Table 1. Night Lights Data for Selected Countries, 1992-2008 average.
DN | Bangladesh | USA | Canada | Netherlands | Brazil | Costa Rica | Guatemala | Madagascar | Mozambique | Malawi |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 66.72% | 69.32% | 93.89% | 1.00% | 94.02% | 59.26% | 79.23% | 99.73% | 99.47% | 97.67% |
1-2 | 0.637% | 0.110% | 0.001% | 0.000% | 0.001% | 1.060% | 0.244% | 0.005% | 0.031% | 0.000% |
3-5 | 24.48% | 10.85% | 1.65% | 3.45% | 2.60% | 24.79% | 13.84% | 0.15% | 0.28% | 0.93% |
6-10 | 5.27% | 9.60% | 2.48% | 24.04% | 1.83% | 9.26% | 4.17% | 0.06% | 0.11% | 0.85% |
11-20 | 1.69% | 4.53% | 1.09% | 28.83% | 0.77% | 3.00% | 1.46% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.27% |
21-62 | 1.13% | 5.02% | 0.83% | 41.10% | 0.73% | 2.33% | 0.95% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.27% |
63-66 | 0.06% | 0.58% | 0.05% | 1.58% | 0.06% | 0.31% | 0.10% | 0.0001% | 0.0003% | 0.0012% |
% unlit | 66.94% | 66.20% | 92.54% | 1.05% | 94.31% | 60.70% | 80.42% | 99.74% | 99.51% | 97.15% |
avg. DN | 2.0108 | 4.6648 | 0.9381 | 23.5244 | 0.6342 | 3.1401 | 1.4059 | 0.0233 | 0.0435 | 0.3010 |
gini(DN) | 0.7879 | 0.8471 | 0.9643 | 0.3925 | 0.9689 | 0.7734 | 0.8822 | 0.9985 | 0.9974 | 0.9865 |
pop. density (per sq. km) | 1,080 | 31 | 3 | 469 | 21 | 76 | 105 | 26 | 23 | 125 |
percent urban | 24% | 79% | 79% | 76% | 81% | 59% | 45% | 27% | 30% | 15% |
GDP per capita, PPP (2005 $) | 917 | 37,953 | 31,058 | 32,226 | 8,046 | 8,167 | 3,905 | 892 | 546 | 672 |
GDP per capita (2000 $) | 344 | 33,582 | 22,531 | 23,208 | 3,760 | 4,084 | 1,693 | 249 | 252 | 143 |
annual %ΔGDP, 1992-2008 | 5.38% | 3.04% | 3.18% | 2.70% | 3.21% | 5.02% | 3.96% | 3.18% | 7.52% | 3.65% |
annual %Δ lights, 1992-2008 | 0.57% | 0.38% | −0.42% | 0.36% | 2.92% | 4.10% | 6.35% | 2.41% | 6.71% | 2.06% |
Notes:
1) % area unlit accounts for differences in cell area, whereas the percentage of cells having digital number 0, 1-2, etc. does not.
2) Each figure is calculated within satellite-years, averaged across satellites within a year, and then across years.