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Cold countries Compared by Environment > Wildness

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DEFINITION: Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Canada 81.87% 1990
2 Iceland 80.08% 1990
3 Mongolia 69.99% 1990
4 Russia 65.8% 1990
5 Chile 40.46% 1990
6 Kazakhstan 39.45% 1990
7 United States 35.89% 1990
8 China 31.49% 1990
9 Sweden 31.41% 1990
10 Finland 30.04% 1990
11 Norway 28.71% 1990
12 Tajikistan 25.63% 1990
13 Kyrgyzstan 14.97% 1990
14 Estonia 2.86% 1990
15 Nepal 2.62% 1990
16 Armenia 2.5% 1990
17 Switzerland 2.43% 1990
18 Bhutan 1.76% 1990
19 Republic of Macedonia 0.7% 1990
20 United Kingdom 0.21% 1990
21 Hungary 0.07% 1990
22 Austria 0.04% 1990
=23 Latvia 0.02% 1990
=23 Germany 0.02% 1990
25 Ireland 0.01% 1990
=26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0 1990
=26 Slovakia 0.0 1990
=26 Denmark 0.0 1990
=26 Lithuania 0.0 1990
=26 Slovenia 0.0 1990
=26 Czech Republic 0.0 1990
=26 Ukraine 0.0 1990
=26 Romania 0.0 1990
=26 Belarus 0.0 1990
=26 Belgium 0.0 1990
=26 Poland 0.0 1990
=26 North Korea 0.0 1990

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Cold countries Compared by Environment > Wildness

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Interesting observations about Environment > Wildness

  • Canada ranked first for wildness amongst Christian countries in 1990.
  • Russia ranked first for wildness amongst Emerging markets in 1990.
  • Libya ranked first for wildness amongst Muslim countries in 1990.
  • Iceland ranked first for wildness amongst Europe in 1990.
  • Sweden ranked first for wildness amongst European Union in 1990.
  • Germany ranked last for wildness amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 1990.
  • Algeria ranked first for wildness amongst Former French colonies in 1990.
  • Australia ranked third for wildness amongst High income OECD countries in 1990.
  • Brazil ranked first for wildness amongst Religious countries in 1990.
  • Bolivia ranked first for wildness amongst Catholic countries in 1990.

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