Global sustainability statistics are benchmarks for measuring the status of sustainability parameters. The following agencies provide baseline data for sustainability governance. They are just one form of data used for sustainability accounting and are valuable for assessing trends and measuring progress.
This list provides sources of statistics at the global level of governance only.
General lists
Meadows, D.H., Randers, J. & Meadows, D.L. 2004. Limits to growth: the 30-year update. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, White River Junction, USA.
The CIAs World Fact Book
World Data Center
United Nations Environmental Indicators Also publications on environmental statistics and statistical methods.
Water (water resources, water supply industry, waste water)
Air pollution (SO2 & NOx),
Climate change (greenhouse gas emissions; by sector(absolute & percentage); CO2 emissions; CH4 & N2O emissions)
Waste (municipal waste collection, treatment, hazardous waste)
Land use (total land area by country, forest area by country, agricultural area by country).
European Commission (Eurostat)
Biodiversity
Groombridge, B & Jenkins, M.D. 2002. World Atlas of Biodiversity. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Energy
BP Statistical Review of World Energy
The International Energy Agency. Key World Energy Statistics
UN Energy Statistics Database
Fisheries
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Forests
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Fertilizer
International Fertilizer Industry Association
Food and agriculture
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. FAOSTAT
Population
United Nations Population Division
United Nations Database
Population Reference Bureau
American Association for Advancement of Science
Water
International Water Management Institute
Stockholm International Water Institute
United Nations Environmental Program
Global Runoff Data Centre
