Country name
Country code
Year
Country name QoG
Country code QoG
3-letter country code
3-letter country code and year
Country name COW
Country code VDEM
Country name and year
Version of the dataset
Accountable Climate Target
Renewable internal freshwater resources (bln m3)
Water stress: freshwater withdrawal, proportion of available freshwater
Environmental concerns taken into account
Cooperation in international climate change regime index
Emission Indicator
Finance Indicator
Kyoto Protocol Indicator
Reporting Indicator
UNFCCC Indicator
Annual average rainfall
Annual average temperature
Climate change policy/executive provision in place
Climate change law in place
Climate change law or policy in place
Climate change mitigation law or policy in place
Number of climate change policies/executive provisions
Number of climate change laws
Number of climate change laws and policies
Number of mitigation laws and policies
BC emissions
CH4 emissions
CO emissions
CO2 emissions per GDP
CO2 emissions per capita
CO2 emissions total
N2O emissions
NH3 emissions
NMVOC emissions
NOx emissions
OC emissions
PM10 emissions
PM2.5 emissions
SO2 emissions
Environmental Democracy Index
Affordable access to relief and remedy (Guideline 20)
Alternative dispute resolution for environmental issues (Guideline 26)
Awareness and education about remedies and relief (Guideline 23)
Accessibility of information requests (Guideline 1)
Due account of public comments (Guideline 11)
Broad standing (Guideline 18)
Effective enforcement (Guideline 22)
Environmental information in the public domain (Guideline 2)
Early public participation (Guideline 8)
Early warning information (Guideline 6)
Fair, timely, and independent review (Guideline 19)
Grounds for refusal (Guideline 3)
Information collection and management (Guideline 4)
Informed participation (Guideline 10)
Integrating public input for rule-making (Guideline 13)
Information request appeals (Guideline 15)
Public access to judicial and administrative decisions (Guideline 24)
Prompt, effective remedies (Guideline 21)
Public participation appeals (Guideline 16)
Proactive public consultation (Guideline 9)
Public participation review (Guideline 12)
Right of public to challenge state or private actors (Guideline 17)
State of the environment report (Guideline 5)
Justice Pillar Score
Access to Information Score
Participation Pillar Score
Total biocapacity per capita
Total biocapacity (Total gha)
Built-up land footprint of consumption (gha per person)
Built-up land biocapacity per capita
Built-up land footprint of production (gha per person)
Carbon footprint of consumption (gha per person)
Carbon biocapacity per capita
Carbon footprint of production (gha per person)
Cropland footprint of consumption (gha per person)
Cropland biocapacity per capita
Cropland footprint of production (gha per person)
Total Ecological Footprint of Consumption (gha per person)
Total ecological footprint of production (gha per person)
Total Ecological Footprint of Consumption (Total area)
Total ecological footprint of production (Total area)
Fish footprint of consumption (gha per person)
Fishing ground biocapacity per capita
Fish footprint of production (gha per person)
Forest product footprint of consumption (gha per person)
Forest land biocapacity per capita
Forest product footprint of production (gha per person)
Grazing footprint of consumption (gha per person)
Grazing land biocapacity per capita
Grazing footprint footprint of production (gha per person)
Environmental ministry establishment
Total damage from natural disasters in USD
Number of people affected by natural disasters
Number of people killed by natural disasters
Number of natural disasters
Number of homeless people after natural disasters
Number of people injured in natural disasters
Number of affected (total) by natural disasters
Number of environmental NGOs
Policy instruments for quality of bathing water
Policy instruments for exhaust emissions from cars
Policy instruments for reduction of CO2 emissions from heavy industry
Policy instruments for hazardous substances in detergents
Policy instruments for energy efficiency of refrigerators
Policy instruments for electricity from renewable sources
Policy instruments for forest protection policy
Policy instruments for lead emissions from vehicles
Policy instruments for noise emissions from lorries
Policy instruments to promote refillable beverage containers
Policy instruments for contaminated sites
Policy instruments for water protection. Industrial discharges
Change in eco audit policy
Eco audit policy intro
Change in coliforms in bathing water policy
Coliforms in bathing water policy intro
Passenger car emissions CO regulatory level
Passenger car emissions HC regulatory level
Passenger car emissions NOx regulatory level
Change in passenger car emissions policy
Passenger car emissions policy intro
Sum of downward changes in all 17 standards
Sum of upward changes in all 17 standards
Cumulative sum of all policy-in-place items
Sum of all changes in policy
Change in contaminated sites policy
Contaminated sites policy intro
Change in recycling of construction waste policy
Recycling of construction waste policy intro
Change in detergents regulation policy
Detergents regulation policy intro
Change in ecolabel policy
Ecolabel policy intro
Change in environmental impact assessment
Environmental impact assessment intro
Change in energy efficiency of refrigerators policy
Energy efficiency of refrigerators policy intro
Change in glass recycling target in regulation
Glass recycling target in regulation intro
Glass recycling target in regulations, %
Sum of first policy introductions
Change in landfill target in regulations
Landfill target in regulations intro
Large combustion plants reg. level DUST
Large combustion plants reg. level NOX
Large combustion plants reg. level SO2
Change in large combustion plants policy
Large combustion plants policy intro
Change lead content in petrol policy
Lead content in petrol policy intro
Lead content in petrol reg. level
Change in motorway noise emissions policy
Motorway noise emissions policy intro
Motorway noise emissions reg. level
Change in noise emissions from lorries policy
Noise emissions from lorries policy intro
Noise emissions from lorries reg. level
Change in packaging waste recyling target
Packaging waste recyling target intro
Change in paper recycling target in regulation
Paper recycling target in regulation intro
Paper recycling target in regulations, %
Change in soil policy
Soil policy intro
Change in sulphur content in gas oil policy
Sulphur content in gas oil policy intro
Sulphur content in gas oil reg. level
Change in National env. policy/Sustainable development plan
National env. policy/Sustainable development plan intro
Water protection - BOD in industrial discharges
Water protection - Copper in industrial discharges
Water protection - Chromium in industrial discharges
Change in efficient use of water in industry policy
Efficient use of water in industry policy intro
Water protection - Lead in industrial discharges
Change in water protection policy - industrial discharges
Water protection - industrial discharges intro
Water protection - Zinc in industrial discharges
Agriculture index
Air quality index
Pollution emissions index
Black carbon growth rate
Biodiversity and habitat index
Biodiversity habitat index
Climate change index
CO2 growth rate
CH4 growth rate
Ecosystem services index
Environmental health index
Environmental performance index
Ecosystem vitality index
Fish caught by trawling
F-gas growth rate
Fisheries index
Fish stock status
GHG emissions per capita
GHG intensity trend
Grassland loss
Sanitation and drinking water index
Household solid fuels
Heavy metals index
CO2 from land cover
Marine protected areas
Controlled solid waste
Marine trophic index
N2O growth rate
NOX growth rate
Ozone exposure
Protected areas representativeness index
Lead exposure
PM2.5 exposure
SO2 growth rate
Species habitat index
Sustainable nitrogen management index
Species protection index
Terrestrial biome protection (global)
Terrestrial biome protection (national)
Tree cover loss
Unsafe sanitation
Unsafe drinking water
Waste management index
Water resources index
Wetland loss
Wastewater treatment
Climate policy support: bans (mean)
Belief that climate change is natural (%)
Personal resonsibility to reduce climate change (mean)
Climate change denial (%)
Thinking about climate change (mean)
Belief in climate action: governments (mean)
Important to care for the environment (mean)
Climate policy support: taxes (mean)
Belief in climate action: individuals (mean)
Climate policy support: subsidies (mean)
Worry about climate change (mean)
Agricultural land (% of Land area)
Arable Land (% of Agricultural land)
Cropland (% of Agricultural land)
Agriculture area actually irrigated (% of Agricultural land)
Land area equipped for irrigation (% of Agricultural land)
Land area equipped for irrigation (% of Cropland)
Agriculture area under organic agric. (% of Agricultural land)
Land under perm meadows and pastures (% of Agricultural land)
Land under permanent crops (% of Agricultural land)
Cropland (% of Land area)
Forest land (% of Land area)
Planted forest (% of Forest area)
Other naturally regenerated forest (% of Forest area)
Land under perm meadows and pastures (% of Land area)
Population connected to public sewerage, % total population
Population connected to sewerage with primary treatment, % total population
Population connected to sewerage with secondary treatment, % total population
Population connected to sewerage with tertiary treatment, % total population
Built up area per capita
Built up area, % total land
Energy intensity, TPES per capita
Environmentally related government R&D budget, % total government R&D
Environmentally related R&D expenditure, % GDP
Environmentally related ODA, % total ODA
Energy public RD&D budget, % GDP
Development of environment-related technologies, % all technologies
Development of environment-related technologies, % inventions worldwide
Fossil fuel public RD&D budget (excluding CCS), % total energy public RD&D
Forest resource stocks
Forests under sustainable management certification FSC, % total forest area
Intensity of use of forest resources
Mortality from exposure to ambient ozone
Mortality from exposure to lead
Mortality from exposure to ambient PM2.5
Mortality from exposure to residential radon
Municipal waste generated, kg per capita
Municipal waste incinerated, % treated waste
Municipal waste disposed to landfills, % treated waste
Municipal waste recycled or composted, % treated waste
ODA - all sectors - climate change mitigation, % total ODA
Percentage of population exposed to > 10 ug/m3 of PM2.5
Percentage of population exposed to > 35 ug/m3 of PM2.5
Mean population exposure to PM2.5
Petrol tax, USD per litre
Renewable energy supply, % TPES
Renewable electricity, % total electricity generation
Renewable energy public RD&D budget, % total energy public RD&D
Threatened bird species, % total known species
Threatened mammal species, % total known species
Threatened vascular plant species, % total known species
Water stress, freshwater abstraction % of total available
Water stress, freshwater abstraction % of total internal
Number of IEAs entered into force for the first
Number of IEAs entered into force for the second time
Number of IEAs entered into force for the third time
Number of IEAs in force, counting terminated IEAs
Number of IEAs in force, not counting terminated IEAs
Number of IEAs ratified per year
Number of IEAs signed per year
Number of terminated IEAs
Number of first withdrawals from IEAs per year
Number of second withdrawals from IEAs per year
Worry about environment vs jobs (mean)
Unwillingness to pay higher prices (%)
Unwillingness to pay higher taxes (%)
Unwillingness to cut in standard of living (%)
Individual action is insufficient (mean)
Environmental behavior (mean)
Claims about environmental threats are exaggerated (mean)
Perceived vulnerability to environmental problems (mean)
Support for government action to make people comply (%)
Priority of future energy sources - fossil fuels (%)
Attitudes towards IEAs (mean)
Attitudes towards global environmental justice (mean)
Environment is most or next most important issue (%)
Reported extent of recycling (mean)
Recycling not available (%)
Reducing energy use for the environment (mean)
Membership in environmental groups (%)
Signed petitions about environmental issues (%)
Given money to an environmental group (%)
Taken part in a protest/demonstration about environmental issues (%)
Environmental concern (mean)
Knowledge about causes of environmental problems (mean)
Knowledge about solutions to environmental problems (mean)
Belief in science (mean)
Natural Resource Protection Indicator
Climate change related tax revenue (% of GDP)
Climate change related tax revenue (% of total tax revenue)
Environmentally Adjusted Multifactor Productivity growth
Environmnnetal Protection Expenditure Accounts (EPEA)
Environmental Policy Stringency Index
Environmentally related tax revenue (% of GDP)
Environmentally related tax revenue (% of total tax revenue)
Percentage of population exposed to > 15 ug/m3 of PM2.5
Percentage of population exposed to > 25 ug/m3 of PM2.5
Pollution-adjusted GDP growth
Fisheries management effectiveness and opportunity
Ocean acidification
Coastal human population as a proxy for trend in trash
Sea level rise
Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies
UV radiation
High bycatch caused by artisanal fishing
High bycatch caused by commercial fishing
Low bycatch caused by commercial fishing
CBD survey: habitat
CBD survey: coastal habitat
CBD survey: ocean habitat
Coastal population density as a proxy for intertidal habitat destruction
Bycatch by artisanal fishing - hard bottom habitat destruction
Demersal destructive fishing - soft bottom habitat destruction
Coastal protected areas inland 1km
Coastal marine protected areas offshore 3km
CBD survey: mariculture
Areas of observed blast (dynamite) fishing
Areas of observed poison fishing
Ocean health index
Coastal chemical pollution within 3 nm offshore
Chemical pollution
Coastal fertilizer pollution
Fertilizer pollution as a proxy for nutrient pollution
Trash pollution
Alien species
Percent direct employment in tourism
CBD survey: tourism
Sustainability index
CBD survey: water
Gas exports, billion cubic feet per year
Net gas exports value, constant 2000 $
Net gas exports value per capita, constant 2000 $
Constant price of gas in 2000 $/mboe
Gas production, million barrels oil equiv.
Gas production value in 2000 dollars
Gas production value in 2014 dollars
Oil exports, thousands of barrels per day
Net oil exports value, constant 2000 $
Net oil exports value per capita, constant 2000 $
Constant price of oil in 2000 $/brl
Oil production in metric tons
Oil production value in 2000 dollars
Oil production value in 2014 dollars
Environmental Policy Performance - Total
Environmental Policy Performance - National
Environmental Policy Performance - Global
Environmental policy effectiveness
Participation in global environmental regimes
Stock of executive orders/policies on mitigation for the past 3 years
Stock of older executive orders/policies on mitigation
Stock of mitigation laws and policies for the past 3 years
Stock of legislative mitigation laws for the past 3 years
Stock of older legislative mitigation laws
Stock of older mitigation laws and policies
Environmental parties: share of seats
Environmental parties: share of votes
Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land
Arable land (% of land area)
Land area (sq. km)
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
Forest area (% of land area)
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)
Internally displaced persons, new displacement-disasters (number)
Policy and institutions for environmental sustainability
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
Active memberships in environmental organizations (%)
Confidence in environmental organizations (mean)
Donations to ecological organizations (%)
Protecting environment vs economic growth (%)
Environment is the most serious problem (%)
Inactive memberships in environmental organizations (%)
Participation in environmental protests (%)
Important to look after the environment (mean)