Border Length Percent

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Quick info
Data type Numeric
Scale Metric
Value labels Not applicable
Technical name geo_border_length_percent_wfb
Category Geography
Label Percentage of landborders between an entity and its neighboring
countries compared to total lenght of an entities land border.
Related indicators Border Length Total Length

This indicator expresses the percentage of a shared border between an entity and their neighboring entities worldwide in relation to the total border length of the entity.


Coding rules

Only the land border length is included. Coast lines are disregarded.


Bibliographic info

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Misc

Project manager(s): Michael Lischka (A01)


Data release:
  • Version 0.001: Initial release


Revisions: No revisions yet

Sources

  • Central Intelligence Agency (2016): The World Factbook 2016-17. Washington, DC.