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Cold countries Compared by Environment > Non-wildness

DEFINITION: Percent of land area having very high 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.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Belgium 43.93% 1990
2 Denmark 39.45% 1990
3 Germany 32.84% 1990
4 United Kingdom 32.05% 1990
5 Switzerland 27.34% 1990
6 Hungary 26.38% 1990
7 Czech Republic 26.11% 1990
8 Poland 23.2% 1990
9 Slovakia 21.44% 1990
10 Ireland 17.95% 1990
11 Austria 16.76% 1990
12 Latvia 16.24% 1990
13 Romania 15.68% 1990
14 Slovenia 14.55% 1990
15 Ukraine 14.36% 1990
16 Lithuania 13.99% 1990
17 Estonia 13.63% 1990
18 North Korea 13.31% 1990
19 Republic of Macedonia 12.73% 1990
20 Belarus 10.95% 1990
21 Sweden 7.48% 1990
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.99% 1990
23 United States 6.59% 1990
24 Norway 3.89% 1990
25 China 3.76% 1990
26 Tajikistan 3.74% 1990
27 Armenia 3.73% 1990
28 Finland 3.7% 1990
29 Chile 2.35% 1990
30 Nepal 2% 1990
31 Kyrgyzstan 1.66% 1990
32 Russia 1.46% 1990
33 Canada 1.03% 1990
34 Kazakhstan 0.7% 1990
35 Iceland 0.15% 1990
36 Bhutan 0.06% 1990
37 Mongolia 0.02% 1990

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