Beyond Words
| Date | 01 July 2015 |
7-2015 NEWS & ANALYSIS 45 ELR 10631
BEYOND WORDS
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Source: O H-G, R O E : T C A 2015, gs. 1 & 2 (World Wide Fund For
Nature 2015) (Copyright © 2015 WWF–World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund).
Global Ocean Asset Value
Annual Gross Marine Product
The annual gross marine product , the
equivalent of a country’s GDP, would
make the ocean the world’s 7th largest
economy.
The ocean provides wide
ranging value, from food
and tourism to coastal
protection and much more.
THE OCEAN
TOTAL
VALUE
US$ 6.9tn
US$ 5.2tn
US$7.8tn
US$ 4.3tn
OCEAN- RELATED
ACTIVITIES AN D ASSETS
Direct out put of the ocean from :
Trade and tran sport:
Adjacent a ssets:
Productive co astline
Carbon absor ption
Shipping la nes
Marine
fisheries M angroves Coral
reefs Seag rass
Direct Out puts Indirect /Intangi ble Outputs
1st USA
GDP: US $17.4tn
14TH S. KOREA
GDP: US $1.4tn
7th THE OCEAN
US$ 2.5tn
13th AUSTRAL IA
GDP: US $1.6tn
12th CANADA
GDP: US $1.8tn
11th INDIA
GDP: US $2.0tn
9th ITALY
GDP: US $2.1tn
8th BRA ZIL
GDP: US $2.2tn
10th RUSSI A
GDP: US $2.1tn
2nd CHINA
GDP: US $10.4tn
3rd JAPAN
GDP: US $4.8tn
4th GERMA NY
GDP: US $3.8tn
5th FRANC E
GDP: US $2.9tn 6th UK
GDP: US $2.9tn
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