value: Agriculture & Rural Development

British Virgin Islands

iso2Code: VG

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Road Town

country_code: VGB

country_name: British Virgin Islands

value: Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


name: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)

value: World Development Indicators

sourceNone: Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

iso2Code: VI

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XD

iso2code: XX

capitalCity: Charlotte Amalie

country_code: VIR

country_name: Virgin Islands (U.S.)

value: Sum

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).

value: Environment: Land use

schema: wb


Viet Nam

iso2Code: VN

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Hanoi

country_code: VNM

country_name: Vietnam

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Vanuatu

iso2Code: VU

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Port-Vila

country_code: VUT

country_name: Vanuatu

value: Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

World

value: Aggregates

country_code: WLD

country_name: World

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


value: Environment

Samoa

iso2Code: WS

capitalCity: Apia

country_code: WSM

country_name: Samoa

value: Sum

value: CC BY-4.0


Kosovo

iso2Code: XK

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Pristina

country_code: XKX

country_name: Kosovo

value: Annual

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


Yemen, Rep.

iso2Code: YE

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Sana'a

country_code: YEM

country_name: Yemen, Rep.

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

South Africa

iso2Code: ZA

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Pretoria

country_code: ZAF

country_name: South Africa

value: Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Environment

Zambia

iso2Code: ZM

value: Lower middle income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Lusaka

country_code: ZMB

country_name: Zambia

value: Sum

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


Zimbabwe

iso2Code: ZW

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Harare

country_code: ZWE

country_name: Zimbabwe

value: Annual

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


name: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: World Development Indicators

sourceNone: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

Aruba

iso2Code: AW

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Oranjestad

country_code: ABW

country_name: Aruba

value: Weighted average

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Environment: Land use


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Africa Eastern and Southern

iso2Code: ZH

value: Aggregates

country_code: AFE

country_name: Africa Eastern and Southern

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


Afghanistan

iso2Code: AF

value: South Asia

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Kabul

country_code: AFG

country_name: Afghanistan

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


value: World Development Indicators

Africa Western and Central

iso2Code: ZI

country_code: AFW

country_name: Africa Western and Central

value: Annual

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


Angola

iso2Code: AO

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Luanda

country_code: AGO

country_name: Angola

value: Weighted average

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Albania

iso2Code: AL

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Tirane

country_code: ALB

country_name: Albania

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

Andorra

iso2Code: AD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Andorra la Vella

country_code: AND

country_name: Andorra

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


Arab World

value: Aggregates

country_code: ARB

country_name: Arab World

value: Weighted average

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

United Arab Emirates

iso2Code: AE

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

capitalCity: Abu Dhabi

country_code: ARE

country_name: United Arab Emirates

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.


Argentina

iso2Code: AR

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Buenos Aires

country_code: ARG

country_name: Argentina

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

Armenia

iso2Code: AM

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Yerevan

country_code: ARM

country_name: Armenia

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

American Samoa

iso2Code: AS

value: East Asia & Pacific

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Pago Pago

country_code: ASM

country_name: American Samoa

value: Weighted average

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Antigua and Barbuda

iso2Code: AG

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Saint John's

country_code: ATG

country_name: Antigua and Barbuda

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.


value: World Development Indicators

Australia

iso2Code: AU

iso2code: XX

capitalCity: Canberra

country_code: AUS

country_name: Australia

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Environment: Land use


Austria

iso2Code: AT

value: Europe & Central Asia

capitalCity: Vienna

country_code: AUT

country_name: Austria

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Azerbaijan

iso2Code: AZ

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Baku

country_code: AZE

country_name: Azerbaijan


Burundi

iso2Code: BI

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Bujumbura

country_code: BDI

country_name: Burundi

value: Weighted average

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Belgium

iso2Code: BE

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Brussels

country_code: BEL

country_name: Belgium

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Benin

iso2Code: BJ

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Porto-Novo

country_code: BEN

country_name: Benin

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Environment: Land use


Burkina Faso

iso2Code: BF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Ouagadougou

country_code: BFA

country_name: Burkina Faso

value: Weighted average


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Bangladesh

iso2Code: BD

value: South Asia

capitalCity: Dhaka

country_code: BGD

country_name: Bangladesh

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Bulgaria

iso2Code: BG

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Sofia

country_code: BGR

country_name: Bulgaria

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


Bahrain

iso2Code: BH

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Manama

country_code: BHR

country_name: Bahrain

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Bahamas, The

iso2Code: BS

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XX

capitalCity: Nassau

country_code: BHS

country_name: Bahamas, The

value: Weighted average

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Bosnia and Herzegovina

iso2Code: BA

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Sarajevo

country_code: BIH

country_name: Bosnia and Herzegovina

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


Belarus

iso2Code: BY

capitalCity: Minsk

country_code: BLR

country_name: Belarus

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


Belize

iso2Code: BZ

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Belmopan

country_code: BLZ

country_name: Belize

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Bermuda

iso2Code: BM

iso2code: XU

value: North America

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Hamilton

country_code: BMU

country_name: Bermuda

value: Environment: Land use


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Bolivia

iso2Code: BO

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: La Paz

country_code: BOL

country_name: Bolivia

value: Weighted average

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


Brazil

iso2Code: BR

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Brasilia

country_code: BRA

country_name: Brazil

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

Barbados

iso2Code: BB

capitalCity: Bridgetown

country_code: BRB

country_name: Barbados

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Environment

Brunei Darussalam

iso2Code: BN

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Bandar Seri Begawan

country_code: BRN

country_name: Brunei Darussalam

value: Environment: Land use


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Bhutan

iso2Code: BT

value: South Asia

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Thimphu

country_code: BTN

country_name: Bhutan

value: Weighted average

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


Botswana

iso2Code: BW

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Gaborone

country_code: BWA

country_name: Botswana

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Central African Republic

iso2Code: CF

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Bangui

country_code: CAF

country_name: Central African Republic

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Canada

iso2Code: CA

value: North America

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Ottawa

country_code: CAN

country_name: Canada

value: Weighted average

value: Environment: Land use


Central Europe and the Baltics

value: Aggregates

country_code: CEB

country_name: Central Europe and the Baltics

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


Switzerland

iso2Code: CH

value: Europe & Central Asia

capitalCity: Bern

country_code: CHE

country_name: Switzerland

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Channel Islands

iso2Code: JG

country_code: CHI

country_name: Channel Islands


Chile

iso2Code: CL

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Santiago

country_code: CHL

country_name: Chile

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

China

iso2Code: CN

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Beijing

country_code: CHN

country_name: China

value: Weighted average


Cote d'Ivoire

iso2Code: CI

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Yamoussoukro

country_code: CIV

country_name: Côte d'Ivoire

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Cameroon

iso2Code: CM

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Yaounde

country_code: CMR

country_name: Cameroon

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Congo, Dem. Rep.

iso2Code: CD

iso2code: ZG

iso2code: ZF

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Kinshasa

country_code: COD

country_name: Congo, Dem. Rep.

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


Congo, Rep.

iso2Code: CG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Brazzaville

country_code: COG

country_name: Congo, Rep.

value: Weighted average


Colombia

iso2Code: CO

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Bogota

country_code: COL

country_name: Colombia

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Comoros

iso2Code: KM

value: IDA

capitalCity: Moroni

country_code: COM

country_name: Comoros

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Cabo Verde

iso2Code: CV

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Blend

capitalCity: Praia

country_code: CPV

country_name: Cabo Verde

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


Costa Rica

iso2Code: CR

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: San Jose

country_code: CRI

country_name: Costa Rica

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

Caribbean small states

value: Aggregates

country_code: CSS

country_name: Caribbean small states

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Cuba

iso2Code: CU

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Havana

country_code: CUB

country_name: Cuba

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


Curacao

iso2Code: CW

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XD

value: High income

capitalCity: Willemstad

country_code: CUW

country_name: Curacao

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


Cayman Islands

iso2Code: KY

capitalCity: George Town

country_code: CYM

country_name: Cayman Islands

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

Cyprus

iso2Code: CY

value: Europe & Central Asia

capitalCity: Nicosia

country_code: CYP

country_name: Cyprus


value: Environment

Czechia

iso2Code: CZ

capitalCity: Prague

country_code: CZE

country_name: Czech Republic

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Germany

iso2Code: DE

capitalCity: Berlin

country_code: DEU

country_name: Germany

value: Environment: Land use


Djibouti

iso2Code: DJ

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Djibouti

country_code: DJI

country_name: Djibouti

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.


Dominica

iso2Code: DM

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Roseau

country_code: DMA

country_name: Dominica

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

Denmark

iso2Code: DK

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Copenhagen

country_code: DNK

country_name: Denmark

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Environment

Dominican Republic

iso2Code: DO

iso2code: ZJ

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Santo Domingo

country_code: DOM

country_name: Dominican Republic

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


Algeria

iso2Code: DZ

value: Middle East & North Africa

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Algiers

country_code: DZA

country_name: Algeria

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

value: Aggregates

country_code: EAP

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


country_code: EAR

country_name: Early-demographic dividend

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Environment

country_code: EAS

country_name: East Asia & Pacific

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

country_code: ECA

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


country_code: ECS

country_name: Europe & Central Asia

value: Environment: Land use


Ecuador

iso2Code: EC

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Quito

country_code: ECU

country_name: Ecuador


value: World Development Indicators

Egypt, Arab Rep.

iso2Code: EG

value: Middle East & North Africa

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Cairo

country_code: EGY

country_name: Egypt, Arab Rep.

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: Climate Change

Euro area

iso2Code: XC

value: Aggregates

country_code: EMU

country_name: Euro area

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Environment

Eritrea

iso2Code: ER

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Asmara

country_code: ERI

country_name: Eritrea

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

Spain

iso2Code: ES

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Madrid

country_code: ESP

country_name: Spain

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: Climate Change

Estonia

iso2Code: EE

capitalCity: Tallinn

country_code: EST

country_name: Estonia

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Environment

Ethiopia

iso2Code: ET

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Addis Ababa

country_code: ETH

country_name: Ethiopia


European Union

iso2Code: EU

value: Aggregates

country_code: EUU

country_name: European Union

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

name: Fragile and conflict affected situations

country_code: FCS

value: CC BY-4.0


value: Climate Change

Finland

iso2Code: FI

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Helsinki

country_code: FIN

country_name: Finland

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Fiji

iso2Code: FJ

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Suva

country_code: FJI

country_name: Fiji

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Environment

France

iso2Code: FR

capitalCity: Paris

country_code: FRA

country_name: France

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

Faroe Islands

iso2Code: FO

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

capitalCity: Torshavn

country_code: FRO

country_name: Faroe Islands

value: CC BY-4.0


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

iso2Code: FM

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Palikir

country_code: FSM

country_name: Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


Gabon

iso2Code: GA

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Libreville

country_code: GAB

country_name: Gabon

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

value: Environment

United Kingdom

iso2Code: GB

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: London

country_code: GBR

country_name: United Kingdom

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Environment: Land use


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Georgia

iso2Code: GE

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Tbilisi

country_code: GEO

country_name: Georgia

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


Ghana

iso2Code: GH

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Accra

country_code: GHA

country_name: Ghana

value: Weighted average


value: World Development Indicators

value: Climate Change

Gibraltar

iso2Code: GI

value: High income

country_code: GIB

country_name: Gibraltar

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Environment

Guinea

iso2Code: GN

capitalCity: Conakry

country_code: GIN

country_name: Guinea

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Gambia, The

iso2Code: GM

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Banjul

country_code: GMB

country_name: Gambia, The

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Environment: Land use


Guinea-Bissau

iso2Code: GW

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Bissau

country_code: GNB

country_name: Guinea-Bissau

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: World Development Indicators

Equatorial Guinea

iso2Code: GQ

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Malabo

country_code: GNQ

country_name: Equatorial Guinea

value: Weighted average


value: Climate Change

Greece

iso2Code: GR

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Athens

country_code: GRC

country_name: Greece

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Environment

Grenada

iso2Code: GD

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Saint George's

country_code: GRD

country_name: Grenada

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: World Development Indicators

Greenland

iso2Code: GL

iso2code: XD

capitalCity: Nuuk

country_code: GRL

country_name: Greenland

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Environment: Land use


value: Climate Change

Guatemala

iso2Code: GT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Guatemala City

country_code: GTM

country_name: Guatemala

value: Weighted average


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Guam

iso2Code: GU

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Agana

country_code: GUM

country_name: Guam

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Annual


value: Environment

Guyana

iso2Code: GY

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Georgetown

country_code: GUY

country_name: Guyana

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: World Development Indicators

High income

value: Aggregates

country_code: HIC

country_name: High income

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

Hong Kong SAR, China

iso2Code: HK

country_code: HKG

country_name: Hong Kong, China

value: Weighted average

value: Environment: Land use


Honduras

iso2Code: HN

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Tegucigalpa

country_code: HND

country_name: Honduras

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)


value: Environment

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

iso2Code: XE

country_code: HPC

country_name: Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

value: Annual


Croatia

iso2Code: HR

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Zagreb

country_code: HRV

country_name: Croatia

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.


value: World Development Indicators

Haiti

iso2Code: HT

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: IDA

capitalCity: Port-au-Prince

country_code: HTI

country_name: Haiti

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

Hungary

iso2Code: HU

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Budapest

country_code: HUN

country_name: Hungary

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Environment

IBRD only

value: Aggregates

country_code: IBD

country_name: IBRD only

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Environment: Land use


IDA & IBRD total

iso2Code: ZT

country_code: IBT

country_name: IDA & IBRD total

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Annual


value: World Development Indicators

IDA total

iso2Code: XG

country_code: IDA

country_name: IDA total


IDA blend

iso2Code: XH

country_code: IDB

country_name: IDA blend


Indonesia

iso2Code: ID

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Jakarta

country_code: IDN

country_name: Indonesia


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

country_code: IDX

country_name: IDA only

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


Isle of Man

iso2Code: IM

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Douglas

country_code: IMN

country_name: Isle of Man

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Environment

India

iso2Code: IN

value: South Asia

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: New Delhi

country_code: IND

country_name: India

value: Weighted average

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Not classified

iso2Code: XY

value: Aggregates

country_code: INX

country_name: Not classified

value: Annual


value: Climate Change

Ireland

iso2Code: IE

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XX

capitalCity: Dublin

country_code: IRL

country_name: Ireland

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


Iran, Islamic Rep.

iso2Code: IR

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Tehran

country_code: IRN

country_name: Iran, Islamic Rep.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: Environment

Iraq

iso2Code: IQ

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Baghdad

country_code: IRQ

country_name: Iraq

value: Weighted average

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: World Development Indicators

Iceland

iso2Code: IS

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Reykjavik

country_code: ISL

country_name: Iceland

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Environment: Land use


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

Israel

iso2Code: IL

country_code: ISR

country_name: Israel

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual


Italy

iso2Code: IT

value: Europe & Central Asia

capitalCity: Rome

country_code: ITA

country_name: Italy

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.


Jamaica

iso2Code: JM

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Kingston

country_code: JAM

country_name: Jamaica

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).


value: World Development Indicators

value: Environment

Jordan

iso2Code: JO

value: Middle East & North Africa

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Amman

country_code: JOR

country_name: Jordan

value: Weighted average

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

Japan

iso2Code: JP

value: East Asia & Pacific

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Tokyo

country_code: JPN

country_name: Japan

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Environment: Land use


Kazakhstan

iso2Code: KZ

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Astana

country_code: KAZ

country_name: Kazakhstan

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


value: World Development Indicators

value: Environment

Kenya

iso2Code: KE

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Nairobi

country_code: KEN

country_name: Kenya

value: Weighted average

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

Kyrgyz Republic

iso2Code: KG

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XN

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Bishkek

country_code: KGZ

country_name: Kyrgyz Republic

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

value: Environment: Land use


Cambodia

iso2Code: KH

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Phnom Penh

country_code: KHM

country_name: Cambodia

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


value: World Development Indicators

value: Environment

Kiribati

iso2Code: KI

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Tarawa

country_code: KIR

country_name: Kiribati


St. Kitts and Nevis

iso2Code: KN

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: High income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Basseterre

country_code: KNA

country_name: St. Kitts and Nevis

value: Weighted average

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

value: Climate Change

Korea, Rep.

iso2Code: KR

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Seoul

country_code: KOR

country_name: Korea, Rep.

value: Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.


Kuwait

iso2Code: KW

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XD

capitalCity: Kuwait City

country_code: KWT

country_name: Kuwait

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Annual

value: Environment: Land use


value: World Development Indicators

value: Environment

iso2Code: XJ

name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Aggregates

country_code: LAC

value: Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.


Lao PDR

iso2Code: LA

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Vientiane

country_code: LAO

country_name: Lao PDR

value: Weighted average