What is the GEO Data Portal?
The GEO Data Portal is the reference database for data and indicators used in the GEO assessment process and reports. The on-line resource provides the most important data for underlying analysis and report publication purposes, compiled from authoritative international data sources. The database currently holds more than 450 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps), covering environmental themes such as climate, forests and freshwater and many others, as well as socioeconomic categories, including education, health, economy, population and policies. The data can be explored and displayed on-the-fly and presented as maps, graphs, data tables or be downloaded in different formats. Developed to serve the data and indicator requirements of UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook assessment, it has also become of interest and value to other (UN) organizations, the research community and decision-makers across the world in sup
