Pakistan ranks better than India in self sufficiency & dependency

[53fd]

The Index assesses the extent to which a country can support itself from its own renewable resources, by measuring per capita consumption, or ecological footprint in global hectares per capita, against per capita biologically productive capacity (biocapacity) in global hectares.

The proportion of consumption sourced from outside a country gives a dependency rating ranging from 0 to 100 per cent: the higher the dependency rating, the greater the overpopulation.

All source data from The Ecological Footprint Atlas 2009 (Global Footprint Network), based on 2006 figures.

Ecological footprint and biocapacity measured in global hectares per person. A global hectare is a hectare with world-average biological productivity.

The ecological footprint measures the area of biologically productive land and water (biocapacity) required to produce the resources and absorb the waste of a given population or activity.

Dependency and self-sufficiency ratings based on ratio of footprint to biocapacity, showing the percentage of footprint not supported (= dependency) from biocapacity.

Sustainable population shows number that can be supported from biocapacity at current consumption/footprint levels.

Overpopulation is difference between actual and sustainable populations.

NB figures in index have been rounded; calculations are based on pre-rounded data, to four decimal places. Countries with negative dependency rating, i.e where biocapacity exceeds footprint, are not included.

World Bank Income Group
Economies are divided according to 2008 GNI per capita, using the World Bank Atlas method. The groups are low income, $975 or less; lower middle income, $976-$3,855; upper middle income, $3,856- $11,905; and high income, $11,906 or more.

 

[majesticpankaj]

Infact it is true, we have overpopulation but less per capita resources.. but it is all about the optimal utilization of resources... e.g., japan

 

[53fd]

A few pointers on the formulas used here to calculate different parameters:

1) eco footprint (measured/already given)
2) biocapacity (measured/already given)

Self Sufficiency % = (biocapacity/eco footprint) x 100
Dependency % = 100 - Self Sufficiency %

3) Actual population (measured/already given)

Sustainable population = (Dependency % x Actual Population)/100
Overpopulation = Actual Population - Sustainable population

 

[ashant]

And to note further headlines:

- India ranks better than China in self-sufficiency and dependency
- Pakistan ranks better than China in self-sufficiency and dependency
- Pakistan ranks way better than Israel in self-sufficiency and dependency

and many more!

Anyways, my congratulations to Pakistan! Peace

 

[53fd]

Ok, now what this report is supposed to mean?

If you read the description in Post # 1, you'd understand. It's not terribly hard to understand.

 

[ashant]

^ Understand after post #3 , edited.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

The top 7 countries on that list are all developed countries .
I am happy India is higher than Pakistan on that list , lol so is USA.

Secondly its about not how much resources are present , its about how much you can utilize and that depends on industrialization which is happening rapidly in India .

Thirdly , Pakistan's population is growing faster than India ,so ... yeah you get the point.

 

[madooxno9]

with time we will... overcome a lot of things ....but how will we tackle overpopulation..... my guess is education is the key for eveything.

 

[53fd]

The top 7 countries on that list are all developed countries .
I am happy India is higher than Pakistan on that list , lol so is USA.

A lot of first world, developed countries are 'below' Pakistan as well on that list.

Secondly its about not how much resources are present , its about how much you can utilize and that depends on industrialization which is happening rapidly in India .

It depends on both actually.

Thirdly , Pakistan's population is growing faster than India ,so ... yeah you get the point.

India's growth rate isn't too different from Pakistan's.

India's growth rate: 1.34%
Pakistan's growth rate: 1.57%

Sri Lanka's growth rate: 0.93%

Source: CIA, World Fact Book. 2011 Data

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2002rank.html

India also has 7 times the population of Pakistan, but its total land area is only 4.5 times bigger than that of Pakistan. You probably get my point.

 

[below_freezing]

While good, this more accurately reflects geography and demographic policy, not any national economic policies.

More interesting is the relationship between GDP/capita and dependency rate. I think there would a very high correlation for small countries, but much lower ones for large countries.