7 54 .. ..
LBN Lebanon 329 102 2,771 3 3,164 17 3 4,601 5 4 1,206 56 100 100
LBY Libya 15,450 28 1,648 5 3,337 11 <2.5 46,342 34 1 99 .. .. ..
MAR Morocco 30,376 53 1,141 33 3,098 7 6 947,777 10 29 895 46 99 56
OMN Oman 1,080 88 15,375 34 .. .. .. 150,744 8 1 369 59 .. ..
SAU Saudi Arabia 173,798 113 4,074 7 2,840 15 4 74,778 55 2 93 53 97 ..
SYR Syria 13,824 62 3,537 26 3,057 14 4 16,980 46 26 1,314 55 98 87
TUN Tunisia 9,784 21 434 23 3,247 11 <2.5 111,818 33 5 442 51 99 82
TUR Turkey 40,644 77 1,056 43 3,328 12 3 545,673 (17) 229 3,051 57 98 93
ARE United Arab Emirates 559 237 6,356 4 3,238 23 <2.5 90,570 (14) 0 31 52 100 100
YEM Yemen 17,734 3 3,787 46 2,020 8 38 263,000 144 4 184 44 71 65
  Sub-Saharan Africa 1,046,854 11 .. 61 2,272 7 30 5,925,170 31 5,463 6,957 .. 81 43
AGO Angola 57,590 2 64 71 2,089 8 35 240,000 95 184 10,909 41 75 40
BEN Benin 3,467 1 22 50 2,574 4 12 38,407 (13) 25 2,765 39 78 57
BWA Botswana 25,980 .. 211 44 2,196 13 32 132 (34) 14 8,215 57 100 90
BFA Burkina Faso 10,900 5 168 92 2,516 5 15 9,007 13 13 890 42 94 54
BDI Burundi 2,345 0 168 90 1,647 2 66 14,200 (33) 4 442 40 92 77
CMR Cameroon 9,160 6 102 55 2,286 6 26 142,682 51 286 16,920 54 86 44
CAF Central African Rep 5,149 .. 1 69 1,932 12 44 15,000 7 144 34,787 44 93 61
TCD Chad 48,630 .. 54 71 2,147 7 35 70,000 (22) 43 4,174 39 41 43
COG Congo, Rep 10,547 .. 7 37 2,183 7 33 58,448 27 832 196,319 57 84 27
COD Congo, Dem. Rep 22,800 .. 14 61 1,606 2 74 222,965 40 1,283 20,973 46 82 29
CIV Côte d'Ivoire 19,900 12 88 45 2,644 4 13 55,866 (21) 81 4,315 46 97 74
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 334 .. 4 68 .. .. .. 3,500 52 26 49,336 68 45 42
ERI Eritrea 7,532 2 515 76 1,520 6 75 4,027 13 6 1,338 37 74 57
ETH Ethiopia 31,769 5 487 81 1,858 5 46 9,450 48 110 1,355 35 81 11
GAB Gabon 5,160 2 101 33 2,671 11 5 43,941 9 164 114,766 62 95 47
GMB Gambia, The 779 .. 69 78 2,288 6 29 32,000 35 8 5,019 48 95 77
GHA Ghana 14,735 3 107 56 2,680 5 11 393,428 11 53 2,314 45 88 64
GIN Guinea 12,450 1 850 82 2,447 4 24 96,571 42 226 23,042 52 78 35
GNB Guinea-Bissau 1,630 .. 263 82 2,051 7 39 6,200 (2) 31 18,430 48 79 49
KEN Kenya 26,512 79 200 74 2,155 13 31 149,378 (23) 30 839 47 83 46
LSO Lesotho 2,334 .. 30 38 2,626 4 13 46 15 3 1,693 43 92 76
LBR Liberia 2,602 .. 101 66 1,930 3 50 10,000 13 232 67,207 .. 72 52
MDG Madagascar 27,550 2 4,089 73 2,056 8 38 144,900 19 337 17,186 48 77 35
MWI Malawi 4,440 20 362 81 2,125 3 35 59,595 11 17 1,285 38 98 68
MLI Mali 39,479 .. 1,262 79 2,237 10 29 101,098 (24) 100 6,981 41 78 36
MRT Mauritania 39,750 .. 3,000 52 2,786 18 10 247,577 366 11 3,511 50 59 44
MOZ Mozambique 48,580 8 133 80 2,082 2 44 43,751 62 216 10,531 45 72 26
NAM Namibia 38,820 1 260 38 2,290 16 24 552,812 (3) 18 8,658 60 98 81
NER Niger 38,500 0 143 87 2,170 5 32 50,058 1,271 34 2,257 35 80 36
NGA Nigeria 72,600 7 179 30 2,714 3 9 579,537 58 286 2,085 44 67 31
RWA Rwanda 1,935 .. 89 90 2,071 3 33 8,186 142 5 551 39 92 69
SEN Senegal 8,157 13 860 72 2,374 9 20 405,264 11 39 3,225 45 92 60
SLE Sierra Leone 2,845 .. 636 60 1,943 4 51 145,993 125 160 27,577 42 75 46
SOM Somalia 44,071 .. 3,074 69 .. .. .. 30,000 7 14 1,620 .. 32 27
ZAF South Africa 99,640 51 499 8 2,962 13 <2.5 830,369 42 50 1,048 52 99 73
SDN Sudan 134,600 4 2,166 57 2,260 20 26 63,608 41 65 1,707 49 78 64
TZA Tanzania 48,100 9 926 79 1,959 6 44 354,351 (4) 91 2,291 48 85 49
TGO Togo 3,630 7 29 57 2,358 3 24 29,267 139 15 2,272 46 80 36
UGA Uganda 12,462 1 17 78 2,360 6 19 427,575 105 66 2,133 44 87 56
ZMB Zambia 35,289 .. 250 67 1,975 5 46 70,125 (6) 105 8,726 50 90 40
ZWE Zimbabwe 20,550 33 990 60 2,004 8 47 15,452 (7) 20 1,520 53 98 72
  North America 484,646 103 .. 2 3,739 28 <2.5 6,872,348 1 5,576 16,558 .. 100 100
CAN Canada 67,505 52 104 2 3,605 26 <2.5 1,255,821 33 2,902 88,336 78 100 99
USA United States 416,902 118 1,111 2 3,754 28 <2.5 5,396,735 (6) 2,071 6,816 65 100 100
  C. America & Caribbean 141,861 61 .. 22 2,902 17 11 2,040,714 5 1,259 6,653 .. 96 84
BLZ Belize 152 263 303 30 2,876 22 4 14,548 37 19 66,268 66 100 82
CRI Costa Rica 2,865 339 2,724 18 2,813 20 5 46,378 92 112 25,157 67 100 92
CUB Cuba 6,655 13 1,409 13 3,286 11 <2.5 52,387 (49) 38 3,368 .. 95 78
DOM Dominican Republic 3,696 .. 1,404 14 2,281 15 29 12,086 (40) 21 2,295 59 97 91
SLV El Salvador 1,704 56 854 27 2,556 13 11 43,317 178 25 3,546 56 94 70
GTM Guatemala 4,652 87 819 44 2,227 9 22 16,756 40 111 8,410 59 99 92
HTI Haiti 1,590 .. 846 60 2,109 8 46 8,310 50 14 1,599 35 52 56
HND Honduras 2,936 41 484 28 2,373 14 23 48,580 61 96 12,755 60 95 81
JAM Jamaica 513 3 704 19 2,690 15 9 18,766 (34) 9 3,520 58 98 88
MEX Mexico 107,300 68 2,210 19 3,171 19 5 1,449,535 3 457 4,172 58 100 87
NIC Nicaragua 6,976 30 502 17 2,291 11 27 40,897 241 197 34,416 58 90 63
PAN Panama 2,230 39 334 18 2,287 24 23 222,756 7 148 44,266 67 99 79
TTO Trinidad and Tobago 133 502 164 8 2,788 17 10 13,414 16 4 2,925 59 92 88
  South America 579,599 109 .. 16 2,886 21 9 18,316,451 (9) 17,274 44,816 .. 96 65
ARG Argentina 128,747 42 747 9 2,959 28 3 933,902 (21) 814 20,591 61 98 80
BOL Bolivia 37,087 4 371 43 2,219 18 23 7,090 12 623 65,358 63 95 68
BRA Brazil 263,600 140 562 15 3,146 21 7 1,008,066 54 8,233 43,028 61 96 57
CHL Chile 15,242 215 3,470 15 2,872 22 4 5,453,882 (31) 922 55,425 69 100 58
COL Colombia 42,051 196 1,083 18 2,567 16 13 181,074 8 2,132 45,408 66 99 71
ECU Ecuador 7,249 82 4,686 23 2,641 19 6 486,023 (20) 432 31,739 67 97 89
GUY Guyana 1,740 20 3,137 16 2,764 16 8 53,980 12 241 320,479 76 83 83
PRY Paraguay 24,836 69 119 33 2,524 18 15 23,100 9 336 52,133 56 99 68
PER Peru 21,210 73 3,832 28 2,579 13 12 9,421,130 5 1,913 66,431 64 89 65
SUR Suriname 89 93 9,254 18 2,697 12 8 40,191 209 122 268,132 75 98 73
URY Uruguay 14,955 99 2,141 12 2,883 27 <2.5 125,953 (0) 139 39,612 67 100 100
VEN Venezuela 21,640 129 1,166 7 2,272 15 18 492,210 (3) 1,233 44,545 65 85 70
  Oceania 459,109 61 .. 19 .. .. .. 1,582,359 39 1,693 52,674 .. 96 83
AUS Australia 439,500 46 356 4 3,135 33 <2.5 307,392 23 492 23,911 62 100 100
FJI Fiji 460 12 175 38 2,974 17 5 41,597 39 29 33,159 62 43 51
NZL New Zealand 17,235 280 266 9 3,199 32 <2.5 640,845 2 327 79,893 69 100 ..
PNG Papua New Guinea 1,050 101 1 72 .. .. .. 250,582 536 801 131,011 55 88 32
SLB Solomon Islands 117 .. .. 72 2,260 7 21 28,658 (55) 45 89,044 .. 94 65
  Developed 1,827,874 86 .. 6 3,328 26 <2.5 30,234,605 (13) 14,450 10,637 .. 100 93
  Developing 2,604,477 131 .. 53 2,675 14 17 127,153,044 42 39,837 7,580 .. 91 71

Intensity of Agricultural Inputs:

Agricultural Land is the total area of all arable and permanent cropland and permanent pasture.
Fertilizer intensity measures the mass in kilograms of the nutrients nitrogen, potash, and phosphate
consumed annually per hectare of arable and permanent cropland.
Water intensity measures, in cubic meters, the annual volume of water used in the agricultural sector
per hectare of arable and permanent cropland.
Labor intensity refers to the percentage of the total labor force economically active in agriculture,
hunting, forestry, or fishing.


Food Security and Nutrition

Calorie Supply, Total refers to the amount of available food per person per day, expressed in kilocalories.
Percent from Animal Products refers to the percent of available food that is derived from animal products,
including all types of meat and
fish; animal fats and fish oils; edible offal; milk, butter, cheese, and cream; and eggs and egg products.
Percent of Population That is Undernourished refers to the proportion of the population with food intake
that is continuously below a minimum dietary energy requirement for maintaining a healthy life and
carrying out light physical activity. weight. The minimum energy requirement varies by country but typically
averages between 1,750 and 2,030 kilocalories per person daily.


Fisheries Production data refer to both the nominal catch (capture) and the
harvest (aquaculture) of fish, crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic mammals, and other
aquatic animals taken for commercial, industrial, recreational, and subsistence
purposes from marine, brackish, and inland waters.

Water Resources

Actual Renewable Water Resources gives the maximum theoretical amount of
water annually available for each country in cubic kilometers.

Renewable Water Resources gives the maximum theoretical amount of water
annually available, on a per person basis, in cubic meters.

The Water Poverty Index (WPI) measures, for a given country, the impact of
water scarcity and water provision on human populations. The WPI is a number
between 0 and 100, where a low score indicates water poverty and a high score
indicates good water provision.


NOTES:
a. Includes arable and permanent cropland and permanent pasture. b. Although water data were obtained
from FAO in 2007, they are long-term averages originating from multiple sources and years.
c. Data from 2002. d. Data for Serbia include the country of Montenegro (these countries were a single
nation from 2003 to 2006).

*Sources: Data compilation: World Resources Institute (WRI) based on data from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Keele University, World Health Organization, and United Nations Children’s Fund.

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