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Figure 1: Environmental Indicators (a) Tier and (b) Data Availability

3a. Country level data availability
Analyzing country-level data availability can help identify gaps in national
capacity or highlight areas where political interest may be lacking. Overall,
there is about a 40% country-level data coverage for the 93 environment-
related indicators (including Tier III indicators) (Figure 2). While the biggest
differences in country-level data availability are based on the indicator types,
there are also some differences in reporting level based on country categories.
OECD countries have higher levels of data availability than non-OECD
countries for all indicator categories except for “Mechanisms, enabling
environment and policy” indicators. On the other hand, SIDS have the lowest
levels of country-level data reporting across all indicators. The biggest gap
being for indicators in the “Behavior and Sustainable Consumption and
Production” category where country-level reporting in SIDS countries (41%) is
4% lower than the global average (45%) and 7% lower than OECD countries
(48%) (Figure 2). SIDS small size, remoteness, narrow resource and exposure
to global environmental change may be factor to their low levels of country-
level reporting.

Figure 2: Country Level Data Availability by Indicator Category and Country
Group

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