Highlights East Asia & Pacific: More access to improved sanitation facilities Share of population with access to improved sanitation facilities (%) 100
East Asia and Pacific has more than doubled the proportion of people with access to improved sanitation facilities. This is an impressive
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achievement, bringing access to basic sanitation facilities to more
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than 700 million additional people, mostly in China. Because of its
80
size, China dominates the regional average of East Asia and Pacific. Palau
But some countries progressed even faster than China, such as
East Asia & Pacific
60
Palau, with 100 percent access in 2010. At the other end of the
China
Papua New Guinea
spectrum is Cambodia, where only 31 percent of the population has
40
access.
Timor-Leste 20 Cambodia 0
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
Source: Table 3.
Europe & Central Asia: Emissions fall but per capita carbon dioxide emissions remain high Carbon dioxide emissions (metric tons per capita)
Carbon dioxide emissions, largely a byproduct of energy production and use, account for the largest portion of greenhouse gases released
30
each year. Greenhouse gases—including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other industrial gases (hydrofluorocarbons, perfluo20
rocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride)—are associated with global warming and environmental damage. In 2009 the world released an estimated 32 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, up 44 percent from
10
cent over the same period, but emissions per capita remain the highest
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Ru Es ss ton ian ia Fe de r a Cz tio ec n hR ep ub l ic Ne the rla nd s Gr ee nla nd Fin lan d Eu rop e & Norw ay Ce ntr al As ia a
1990 2009
0
1990. In Europe and Central Asia carbon dioxide emissions fell 25 peramong developing regions. Emissions of other greenhouse gases have also risen over the last two decades. In 2010 global emissions were estimated at 7.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent for methane, 2.9 billion for nitrous dioxide, and 1.0 billion for other industrial gases.
a. Includes countries at all income levels. Source: Online table 3.8.
Latin America & Caribbean: The leader in clean and efficient energy Latin America and the Caribbean remains one of the world’s most efficient
Energy use, 2010 (%)
energy-using regions, measured by the ratio of gross domestic product
100
to energy use. Latin American countries averaged $7.70 of output per kilogram of oil-equivalent energy used in 2010 (in 2005 purchasing
75
power parity dollars), up 12 percent from 1990. Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Uruguay were the region’s most efficient energy users. Clean energy from noncarbon energy sources, which consists of
50
alternative energy (geothermal, solar, and hydropower) and nuclear energy, is also on the rise, accounting for 9.2 percent of world energy 25
0
use in 2010, but 10.4 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean, high-
Alternative and nuclear energy Combustible renewables and waste Fossil fuel Latin America & Caribbean
Europe & Central Asia
East Asia & Pacific
est among developing regions. The increase in carbon dioxide emissions slowed, but the region’s emissions still rose more than 57 percent South Asia
Sub-Saharan Middle East & North Africa Africa
between 1990 and 2009. Mexico, Brazil, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Argentina, and Colombia were the largest emitters.
Source: Online tables 3.6 and 3.8.
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