Key to Appendix II: Description
Units
Source
Commonwealth Region
Text
https://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries
Commonwealth Country
Text
https://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries
Small Island Developing State
Text
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sids/list
Small State
Text
https://data.worldbank.org/region/small-states
ODA Status
Text
http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance- standards/DAC_List_ODA_ Recipients2018to2020_flows_En.pdf
Land Area
SqKm
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.K2
Population
Number
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
Population Growth
Percentage
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW
Population Density
Persons/SqKm
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST
Urban Population
Percentage
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Urban Population Growth
Percentage
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.GROW
Total CO2
Kilotons
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.KT?view=chart
CO2 per Capita
Metric Tons (Tonnes)/capita
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/en.atm.co2e.pc
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
$Million
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Gross National Income (GNI)
$
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD
Human Development Index (HDI)
Score
http://www.hdr.undp.org/en/data
Climate Risk Index (CRI)
Score
https://germanwatch.org/sites/germanwatch.org/files/Global%20Climate%20Risk%20Index%202019_2.pdf
Climate Losses
$Million
http://hdr.undp.org/en/data
Fragile States Index
Score
http://fundforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/9511904-fragilestatesindex.pdf
Corruptions Perceptions Index
Score
https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018
Urbanisation is having a disproportionate effect on the people of the Commonwealth. In 2020, the urban population of the Commonwealth represented 24% of the world’s urban population. By 2050 it will represent over 30%. By 2050, the worlds urban population is projected to increase by approximately 50% relative to 2020, whereas the urban population of the Commonwealth will have practically doubled, adding a further 1 billion urban dwellers
86 Figures taken from the UN World Urbanisation Prospects 2018,
https://population.un.org/wup/Download/ and extracted from https://population.un.org/wup/Download/Files/WUP2018-F03Urban_Population.xls
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