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Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) (kilograms of carbon from algae biomass per sq. km. of river basin area per day) by country

Countries reporting
60
Highest
130.16
Large Marine Ecosystem: Insular Pacific-Hawaiian
Lowest
-351.97
Large Marine Ecosystem: Oyashio Current
Median
-0.0016
Years covered
16
2000–2015
Data points
1,056

What the numbers show

Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) (kilograms of carbon from algae biomass per sq. km. of river basin area per day) is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 130.16 in Large Marine Ecosystem: Insular Pacific-Hawaiian; the lowest is -351.97 in Large Marine Ecosystem: Oyashio Current.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.0016, and the mean is -11.45.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Large Marine Ecosystem: Baltic Sea (up 199.3%), and the largest decrease in Large Marine Ecosystem: Sea of Japan (down 4,374.4%).

Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) (kilograms of): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Large Marine Ecosystem: Insular Pacific-Hawaiian 130.16 2015 up 18.0% rising
2 Large Marine Ecosystem: Yellow Sea 28.61 2015 down 2.2% rising
3 Large Marine Ecosystem: South China Sea 26.63 2015 up 12.7% rising
4 Large Marine Ecosystem: Northern Bering - Chukchi Seas 25.65 2015 down 2.9% flat
5 Large Marine Ecosystem: Kuroshio Current 24.79 2015 down 29.9% falling
6 Large Marine Ecosystem: Sulu-Celebes Sea 23.82 2015 up 6.4% flat
7 Large Marine Ecosystem: Celtic-Biscay Shelf 21.47 2015 down 1.1% falling
8 Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Thailand 20.2 2015 up 53.4% rising
9 Large Marine Ecosystem: Indonesian Sea 17.05 2015 down 2.6% flat
10 Large Marine Ecosystem: South Brazil Shelf 11.51 2015 up 3.8% rising
11 Large Marine Ecosystem: East Brazil Shelf 7.45 2015 up 12.4% rising
12 Large Marine Ecosystem: Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf 7.06 2015 down 8.0% falling
13 Large Marine Ecosystem: East China Sea 6.67 2015 down 12.6% rising
14 Large Marine Ecosystem: Bay of Bengal 6.56 2015 down 32.6% falling
15 Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea 4.52 2015 down 43.8% falling
16 Large Marine Ecosystem: Black Sea 3.81 2015 down 4.5% falling
17 Large Marine Ecosystem: Mediterranean Sea 3.08 2015 up 4.3% flat
18 Large Marine Ecosystem: Northwest Australian Shelf 2.69 2015 up 20.8% rising
19 Large Marine Ecosystem: Iberian Coastal 2.57 2015 down 39.5% volatile
20 Large Marine Ecosystem: Arabian Sea 2.38 2015 down 23.6% flat
21 Large Marine Ecosystem: Patagonian Shelf 2.07 2015 up 7.5% rising
22 Large Marine Ecosystem: North Australian Shelf 1.67 2015 down 57.9% volatile
23 Large Marine Ecosystem: East Central Australian Shelf 1.29 2015 down 58.0% falling
24 Large Marine Ecosystem: Red Sea 1.16 2015 up 6.3% flat
25 Large Marine Ecosystem: Agulhas Current 1.14 2015 down 33.4% falling
26 Large Marine Ecosystem: Canary Current 0.7986 2015 up 22.8% rising
27 Large Marine Ecosystem: Baltic Sea 0.7057 2015 up 199.3% volatile
28 Large Marine Ecosystem: Guinea Current 0.5974 2015 down 16.2% rising
29 Large Marine Ecosystem: South West Australian Shelf 0.2521 2015 down 23.5% falling
30 Large Marine Ecosystem: East Bering Sea 0.0025 2015 down 0.8% flat
35 Large Marine Ecosystem: West Central Australian Shelf -0.0058 2015 up 73.1% volatile
36 Large Marine Ecosystem: Faroe Plateau -0.0223 2015 down 0.3% flat
37 Large Marine Ecosystem: Hudson Bay Complex -0.169 2015 up 77.8% volatile
38 Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico -0.2188 2015 up 80.5% volatile
39 Large Marine Ecosystem: Southeast Australian Shelf -0.5421 2015 down 353.1% volatile
40 Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of California -0.6192 2015 up 29.8% volatile
41 Large Marine Ecosystem: Humboldt Current -0.8952 2015 up 85.3% rising
42 Large Marine Ecosystem: Beaufort Sea -1.61 2015 down 4.2% falling
43 Large Marine Ecosystem: Somali Coastal Current -2.15 2015 down 2,677.4% volatile
44 Large Marine Ecosystem: Laptev Sea -2.78 2015 down 49.4% falling
45 Large Marine Ecosystem: Benguela Current -3.44 2015 down 580.8% volatile
46 Large Marine Ecosystem: North Brazil Shelf -3.89 2015 up 11.4% rising
47 Large Marine Ecosystem: Kara Sea -4.11 2015 up 20.7% flat
48 Large Marine Ecosystem: California Current -6.93 2015 down 39.3% falling
49 Large Marine Ecosystem: Labrador - Newfoundland -7.07 2015 down 30.8% falling
50 Large Marine Ecosystem: Sea of Japan -8.97 2015 down 4,374.4% volatile
51 Large Marine Ecosystem: Sea of Okhotsk -10.13 2015 down 36.9% falling
52 Large Marine Ecosystem: New Zealand Shelf -17.05 2015 down 57.0% falling
53 Large Marine Ecosystem: East Siberian Sea -24.12 2015 down 47.2% falling
54 Large Marine Ecosystem: Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf -26.96 2015 up 13.4% rising
55 Large Marine Ecosystem: Barents Sea -28.18 2015 down 15.3% falling
56 Large Marine Ecosystem: Northeast Australian Shelf -34.03 2015 down 165.7% falling
57 Large Marine Ecosystem: Greenland Sea -35.05 2015 down 0.4% flat
58 Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Alaska -41.76 2015 up 5.1% falling
59 Large Marine Ecosystem: Iceland Shelf and Sea -42.92 2015 up 15.2% rising
60 Large Marine Ecosystem: Canadian Eastern Arctic - West Greenland -64.1 2015 up 19.3% rising
61 Large Marine Ecosystem: West Bering Sea -81.65 2015 up 28.3% flat
62 Large Marine Ecosystem: Norwegian Sea -132.69 2015 down 12.6% rising
63 Large Marine Ecosystem: Scotian Shelf -139.37 2015 down 26.6% falling
64 Large Marine Ecosystem: Oyashio Current -351.97 2015 down 85.4% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) (kilograms of carbon from algae biomass per sq. km. of river basin area per day)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
66 places, 1,056 data points, 2000–2015
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