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The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections, Version 1.1 contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI), the Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard, the Wellbeing of Nations, and 2006 National Footprint Accounts. It also incorporates 38 ancillary variables such as region name, dummy variables for landlocked countries and small island states, population, GDP, and land area. The collection is compiled and 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
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
AMERICAN SAMOA,
ANGUILLA,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,
ARUBA,
BAHAMAS,
BARBADOS,
BERMUDA,
BOUVET ISLAND,
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,
HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS,
INDONESIA,
JAMAICA,
KIRIBATI,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
MALDIVES,
MALTA,
MARSHALL ISLANDS,
MARTINIQUE,
MAURITIUS,
MAYOTTE,
MICRONESIA,
MONTSERRAT,
NAURU,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES,
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 PIERRE AND MIQUELON,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN,
TOKELAU,
TONGA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS,
TUVALU,
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS,
VANUATU,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS,
AFGHANISTAN,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
ANDORRA,
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,
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,
MONTENEGRO,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
MYANMAR,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
OMAN,
PAKISTAN,
PALESTINE,
PANAMA,
PARAGUAY,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
QATAR,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAN MARINO,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
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,
VATICAN CITY,
VENEZUELA,
VIETNAM,
WESTERN SAHARA,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1973-01-01 to 2005-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3540911466-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2007). Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 (Version 1.01) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H46D5QXN Date Accessed: 2025-07-04

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Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2006. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1. Palisades, NY: ESDIS. https://doi.org/10.7927/H46D5QXN.

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