Region

Variable

Dimension

Obs

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Africa

CO2/pop

Metric ton/cap

1810

0.734

1.770

0.009

11.989

SO2/pop

Kg/cap

1446

8.733

23.607

0.014

185.463

GDP/pop

1000$/cap

1841

1.856

2.776

0.117

26.669

Investment/pop

1000$/cap

1841

0.441

0.894

−0.193

10.037

FDI/pop

1000$/cap

1318

0.034

0.158

−0.445

2.909

Trade openness

%

1569

86.308

62.825

4.830

453.437

Population

million

1872

9.650

16.065

0.041

143.312

Asia

CO2/pop

Metric ton/cap

1177

1.456

2.536

0.004

19.103

SO2/pop

Kg/cap

787

4.120

6.490

0.008

52.456

GDP/pop

1000$/cap

112

4.335

6.870

0.276

50.201

Investment/pop

1000$/cap

1120

1.330

2.399

0.025

17.750

FDI/pop

1000$/cap

785

0.197

0.893

−0.051

9.582

Trade openness

%

1148

71.108

52.056

5.314

319.552

Population

million

1295

85.915

235.799

0.063

1310.584

Central America & the Caribbean

CO2/pop

Metric ton/cap

939

2.864

5.155

0.038

49.315

SO2/pop

Kg/cap

566

21.766

51.899

0.004

438.213

GDP/pop

1000$/cap

870

7.111

5.379

1.330

29.117

Investment/pop

1000$/cap

870

1.783

1.711

−0.256

12.254

FDI/pop

1000$/cap

656

0.210

0.450

−0.258

4.357

Trade openness

%

831

86.176

42.411

18.897

217.297

Population

million

960

5.426

16.626

0.038

108.700

Former USSR & Eastern Europe

CO2/pop

Metric ton/cap

496

6.155

3.440

0.453

16.305

SO2/pop

Kg/cap

541

34.950

30.131

0.065

134.864

GDP/pop

1000$/cap

467

7.134

4.433

1.330

23.520

Investment/pop

1000$/cap

467

1.611

1.173

0.015

7.073

FDI/pop

1000$/cap

340

0.188

0.490

−0.584

7.115

Trade openness

%

861

53.791

31.453

4.189

145.425

Population

million

1008

17.094

30.436

1.210

148.490

Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

CO2/pop

Metric ton/cap

744

5.282

9.057

0.014

75.139

SO2/pop

Kg/cap

701

39.513

200.572

0.017

4885.748

GDP/pop

1000$/cap

652

7.012

9.023

0.334

51.625

Investment/pop

1000$/cap

652

2.075

2.799

0.025

22.140

FDI/pop

1000$/cap

524

0.072

0.284

−1.202

3.436

Trade openness

%

732

71.055

43.505

7.040

263.877

Population

million

816

14.789

18.224

0.078

79.935