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 kg km2 per day
Large Marine Ecosystem: Insular Pacific-Hawaiian
Lowest
-351.97 kg km2 per day
Large Marine Ecosystem: Oyashio Current
Median
-0.0016 kg km2 per day
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 kg km2 per day in Large Marine Ecosystem: Insular Pacific-Hawaiian; the lowest is -351.97 kg km2 per day in Large Marine Ecosystem: Oyashio Current.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.0016 kg km2 per day, and the mean is -11.45 kg km2 per day.
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): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Insular Pacific-Hawaiian | 130.16 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 2 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Yellow Sea | 28.61 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Large Marine Ecosystem: South China Sea | 26.63 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 4 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Northern Bering - Chukchi Seas | 25.65 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Kuroshio Current | 24.79 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 6 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Sulu-Celebes Sea | 23.82 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 7 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Celtic-Biscay Shelf | 21.47 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 8 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Thailand | 20.2 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 9 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Indonesian Sea | 17.05 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 10 | Large Marine Ecosystem: South Brazil Shelf | 11.51 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 11 | Large Marine Ecosystem: East Brazil Shelf | 7.45 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 12 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf | 7.06 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 13 | Large Marine Ecosystem: East China Sea | 6.67 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 14 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Bay of Bengal | 6.56 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 15 | Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea | 4.52 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 16 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Black Sea | 3.81 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 17 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Mediterranean Sea | 3.08 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 18 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Northwest Australian Shelf | 2.69 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 19 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Iberian Coastal | 2.57 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Arabian Sea | 2.38 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 21 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Patagonian Shelf | 2.07 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 22 | Large Marine Ecosystem: North Australian Shelf | 1.67 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Large Marine Ecosystem: East Central Australian Shelf | 1.29 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 24 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Red Sea | 1.16 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 25 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Agulhas Current | 1.14 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 26 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Canary Current | 0.7986 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 27 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Baltic Sea | 0.7057 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 199.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Guinea Current | 0.5974 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 29 | Large Marine Ecosystem: South West Australian Shelf | 0.2521 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 30 | Large Marine Ecosystem: East Bering Sea | 0.0025 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 35 | Large Marine Ecosystem: West Central Australian Shelf | -0.0058 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Faroe Plateau | -0.0223 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 37 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Hudson Bay Complex | -0.169 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico | -0.2188 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Southeast Australian Shelf | -0.5421 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 353.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of California | -0.6192 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Humboldt Current | -0.8952 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 42 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Beaufort Sea | -1.61 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 43 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Somali Coastal Current | -2.15 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 2,677.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Laptev Sea | -2.78 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 45 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Benguela Current | -3.44 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 580.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Large Marine Ecosystem: North Brazil Shelf | -3.89 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 47 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Kara Sea | -4.11 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 48 | Large Marine Ecosystem: California Current | -6.93 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 49 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Labrador - Newfoundland | -7.07 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 50 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Sea of Japan | -8.97 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 4,374.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Sea of Okhotsk | -10.13 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 52 | Large Marine Ecosystem: New Zealand Shelf | -17.05 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 53 | Large Marine Ecosystem: East Siberian Sea | -24.12 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 54 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf | -26.96 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 55 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Barents Sea | -28.18 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 56 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Northeast Australian Shelf | -34.03 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 165.7% | falling |
| 57 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Greenland Sea | -35.05 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 58 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Alaska | -41.76 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 59 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Iceland Shelf and Sea | -42.92 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 60 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Canadian Eastern Arctic - West Greenland | -64.1 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 61 | Large Marine Ecosystem: West Bering Sea | -81.65 kg km2 per day | 2015 | up 28.3% | flat |
| 62 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Norwegian Sea | -132.69 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 63 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Scotian Shelf | -139.37 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 64 | Large Marine Ecosystem: Oyashio Current | -351.97 kg km2 per day | 2015 | down 85.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Large Marine Ecosystem: Caribbean Sea 3.93 kg km2 per day
- Large Marine Ecosystem: Pacific Central-American Coastal -2.84 kg km2 per day