OECD Factbook 2009: Environment

 

 

An average of 560 kg of municipal waste is produced by every person every year in OECD countries.

 

 

The OECD area accounts for 46% of global CO2 emissions, a share that is falling as emissions rise sharply from non-OECD countries.

 

During the 20th century, global demand for water rose twice as fast as population growth.

 

OECD Factbook 2009 – how do you like yours?

Not surprisingly for such an innovative publication, it exists in a number of different versions, to suit our readers’ requirements.

 

 

Print

Available for purchase.  313 pages of indicators, definitions, analysis and trends.  The definitive statistical reference publication.

 

USB key

Available for purchase
Loaded with OECD Factbook 2009 files and documents, as well as OECD in Figures, the USB key is completely portable, with space for users to save their own documents.

 

Web Book

Free on line. The gateway to the PDFs, Excel™ and interactive graphs.  Access to the key indicators for the World’s leading economies is only a click away.

 

Dynamic graphs

Free on line, using Trendalyzer, this dynamic visualisation software from the Gapminder Foundation enables the identification of long term trends and comparisons between countries.

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