Table 1. Raw data and results of the normalized scoring for human dependence, by country (only countries for which data are available are shown).
Country | Population protected by coral reefs, # ofpeople (2007) [41] | # of Fishers involved in coral reef fisheries (2005) [40] | Value of reef fish harvest (2005, in real $) [40] | Normalized Score Population Protected (0–10) | Normalized Score Maximum of Fishers, Value (0–10) | Ocean Province |
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Aruba | 70,982 | 1,018 | 331,268 | 6.8 | 4.4 | C |
Anguilla | 4,174 | 208 | 788,289 | 5.1 | 5.0 | C |
United Arab Emirates | 1,217,577 | 12,385 | 153,922,439 | 8.6 | 8.6 | ME |
American Samoa | 33,296 | 1,847 | 121,901 | 6.4 | 3.7 | CP, P |
Antigua and Barbuda | 24,649 | 2,134 | 10,621,547 | 6.2 | 6.8 | C |
Australia | 316,027 | 29,593 | 467,219,756 | 7.7 | 9.4 | GBR, SEA, WA |
Bangladesh | 1,318 | 230,498 | N/A | 4.4 | 8.0 | SEA |
Bahrain | 575,191 | 7,200 | 63,046,838 | 8.1 | 8.0 | ME |
Bahamas | 260,184 | 12,000 | 89,287,977 | 7.6 | 8.3 | C |
Belize | 98,020 | 6,926 | 7,681,824 | 7.0 | 6.5 | C |
Bermuda | 58,903 | 2,158 | 1,296,462 | 6.7 | 5.3 | C |
Brazil | 1,239,637 | 144,433 | 180,174,864 | 8.6 | 8.8 | B |
Barbados | 91,611 | 566 | 23,101 | 7.0 | 2.5 | C |
Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 920 | N/A | 0 | 2.4 | SEA |
Cambodia | 8,000 | 14,364 | N/A | 5.5 | 5.2 | SEA |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 643 | N/A | N/A | 3.9 | N/A | SEA |
China | 1,212,378 | 189,467 | 708,521,292 | 8.6 | 9.7 | SEA |
Cook Islands | 13,919 | 3,971 | 430,936 | 5.8 | 4.5 | CP, P |
Colombia | 345,743 | 12,188 | 4,930,352 | 7.8 | 6.2 | C, EP |
Comoros | 334,444 | 12,077 | N/A | 7.8 | 5.0 | WIO |
Costa Rica | 92,470 | 12,303 | 5,959,548 | 7.0 | 6.4 | C, EP |
Cuba | 1,299,087 | 11,890 | 34,226,998 | 8.6 | 7.6 | C |
Curacao | 82,604 | N/A | N/A | 6.9 | N/A | C |
Christmas Island | 994 | N/A | N/A | 4.2 | N/A | SEA |
Cayman Islands | 47,154 | 1,318 | N/A | 6.6 | 2.7 | C |
Djibouti | 333,054 | 901 | N/A | 7.8 | 2.3 | ME |
Dominica | 35,073 | 1,377 | N/A | 6.4 | 2.8 | C |
Dominican Republic | 790,588 | 9,000 | 13,812,145 | 8.3 | 7.0 | C |
Ecuador | 3,100 | 10,439 | N/A | 4.9 | 4.8 | EP |
Egypt | 571,170 | 205,260 | 32,826,014 | 8.1 | 7.9 | ME |
Eritrea | 251,926 | 11,255 | 1,744,782 | 7.6 | 5.5 | ME |
Fiji | 383,845 | 43,475 | 15,703,945 | 7.9 | 7.0 | GBR,M, P |
Federated States of Micronesia | 85,748 | 23,413 | 198,862 | 6.9 | 5.7 | M |
Guada-loupe | 220,058 | 2,446 | 3,610,737 | 7.5 | 6.0 | C |
Grenada | 42,931 | 1,953 | 1,585,918 | 6.5 | 5.4 | C |
Honduras | 37,825 | 12,454 | 4,959,989 | 6.4 | 6.2 | C |
Haiti | 1,475,746 | 55,045 | 3,973,142 | 8.7 | 6.5 | C |
Indonesia | 12,198,508 | 1,657,757 | 107,542,434 | 10.0 | 10.0 | SEA |
India | 6,555,868 | 958,530 | 274,882,625 | 9.6 | 9.4 | SEA, CIO |
Iran | 257,039 | 15,953 | 50,506,029 | 7.6 | 7.9 | ME |
Israel | 0 | 400 | 3,370,972 | 0 | 6.0 | ME |
Jamaica | 617,623 | 20,000 | 16,599,802 | 8.1 | 7.1 | C |
Jordan | 33,519 | 90 | 59,792 | 6.4 | 3.2 | ME |
Japan | 623,273 | 30,576 | 234,793,089 | 8.1 | 8.9 | SEA |
Kenya | 521,948 | 12,938 | 5,338,532 | 8.0 | 6.3 | WIO |
Kiribati | 94,244 | 14,260 | 11,241,006 | 7.0 | 6.8 | CP, M, P |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 19,664 | 488 | 2,156,335 | 6.0 | 5.7 | C |
Kuwait | 148,967 | 3,566 | 2,541,630 | 7.3 | 5.8 | ME |
St. Lucia | 96,101 | 1,040 | 192,170 | 7.0 | 4.0 | C |
Sri Lanka | 944,093 | 22,417 | 4,752,304 | 8.4 | 6.2 | CIO |
Madagascar | 833,698 | 30,000 | 3,991,132 | 8.3 | 6.1 | WIO |
Maldives | 223,017 | 30,223 | 990,466 | 7.5 | 5.9 | CIO |
Mexico | 425,711 | 64,705 | 231,700,594 | 7.9 | 8.9 | C, EP |
Marshall Islands | 50,258 | 21,743 | N/A | 6.6 | 5.6 | M |
Myanmar | 180,331 | 123,746 | N/A | 7.4 | 7.4 | SEA |
Northern Mariana Islands | 53,678 | 603 | N/A | 6.6 | 1.9 | M |
Mozambique | 253,243 | 50,326 | 126,557 | 7.6 | 6.4 | WIO |
Montserrat | 1,715 | N/A | N/A | 4.5 | N/A | C |
Martinique | 146,793 | 2,500 | 5,793,451 | 7.3 | 6.4 | C |
Mauritius | 265,262 | 7,127 | 18,934,530 | 7.6 | 7.2 | WIO |
Malaysia | 1,142,333 | 83,720 | 248,586,246 | 8.5 | 9.0 | SEA |
Mayotte | 147,666 | 1,005 | 8,594 | 7.3 | 2.5 | WIO |
New Caledonia | 136,153 | 23,539 | 3,542,389 | 7.2 | 6.0 | GBR |
Nicaragua | 5,814 | 6,755 | 29,463,860 | 5.3 | 7.5 | C |
Niue | 827 | 607 | N/A | 4.1 | 1.9 | P |
Nauru | 6,916 | 292 | 653 | 5.4 | 1.2 | M |
Oman | 314,288 | 10,287 | 90,832,869 | 7.7 | 8.3 | ME |
Panama | 84,304 | 6,551 | 53,387,993 | 6.9 | 7.9 | C, EP |
Philippines | 12,963,664 | 911,754 | 705,110,034 | 10.0 | 9.7 | SEA |
Palau | 13,043 | 3,795 | 109,462 | 5.8 | 3.8 | M |
Papua New Guinea | 609,016 | 107,952 | 2,420,370 | 8.1 | 7.2 | GBR |
Puerto Rico | 897,188 | 1,163 | 11,208,717 | 8.4 | 6.8 | C |
French Polynesia | 221,276 | 21,495 | 1,765,467 | 7.5 | 5.6 | P |
Qatar | 42,443 | 4,505 | 30,795,948 | 6.5 | 7.5 | ME |
Reunion | 109,925 | 1,060 | 375,123 | 7.1 | 4.4 | WIO |
Saudi Arabia | 2,190,247 | 24,500 | 132,227,485 | 8.9 | 8.5 | ME |
Sudan | 3,555 | 27,254 | 50,237 | 5.0 | 5.8 | ME |
Singapore | 78,342 | 1,529 | 803,050 | 6.9 | 5.0 | SEA |
Solomon Islands | 307,616 | 58,390 | N/A | 7.7 | 6.6 | GBR |
Somalia | 176,955 | 3,694 | 4,509,732 | 7.4 | 6.2 | ME, WIO |
Sint Maarten | 26,959 | N/A | N/A | 6.2 | N/A | C |
Seychelles | 59,299 | 2,000 | 5,485,708 | 6.7 | 6.3 | WIO |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 20,480 | 2,524 | 38,212,573 | 6.1 | 7.7 | C |
Thailand | 233,667 | 99,807 | 568,253,338 | 7.5 | 9.6 | SEA |
Tokelau | 1,250 | 179 | N/A | 4.4 | 0.7 | CP |
Timor Leste | 97,846 | 5,415 | 11,354 | 7.0 | 4.2 | SEA |
Tonga | 84,729 | 7,170 | 249,913 | 6.9 | 4.5 | P |
Trinidad and Tobago | 27,285 | 6,005 | 2,335,424 | 6.2 | 5.7 | C |
Tuvalu | 9,611 | 2,708 | N/A | 5.6 | 3.5 | M |
Taiwan | 186,430 | 26,516 | 100,911,037 | 7.4 | 8.3 | SEA |
United Rep. of Tanzania | 1,612,870 | 108,789 | 28,586,374 | 8.7 | 7.5 | WIO |
United States | 1,983,056 | 29,596 | N/A | 8.9 | 5.9 | C, CP |
St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 42,323 | 587 | 33,632 | 6.5 | 2.8 | C |
Venezuela | 396,002 | 21,291 | 160,788,383 | 7.9 | 8.7 | C |
British Virgin Islands | 17,678 | 1,579 | 2,682,973 | 6.0 | 5.8 | C |
US Virgin Islands | 34,003 | 981 | 6,598,431 | 6.4 | 6.4 | C |
Viet Nam | 1,581,789 | 204,546 | N/A | 8.7 | 7.9 | SEA |
Vanuatu | 112,666 | 9,410 | 67,499 | 7.1 | 4.7 | GBR |
Wallis & Futuna Islands | 12,037 | 10,357 | 18,776 | 5.7 | 4.8 | M, P |
Samoa | 110,024 | 3,586 | 704,204 | 7.1 | 4.9 | P |
Yemen | 553,291 | 20,993 | 106,057,336 | 8.1 | 8.4 | ME |
South Africa | 17 | N/A | N/A | 1.8 | N/A | WIO |