Dahl Web Site

ISLAND DIRECTORY

Balearic Islands (Spain)     [105]
(Island Province of Spain)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: ES
LAND AREA: 5015 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
>17,000 >10,000 >1,000 >100 >10 >1 <1 Unknown TOTAL
0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 7

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 685088 (1981)
  DENSITY: 137 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 17%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 77.6 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 97.1%
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.934

ECONOMY, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 2.4%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 2.7%
  GDP/Capita: $8881  GDP/Capita PPP: $14324
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $2828, 1970 $5207, 1980 $6630, 1990 $8522

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

                                                                        

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

                                                                        

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
                                                                        

ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
                                                                        

REFERENCES:
                                                                        

Last updated 08/02/98


Islands of Balearic Islands (Spain)
Formentera (Spain - Balearic Islands)
Ibiza (Spain - Balearic Islands)
Mallorca (Spain - Balearic Islands)
Menorca (Spain - Balearic Islands)


Return to Island Directory Home Page

NOTE: For an explanation of each field, click on the colon (:)
Page last updated: 09/05/10