Number of countries, number of regions, land area and methane emissions of continents

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This dataset is about continents. It has 5 columns: continent, number of countries, number of regions, land area, and methane emissions. The data is ordered by population (descending).

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There are 5 fields used in this dataset (including filters):
  • Continent: Name of continent.
  • Number Of Countries: Number of countries within the continent.
  • Number Of Regions: Number of regions within the continent.
  • Land Area: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. This field is expressed in km².
  • Methane Emissions: A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF.. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. This field is expressed in Mt of CO2 equivalent.

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This dataset is based on data from: World Bank

This dataset can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license

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