World Recources 2008 - Food and Water Recources

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

World Resources 2008 includes a compilation of country-level data collected 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.

Intensity of
Agricultural Inputs

Food Security
and Nutrition

Fisheries
Production

Water Resources

Agriculture
land in
1000 ha

Ferti-
lizer
kg/ha

Water
used
m3/ha

% of
agri-
culture

Calorie Supply
2003
(kcal/person/day)

% of
under-
nour.
popl.

Total
Production
in 2005

% change since

Actual Renewable
Water Resources

Water
Poverty
Index (WPI)
2002

Use of an
Improved Water
Source
(% of population)
2004

Percent
from

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
Armenia	1,390	19	3,464	11	2,357	19	24	1,033	(47)	11	3,511	54	99	80
Azerbaijan	4,754	8	5,825	25	2,727	14	7	9,016	(18)	30	3,547	..	95	59
Bangladesh	9,019	187	8,999	52	2,193	3	30	2,215,957	100	1,211	8,232	54	82	72
Bhutan	585	..	2,500	94	..	..	..	300	(12)	95	42,035	56	86	60
Cambodia	5,350	4	1,051	69	2,074	9	33	426,000	279	476	32,526	46	64	35
China	554,851	257c	2,871	64	2,940	22	12	60,630,984	85	2,829	2,125	51	93	67
Georgia	3,006	23	2,006	18	2,646	17	9	3,072	(17)	63	14,406	60	96	67
India	180,000	95	3,289	58	2,473	8	20	6,323,557	26	1,897	1,670	53	95	83
Indonesia	47,600	79	2,250	46	2,891	5	6	6,513,133	48	2,838	12,441	65	87	69
Japan	4,736	366	11,435	3	2,768	21	<2.5	5,433,436	(28)	430	3,351	65	100	100
Kazakhstan	207,784	6	1,321	16	2,858	25	6	31,589	(37)	110	7,405	58	97	73
Korea (North)	2,950	..	1,771	27	2,178	6	33	712,995	(33)	77	3,403	..	100	100
Korea (South)	1,902	367	4,651	8	3,035	16	<2.5	2,711,667	(19)	70	1,448	62	97	71
Kyrgyzstan	10,840	10	6,799	23	3,173	18	4	27	(93)	21	3,821	64	98	66
Lao PDR	1,939	..	2,818	76	2,338	7	19	107,800	168	334	53,859	54	79	43
Malaysia	7,870	175	736	16	2,867	18	3	1,424,097	14	580	22,104	67	100	96
Mongolia	130,500	3	196	22	2,250	39	27	366	132	35	12,837	55	87	30
Myanmar	11,293	2	3,109	69	2,912	5	5	2,217,466	169	1,046	20,313	54	80	77
Nepal	4,217	15	4,043	93	2,483	7	17	42,463	101	210	7,447	54	96	89
Pakistan	27,230	150	7,407	45	2,316	20	24	515,472	(5)	223	1,353	58	96	89
Philippines	12,200	88	1,981	37	2,480	15	18	4,145,044	48	479	5,577	61	87	82
Singapore	0	..	950	0	..	..	..	7,837	(43)	1	135	56	100	..
Sri Lanka	2,356	130	6,283	44	2,416	6	22	164,230	(30)	50	2,372	56	98	74
Tajikistan	4,255	..	10,359	31	1,907	10	56	210	(45)	16	2,392	59	92	48
Thailand	18,487	128	4,300	53	2,425	13	22	3,743,398	4	410	6,280	64	98	100
Turkmenistan	32,966	..	12,554	32	2,840	21	7	15,016	32	25	4,979	70	93	54
Uzbekistan	27,259	..	11,268	25	2,312	17	25	5,425	(61)	50	1,842	61	95	75
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	..
Albania	1,121	70	1,517	46	2,874	28	6	5,275	207	42	13,184	..	99	94
Austria	3,376	221	14	4	3,732	33	<2.5	2,790	(16)	78	9,455	75	100	100
Belarus	8,885	153	134	11	2,885	27	4	5,050	(18)	58	6,014	61	100	100
Belgium	1,394	..	..	2	3,634	31	<2.5	25,767	(29)	18	1,751	61	100	100
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,148	16	..	4	2,668	13	9	9,070	505	38	9,566	..	99	96
Bulgaria	5,326	126	521	6	2,885	24	8	8,579	(32)	21	2,797	63	100	97
Croatia	3,137	108	..	7	2,795	20	7	48,465	139	106	23,161	68	100	100
Czech Republic	4,270	118	18	7	3,308	25	<2.5	24,697	9	13	1,290	61	100	100
Denmark	2,658	136	236	3	3,472	36	<2.5	949,625	(54)	6	1,099	61	100	100
Estonia	829	436	9	10	3,222	26	<2.5	100,136	(25)	13	9,696	..	100	99
Finland	2,246	118	30	5	3,143	37	<2.5	146,096	(21)	110	20,857	78	100	100
France	29,690	209	200	3	3,623	37	<2.5	909,483	(6)	204	3,343	68	100	100
Germany	17,001	226	775	2	3,484	31	<2.5	330,353	9	154	1,862	65	100	100
Greece	8,431	115	1,622	15	3,666	23	<2.5	198,951	8	74	6,653	66	..	..
Hungary	5,865	102	510	9	3,552	32	<2.5	21,270	28	104	10,353	61	100	98
Iceland	2,281	..	29	7	3,275	41	<2.5	1,690,383	4	170	566,667	77	100	100
Ireland	4,370	452	0	9	3,717	32	<2.5	352,082	(22)	52	12,187	73	100	..
Italy	15,074	150	1,773	4	3,675	26	<2.5	480,921	(21)	191	3,289	61	100	..
Latvia	1,582	91	21	11	3,014	28	3	151,160	1	35	15,521	..	100	96
Lithuania	2,541	143	7	10	3,372	27	<2.5	141,798	140	25	7,317	..	..	..
Macedonia, Rep. of	1,242	22	..	10	2,852	18	5	1,114	(26)	6	3,137	..	..	..
Moldova	2,528	7	353	20	2,729	16	11	5,001	137	12	2,783	49	97	88
Netherlands	1,923	580	2,850	3	3,495	30	<2.5	617,383	18	91	5,539	69	100	100
Norway	1,040	186	261	4	3,511	31	<2.5	3,203,476	7	382	81,886	77	100	100
Poland	16,169	108	94	20	3,366	26	<2.5	192,854	(58)	62	1,601	56	100	..
Portugal	3,812	122	3,503	11	3,747	29	<2.5	218,866	(20)	69	6,485	65	..	..
Romania	14,800	37	1,333	13	3,582	23	<2.5	13,352	(81)	212	9,837	59	91	16
Russia	216,277	10	108	9	3,118	22	3	3,356,327	(24)	4,507	31,764	63	100	88
Serbia {g}	5,595	434	..	17	2,703	35	9	7,022	82	209	19,870	..	99	86
Slovakia	2,236	92	..	8	2,779	27	7	2,648	(26)	50	9,276	71	100	99
Slovenia	510	334	..	1	2,954	31	3	2,763	(7)	32	16,219	69	..	..
Spain	29,154	119	1,324	6	3,421	28	<2.5	1,071,178	(25)	112	2,557	64	100	100
Sweden	3,166	118	96	3	3,208	36	<2.5	262,239	(36)	174	19,131	72	100	100
Switzerland	1,525	178	114	4	3,545	34	<2.5	2,689	(2)	54	7,354	72	100	100
Ukraine	41,355	13	588	13	3,054	20	<2.5	274,210	(36)	140	3,066	..	99	91
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
Afghanistan	38,048	..	2,839	66	..	..	..	1,000	(23)	65	2,015	..	63	31
Algeria	39,956	5	481	23	3,055	10	4	126,628	19	14	423	50	88	80
Egypt	3,409	535	17,928	31	3,356	8	4	889,302	118	58	759	58	99	97
Iran, Isl. Rep.	63,012	60	4,057	25	3,096	9	4	527,912	43	138	1,931	60	99	84
Iraq	10,019	..	6,791	8	..	..	..	32,970	7	75	2,490	..	97	50
Israel	552	109	3,019	2	3,554	21	<2.5	26,555	26	2	240	54	100	100
Jordan	1,004	619	1,905	10	2,680	10	6	1,071	80	1	148	46	99	91
Kuwait	154	0	19,167	1	3,061	18	5	5,222	(40)	0	7	54	..	..
Lebanon	329	102	2,771	3	3,164	17	3	4,601	5	4	1,206	56	100	100
Libya	15,450	28	1,648	5	3,337	11	<2.5	46,342	34	1	99	..	..	..
Morocco	30,376	53	1,141	33	3,098	7	6	947,777	10	29	895	46	99	56
Oman	1,080	88	15,375	34	..	..	..	150,744	8	1	369	59	..	..
Saudi Arabia	173,798	113	4,074	7	2,840	15	4	74,778	55	2	93	53	97	..
Syria	13,824	62	3,537	26	3,057	14	4	16,980	46	26	1,314	55	98	87
Tunisia	9,784	21	434	23	3,247	11	<2.5	111,818	33	5	442	51	99	82
Turkey	40,644	77	1,056	43	3,328	12	3	545,673	(17)	229	3,051	57	98	93
United Arab Emirates	559	237	6,356	4	3,238	23	<2.5	90,570	(14)	0	31	52	100	100
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
Angola	57,590	2	64	71	2,089	8	35	240,000	95	184	10,909	41	75	40
Benin	3,467	1	22	50	2,574	4	12	38,407	(13)	25	2,765	39	78	57
Botswana	25,980	..	211	44	2,196	13	32	132	(34)	14	8,215	57	100	90
Burkina Faso	10,900	5	168	92	2,516	5	15	9,007	13	13	890	42	94	54
Burundi	2,345	0	168	90	1,647	2	66	14,200	(33)	4	442	40	92	77
Cameroon	9,160	6	102	55	2,286	6	26	142,682	51	286	16,920	54	86	44
Central African Rep	5,149	..	1	69	1,932	12	44	15,000	7	144	34,787	44	93	61
Chad	48,630	..	54	71	2,147	7	35	70,000	(22)	43	4,174	39	41	43
Congo, Rep	10,547	..	7	37	2,183	7	33	58,448	27	832	196,319	57	84	27
Congo, Dem. Rep	22,800	..	14	61	1,606	2	74	222,965	40	1,283	20,973	46	82	29
Côte d'Ivoire	19,900	12	88	45	2,644	4	13	55,866	(21)	81	4,315	46	97	74
Equatorial Guinea	334	..	4	68	..	..	..	3,500	52	26	49,336	68	45	42
Eritrea	7,532	2	515	76	1,520	6	75	4,027	13	6	1,338	37	74	57
Ethiopia	31,769	5	487	81	1,858	5	46	9,450	48	110	1,355	35	81	11
Gabon	5,160	2	101	33	2,671	11	5	43,941	9	164	114,766	62	95	47
Gambia, The	779	..	69	78	2,288	6	29	32,000	35	8	5,019	48	95	77
Ghana	14,735	3	107	56	2,680	5	11	393,428	11	53	2,314	45	88	64
Guinea	12,450	1	850	82	2,447	4	24	96,571	42	226	23,042	52	78	35
Guinea-Bissau	1,630	..	263	82	2,051	7	39	6,200	(2)	31	18,430	48	79	49
Kenya	26,512	79	200	74	2,155	13	31	149,378	(23)	30	839	47	83	46
Lesotho	2,334	..	30	38	2,626	4	13	46	15	3	1,693	43	92	76
Liberia	2,602	..	101	66	1,930	3	50	10,000	13	232	67,207	..	72	52
Madagascar	27,550	2	4,089	73	2,056	8	38	144,900	19	337	17,186	48	77	35
Malawi	4,440	20	362	81	2,125	3	35	59,595	11	17	1,285	38	98	68
Mali	39,479	..	1,262	79	2,237	10	29	101,098	(24)	100	6,981	41	78	36
Mauritania	39,750	..	3,000	52	2,786	18	10	247,577	366	11	3,511	50	59	44
Mozambique	48,580	8	133	80	2,082	2	44	43,751	62	216	10,531	45	72	26
Namibia	38,820	1	260	38	2,290	16	24	552,812	(3)	18	8,658	60	98	81
Niger	38,500	0	143	87	2,170	5	32	50,058	1,271	34	2,257	35	80	36
Nigeria	72,600	7	179	30	2,714	3	9	579,537	58	286	2,085	44	67	31
Rwanda	1,935	..	89	90	2,071	3	33	8,186	142	5	551	39	92	69
Senegal	8,157	13	860	72	2,374	9	20	405,264	11	39	3,225	45	92	60
Sierra Leone	2,845	..	636	60	1,943	4	51	145,993	125	160	27,577	42	75	46
Somalia	44,071	..	3,074	69	..	..	..	30,000	7	14	1,620	..	32	27
South Africa	99,640	51	499	8	2,962	13	<2.5	830,369	42	50	1,048	52	99	73
Sudan	134,600	4	2,166	57	2,260	20	26	63,608	41	65	1,707	49	78	64
Tanzania	48,100	9	926	79	1,959	6	44	354,351	(4)	91	2,291	48	85	49
Togo	3,630	7	29	57	2,358	3	24	29,267	139	15	2,272	46	80	36
Uganda	12,462	1	17	78	2,360	6	19	427,575	105	66	2,133	44	87	56
Zambia	35,289	..	250	67	1,975	5	46	70,125	(6)	105	8,726	50	90	40
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
Canada	67,505	52	104	2	3,605	26	<2.5	1,255,821	33	2,902	88,336	78	100	99
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
Belize	152	263	303	30	2,876	22	4	14,548	37	19	66,268	66	100	82
Costa Rica	2,865	339	2,724	18	2,813	20	5	46,378	92	112	25,157	67	100	92
Cuba	6,655	13	1,409	13	3,286	11	<2.5	52,387	(49)	38	3,368	..	95	78
Dominican Republic	3,696	..	1,404	14	2,281	15	29	12,086	(40)	21	2,295	59	97	91
El Salvador	1,704	56	854	27	2,556	13	11	43,317	178	25	3,546	56	94	70
Guatemala	4,652	87	819	44	2,227	9	22	16,756	40	111	8,410	59	99	92
Haiti	1,590	..	846	60	2,109	8	46	8,310	50	14	1,599	35	52	56
Honduras	2,936	41	484	28	2,373	14	23	48,580	61	96	12,755	60	95	81
Jamaica	513	3	704	19	2,690	15	9	18,766	(34)	9	3,520	58	98	88
Mexico	107,300	68	2,210	19	3,171	19	5	1,449,535	3	457	4,172	58	100	87
Nicaragua	6,976	30	502	17	2,291	11	27	40,897	241	197	34,416	58	90	63
Panama	2,230	39	334	18	2,287	24	23	222,756	7	148	44,266	67	99	79
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
Argentina	128,747	42	747	9	2,959	28	3	933,902	(21)	814	20,591	61	98	80
Bolivia	37,087	4	371	43	2,219	18	23	7,090	12	623	65,358	63	95	68
Brazil	263,600	140	562	15	3,146	21	7	1,008,066	54	8,233	43,028	61	96	57
Chile	15,242	215	3,470	15	2,872	22	4	5,453,882	(31)	922	55,425	69	100	58
Colombia	42,051	196	1,083	18	2,567	16	13	181,074	8	2,132	45,408	66	99	71
Ecuador	7,249	82	4,686	23	2,641	19	6	486,023	(20)	432	31,739	67	97	89
Guyana	1,740	20	3,137	16	2,764	16	8	53,980	12	241	320,479	76	83	83
Paraguay	24,836	69	119	33	2,524	18	15	23,100	9	336	52,133	56	99	68
Peru	21,210	73	3,832	28	2,579	13	12	9,421,130	5	1,913	66,431	64	89	65
Suriname	89	93	9,254	18	2,697	12	8	40,191	209	122	268,132	75	98	73
Uruguay	14,955	99	2,141	12	2,883	27	<2.5	125,953	(0)	139	39,612	67	100	100
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
Australia	439,500	46	356	4	3,135	33	<2.5	307,392	23	492	23,911	62	100	100
Fiji	460	12	175	38	2,974	17	5	41,597	39	29	33,159	62	43	51
New Zealand	17,235	280	266	9	3,199	32	<2.5	640,845	2	327	79,893	69	100	..
Papua New Guinea	1,050	101	1	72	..	..	..	250,582	536	801	131,011	55	88	32
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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