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146. Report on Global Environment Competitiveness of Yemen

verfasst von : Li Jianping, Li Minrong, Wang Jinnan, Li Jianjian, Su Hongwen, Huang Maoxing

Erschienen in: Report on Global Environmental Competitiveness (2013)

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Yemen, Rep is located on southwest end of Arabia Peninsula. It borders Saudi Arabia, Oman on the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden adjacent, and the Arabia sea. It covers 528.0 thousand of square kilometers and has a population of 24.80 million. Its GDP reaches $33.76 billion in 2011. Through the index system and evaluation model, the environment competitiveness index of Yemen ranks at 125 in 133 countries.

Score: 41.60

Rank: 125

Table 146.1

Score and rank of all indicators of GEC

Indicators	Score	Rank
1 Resource Environment Competitiveness	6.02	131
1.1 Land Resources	3.25	126
Land area per capita	3.81	46
Percentage of arable land to total land area	3.56	116
Arable land per capita	2.19	120
1.2 Water Resources	1.57	121
Surface water	0.04	122
Annual precipitation	5.66	120
Groundwater	0.37	118
Total internal renewable water resources	0.20	125
1.3 Forest Resources	15.54	119
Growing stock in forest and other wooded land	50.02	114
Proportion of land area covered by forest	1.22	122
Forest area per capita	0.15	120
1.4 Energy Resources	5.97	62
Fossil energy	0.24	48
Energy production	0.83	66
Proportion of combustible renewable and waste to total energy consumption	1.57	100
Net energy imports of the energy consumption	35.27	14
2 Ecological Environment Competitiveness	36.33	123
2.1 Biodiversity	56.29	94
Threatened fish species	89.15	62
Threatened mammal species	95.11	49
Threatened plant species	90.78	114
GEF benefits index for biodiversity	3.20	61
2.2 Ecological Safeguard	1.56	124
Terrestrial protected areas	1.09	124
Marine protected areas	2.26	60
2.3 Air Quality	47.45	106
Inhalable particles (PM10)	75.18	76
Particulate matter (PM2.5)	58.45	124
Index of indoor air pollution	14.80	83
Nitrogen oxides emission	68.32	46
Sulfur dioxide emission	40.25	86
3 Environment Carrying Competitiveness	64.88	99
3.1 Agricultural Carrying	61.68	106
Cereal yield per unit of arable land	8.12	117
Fertilizer consumption per unit of arable land	99.03	29
Annual freshwater withdrawals for agriculture per unit of arable land	95.75	88
3.2 Industrial Carrying	95.18	17
Net exports of goods as a percentage of GDP	86.06	39
Electric power consumption per unit of value added of industry	95.99	25
SO₂ emissions per unit of value added of industry	99.31	110
Annual freshwater withdrawals for industry per value added of industry	99.37	26
3.3 Energy Consumption	30.99	107
Energy consumption per unit of land area	99.98	14
Ratio of clean energy consumption	0.00	116
Elasticity of energy consumption	14.33	35
Elasticity of electric power consumption	9.67	99
3.4 Greenhouse Gas	58.12	97
Growth rate of CO₂ emissions	60.11	37
Growth rate of Methane emissions	53.03	99
CO₂ emissions per unit of land area	99.95	36
CO₂ emissions per unit of energy consumption	17.40	120
4 Environment Management Competitiveness	34.81	125
4.1 Environmental Governance	60.46	120
Agricultural chemicals regulation	61.90	72
Percentage of the rural population with access to an improved water source	47.00	110
Percentage of the urban population with access to an improved water source	72.00	127
4.2 Ecological Protection	18.79	107
Area of plantation and afforestation	N/A	N/A
Biome protect	3.30	124
Overfishing of fishing resources	34.29	83
4.3 Resource Utilization	30.50	94
Utilization rate of water resources	6.84	6
Percentage of total internal renewable water resources to total water resources	60.00	76
Percentage of agricultural land to total land area	52.50	62
Percentage of fossil fuel energy consumption to total energy consumption	2.65	114
5 Environment Harmony Competitiveness	65.94	82
5.1 Population and Environment	73.41	47
Percentage of population with access to Improved sanitation facilities	52.00	95
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people	95.93	32
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita	0.10	129
SO₂ emissions per capita	95.60	68
CO₂ emissions per capita	97.67	35
Energy consumption per capita	98.77	6
5.2 Economy and Environment	58.48	95
Land resource utilization efficiency	0.02	109
Sulfur dioxide emissions per unit of GDP	74.05	120
Carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP	74.58	101
Energy consumption per unit of GDP	85.27	64

Table 146.2

Rank distribution of the individual indicators of GEC

Sub-index	Number of the individual indicators	Rank 1–10	Rank 11–30	Rank 31–60	Rank 61–100	Rank 101–133
Resource Environment Competitiveness	14	0	0	2	3	9
Ecological Environment Competitiveness	11	0	0	2	4	5
Environment Carrying Competitiveness	15	0	4	4	2	5
Environment Management Competitiveness	10	1	0	0	4	4
Environment Harmony Competitiveness	10	0	0	3	3	4
Total	60	1	4	11	16	27

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