rworldmap (version 1.01)

countryExData: Example dataset for country level data (2008 Environmental Performance Index)

Description

A dataframe containing example country level data for 149 countries. This is the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) downloaded from http://epi.yale.edu/. Used here with permission, further details on the data can be found there. The data are referenced by ISO 3 letter country codes and country names.

Usage

data(countryExData)

source

http://epi.yale.edu/Downloads

Details

2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) data downloaded from : http://epi.yale.edu/Downloads Disclaimers This 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) tracks national environmental results on a quantitative basis, measuring proximity to an established set of policy targets using the best data available. Data constraints and limitations in methodology make this a work in progress. Further refinements will be undertaken over the next few years. Comments, suggestions, feedback, and referrals to better data sources are welcome at: http://epi.yale.edu or [e-mail].

References

Esty, Daniel C., M.A. Levy, C.H. Kim, A. de Sherbinin, T. Srebotnjak, and V. Mara. 2008. 2008 Environmental Performance Index. New Haven: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy.

Examples

data(countryExData,envir=environment(),package="rworldmap")
str(countryExData)