Greenland Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth
Greenland GL: (DC)Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP
GL: (DC)Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. GL: (DC)Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1980 to 2015, with 36 observations. GL: (DC)Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Natural gas rents are the difference between the value of natural gas production at regional prices and total costs of production.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in 'The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future' (Lange et al 2018).; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1980 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: (DC)Oil Rents: % of GDP
GL: (DC)Oil Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. GL: (DC)Oil Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1980 to 2015, with 36 observations. GL: (DC)Oil Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Oil rents are the difference between the value of crude oil production at regional prices and total costs of production.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in 'The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future' (Lange et al 2018).; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1980 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Agricultural Land
GL: Agricultural Land data was reported at 2,359.000 sq km in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2,359.000 sq km for 2014. GL: Agricultural Land data is updated yearly, averaging 2,354.000 sq km from Dec 1961 to 2015, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,359.000 sq km in 2015 and a record low of 2,350.000 sq km in 1984. GL: Agricultural Land data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 2,359.00 2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area
GL: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area data was reported at 0.575 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.575 % for 2014. GL: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 0.688 % from Dec 1961 to 2015, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.690 % in 1996 and a record low of 0.574 % in 1999. GL: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.57 2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Arable Land
GL: Arable Land data was reported at 900.000 ha in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 900.000 ha for 2014. GL: Arable Land data is updated yearly, averaging 800.000 ha from Dec 1985 to 2015, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 900.000 ha in 2015 and a record low of 400.000 ha in 1989. GL: Arable Land data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; ;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 900.00 2015 | yearly | 1985 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Arable Land: % of Land Area
GL: Arable Land: % of Land Area data was reported at 0.002 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.002 % for 2014. GL: Arable Land: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 0.002 % from Dec 1985 to 2015, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.002 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.001 % in 1989. GL: Arable Land: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1985 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Arable Land: Hectares per Person
GL: Arable Land: Hectares per Person data was reported at 0.016 ha in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.016 ha for 2014. GL: Arable Land: Hectares per Person data is updated yearly, averaging 0.014 ha from Dec 1985 to 2015, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.016 ha in 2015 and a record low of 0.007 ha in 1989. GL: Arable Land: Hectares per Person data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.02 2015 | yearly | 1985 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Bird Species: Threatened
GL: Bird Species: Threatened data was reported at 6.000 Unit in 2017. GL: Bird Species: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 6.000 Unit from Dec 2017 to 2017, with 1 observations. GL: Bird Species: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.; ; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 6.00 2017 | yearly | 2017 - 2017 |
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Greenland GL: Coal Rents: % of GDP
GL: Coal Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. GL: Coal Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1980 to 2015, with 36 observations. GL: Coal Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in 'The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future' (Lange et al 2018).; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1980 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Fish Species: Threatened
GL: Fish Species: Threatened data was reported at 9.000 Unit in 2017. GL: Fish Species: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 9.000 Unit from Dec 2017 to 2017, with 1 observations. GL: Fish Species: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Fish species are based on Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.; ; Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. FishBase database, www.fishbase.org.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 2017 | yearly | 2017 - 2017 |
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Greenland GL: Forest Area
GL: Forest Area data was reported at 2.200 sq km in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.200 sq km for 2014. GL: Forest Area data is updated yearly, averaging 2.200 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.200 sq km in 2015 and a record low of 2.200 sq km in 2015. GL: Forest Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 2.20 2015 | yearly | 1990 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Forest Area: % of Land Area
GL: Forest Area: % of Land Area data was reported at 0.001 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.001 % for 2014. GL: Forest Area: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 0.001 % from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.001 % in 1996 and a record low of 0.001 % in 2015. GL: Forest Area: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1990 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Forest Rents: % of GDP
GL: Forest Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. GL: Forest Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1970 to 2015, with 46 observations. GL: Forest Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Forest rents are roundwood harvest times the product of regional prices and a regional rental rate.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in 'The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future' (Lange et al 2018).; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1970 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Land Area
GL: Land Area data was reported at 410,450.000 sq km in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 410,450.000 sq km for 2016. GL: Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 341,700.000 sq km from Dec 1961 to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 410,450.000 sq km in 2017 and a record low of 341,700.000 sq km in 1996. GL: Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 410,450.00 2017 | yearly | 1961 - 2017 |
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Greenland GL: Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area
GL: Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data was reported at 10.139 % in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 10.139 % for 2000. GL: Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 10.139 % from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.139 % in 2010 and a record low of 10.139 % in 2010. GL: Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 10.14 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Mammal Species: Threatened
GL: Mammal Species: Threatened data was reported at 9.000 Unit in 2017. GL: Mammal Species: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 9.000 Unit from Dec 2017 to 2017, with 1 observations. GL: Mammal Species: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Mammal species are mammals excluding whales and porpoises. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.; ; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 2017 | yearly | 2017 - 2017 |
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Greenland GL: Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Surface Area
GL: Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Surface Area data was reported at 4.519 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.519 % for 2016. GL: Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Surface Area data is updated yearly, averaging 4.519 % from Dec 2016 to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.519 % in 2017 and a record low of 4.519 % in 2016. GL: Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Surface Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.; ; World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) where the compilation and management is carried out by United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in collaboration with governments, non-governmental organizations, academia and industry. The data is available online through the Protected Planet website (https://www.protectedplanet.net/).; Weighted average; Restricted use: Please contact the Protected Planet for third-party use of these data.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 4.52 2016 | yearly | 1990 - 2016 |
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Greenland GL: Mineral Rents: % of GDP
GL: Mineral Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. GL: Mineral Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.428 % from Dec 1970 to 2015, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.906 % in 1974 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2015. GL: Mineral Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in 'The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future' (Lange et al 2018).; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1970 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened
GL: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened data was reported at 1.000 Unit in 2017. GL: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 1.000 Unit from Dec 2017 to 2017, with 1 observations. GL: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.; ; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.00 2017 | yearly | 2017 - 2017 |
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Greenland GL: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population
GL: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 46.460 % in 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 46.068 % for 2000. GL: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 46.068 % from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.460 % in 2010 and a record low of 45.657 % in 1990. GL: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Population below 5m is the percentage of the total population living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 46.46 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Rural Land Area
GL: Rural Land Area data was reported at 242,639.594 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 242,639.594 sq km for 2000. GL: Rural Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 242,639.594 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 242,639.594 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 242,639.594 sq km in 2010. GL: Rural Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 242,639.59 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters
GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 24,595.938 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 24,595.938 sq km for 2000. GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 24,595.938 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24,595.938 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 24,595.938 sq km in 2010. GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 24,595.94 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area
GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data was reported at 10.135 % in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 10.135 % for 2000. GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 10.135 % from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.135 % in 2010 and a record low of 10.135 % in 2010. GL: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the rural land elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 10.14 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population
GL: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 25.721 % in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.955 % for 2000. GL: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 25.955 % from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.023 % in 1990 and a record low of 25.721 % in 2010. GL: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 25.72 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Surface Area
GL: Surface Area data was reported at 410,450.000 sq km in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 410,450.000 sq km for 2016. GL: Surface Area data is updated yearly, averaging 341,700.000 sq km from Dec 1961 to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 410,450.000 sq km in 2017 and a record low of 341,700.000 sq km in 1996. GL: Surface Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 410,450.00 2017 | yearly | 1961 - 2017 |
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Greenland GL: Terrestrial & Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Territorial Area
GL: Terrestrial & Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Territorial Area data was reported at 22.360 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22.380 % for 2014. GL: Terrestrial & Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Territorial Area data is updated yearly, averaging 22.290 % from Dec 1990 to 2016, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.380 % in 2014 and a record low of 22.220 % in 2000. GL: Terrestrial & Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Territorial Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.; ; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, as compiled by the World Resources Institute, based on data from national authorities, national legislation and international agreements.; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 22.36 2016 | yearly | 1990 - 2016 |
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Greenland GL: Terrestrial Protected Areas: % of Total Land Area
GL: Terrestrial Protected Areas: % of Total Land Area data was reported at 41.120 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 41.160 % for 2014. GL: Terrestrial Protected Areas: % of Total Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 40.980 % from Dec 1990 to 2016, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.160 % in 2014 and a record low of 40.840 % in 2000. GL: Terrestrial Protected Areas: % of Total Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine areas, unclassified areas, littoral (intertidal) areas, and sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.; ; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, as compiled by the World Resources Institute, based on data from national authorities, national legislation and international agreements.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 41.12 2016 | yearly | 1990 - 2016 |
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Greenland GL: Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP
GL: Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. GL: Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.428 % from Dec 1970 to 2015, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.906 % in 1974 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2015. GL: Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in 'The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future' (Lange et al 2018).; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1970 - 2015 |
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Greenland GL: Urban Land Area
GL: Urban Land Area data was reported at 33.348 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 33.348 sq km for 2000. GL: Urban Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 33.348 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.348 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 33.348 sq km in 2010. GL: Urban Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 33.35 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters
GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 9.709 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 9.709 sq km for 2000. GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 9.709 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.709 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 9.709 sq km in 2010. GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area below 5m is the total urban land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 9.71 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area
GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data was reported at 0.004 % in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.004 % for 2000. GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 0.004 % from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.004 % in 2010 and a record low of 0.004 % in 2010. GL: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the urban land elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |
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Greenland GL: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population
GL: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 20.739 % in 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 20.113 % for 2000. GL: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 20.113 % from Dec 1990 to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.739 % in 2010 and a record low of 18.634 % in 1990. GL: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greenland – Table GL.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 20.74 2010 | yearly | 1990 - 2010 |