Appendix.
Indicators pertaining to the Alliance of Small Island
States countries
| Country |
Insularity Index |
Vuln. Index |
Pop. density pers/km2 |
Pop. growth rate * |
Arable land% |
GDP capita ('95 US$) |
Protection cost in % of GNP ** |
Ext. events |
| Cape Verde | 0.239 | 22 |
96-214 | 2.48-0.64 | 9 |
1040 | 0.15 | VO |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.218 |
33 | 150 | 2.00-1.26 |
1 | 1000 | 1.46 |
|
| Bahamas | 0.352 |
11 | 20-31 | 1.59-0.22 |
1 | 18700 | 2.67 |
CY |
| Cuba | 0.034 | 3 |
99-102 | 0.43-(0.37) | 23 |
1300 | 0.13 | CY DR |
| Dominica | 0.197 | 21 |
111 | 0.05-0.48 | 9 |
2450 | 0.17 | CY |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.348 | 52 |
149 | 0.65-0.48 | 18 |
6600 | 1.01 | CY DR |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.502 |
77 | 154 | (0.09)-0.48 |
22 | 5380 | 2.33 |
CY |
| Dominican Republic | 0.027 | 4 |
161-270 | 1.65-0.43 | 23 |
3400 | 0.04 | CY |
| Jamaica | 0.094 | 21 |
225-354 | 0.94-0.32 | 19 |
3200 | 0.19 | CY |
| Haiti | 0.064 | 16 |
257-632 | 1.86-1.01 | 20 |
1000 | 0.07 | CY EQ DR |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.071 |
18 | 251-370 | 0.82-0.30 |
14 | 12100 | 0.21 |
|
| Saint Lucia | 0.259 | 67 |
259 | 1.28-0.48 | 8 |
4080 | 0.82 | CY VO |
| Grenada | 0.356 | 99 |
279 | 0.41-0.48 | 15 |
3000 | 0.67 | CY |
| Saint Vincent& Grenadines | 0.247 |
86 | 348 | 0.89-0.48 |
38 | 2060 | 0.55 |
CY VO |
| Barbados | 0.226 | 137 |
606-712 | 0.29-(0.01) | 77 |
9800 | 0.27 | CY |
| Seychelles | 1.079 | 183 |
170 | 1.03-0.32 | 4 |
6000 | 5.51 | |
| Comoros | 0.157 | 42 |
274-839 | 3.07-1.11 | 35 |
700 | 0.13 | CY TS |
| Mauritius | 0.096 | 52 |
547-811 | 1.08-0.32 | 54 |
9600 | 0.15 | CY |
| Maldives | 2.147 | 1833 |
854-2785 | 3.44-1.16 | 10 |
1560 | 34.33 | |
| CYprus | 0.070 | 6 |
81-111 | 1.25-0.25 | 40 |
11000 *** | 0.08 | EQ |
| Malta | 0.438 | 507 |
1160-1400 | 0.63-0.16 | 38 |
12000 | 0.15 | |
| Vanuatu | 0.171 | 2 |
14-37 | 2.49-1.02 | 1 |
1220 | 0.26 | CY EQ |
| Solomon Islands | 0.193 | 3 |
13-41 | 3.21-1.12 | 1 |
2590 | 0.20 | CY VO |
| Palau | 3.317 | 123 |
37 | 1.91-0.79 | NA |
5000 | 0.69 | CY |
| Fiji | 0.062 | 3 |
43-76 | 1.56-0.51 | 8 |
6100 | 1.53 | CY |
| Western Samoa | 0.141 | 8 |
58-113 | 1.88-0.50 **** | 19 |
1900 | 0.59 | CY VO |
| Cook Islands | 0.500 | 41 |
82 | 0.90-0.58 | 4 |
3000 | 1.03 | CY |
| Kiribati | 1.594 | 180 |
113 | 1.90-0.79 | 0 |
860 | 18.79 | CY |
| Tonga | 0.584 | 83 |
148 | 0.38-0.58 | 25 |
2160 | 1.14 | CY EQ VO |
| Micronesia | 8.707 | 1358 |
156-355 | 2.75-0.94 | NA |
1700 | 0.73 | CY |
| Marshall Islands | 2.043 | 658 |
322 | 3.51-0.97 | 0 |
1680 | 7.24 | CY |
| Tuvalu | 0.923 | 360 |
390 | 1.34-0.48 | 0 |
800 | 14.14 | CY |
| Nauru | 1.429 | 698 |
489 | 2.16-0.91 | 0 |
10000 | 1.25 | DR |
* 1995-2000 values, and projected 2045-2050 values; medium variant
of UN 1996a and UN 1996b if available. Data not available from
the mentioned sources were taken from Factbook, 1997. Negative
growth rates between brackets.
** From Annex D of CZMS, 1990.
Includes, cities, harbors, etc.
*** Weighted average of Greek and Turkish parts of the Island.
**** The data correspond to French Polynesia which is somehow
intermediate between the other islands of American Samoa (2.81-0.58)
and Wallis and Futuna (1.05-0.58).
For population density the current (1995-2000) and projected
(2045-50) values are given. Extreme events are volcanoes (VO),
cyclones (CY), drought (DR), earthquakes (EQ) and tsunamis (TS).
Strong incidence is indicated by capitals (CY) while small letters
stand for a minor impact (cy). Data stem from Factbook (1997);
UN 1996a, 1996b and 1997; CZMS 1990 and OFDA 1996.
