Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

None

Angola

Botswana

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Lesotho

Madagascar

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights the Southern African Development Community members such as Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Madagascar highlighted in light green.

Member states of the Southern African Development Community, an organization founded in 1980 to enhance economic cooperation among its members

Countries

SADC

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Members

Arizona

Utah

Florida

Washington

Kentucky

Mississippi

Louisiana

Oregon

Alabama

Wisconsin

Michigan

Pennsylvania

Nevada

Georgia

California

Ohio

Indiana

Minnesota

Illinois

A world map highlights weaker-performing cities during the 2008-2009 recession, depicted in orange. Key regions include California, Oregon, and Nevada on the West Coast, the Midwest around Chicago, and the Southeast, particularly Florida.

Portions of the United States where cities had weak economic performance relative to other U.S. cities

Regions of Weaker-Performing Cities

North America

nature

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

A map shows the membership status of South American countries. Associate Members (green), including Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Full Members (red), including Brazil, and Argentina. Suspended Members (blue), which includes Venezuela.

Member states of Mercosur, an organization founded in 1991 to promote free trade among its members

Council on Foreign Relations

Mercosur

Montana

North Dakota

Saskatchewan

Texas

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

Québec

Manitoba

Ontario

South Dakota

A map displaying locations of major dams marked by blue dots. High concentrations are seen in the USA, Europe, and East Asia. Other notable locations include Brazil, South Africa, and Australia. Some regions, like central Africa, have fewer dams.

Dams with a reported storage capacity of 5,000 million cubic meters (5,000,000,000 cubic meters) or more

Major Dams

World

GlobalDamWatch.org

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Guernsey (U.K.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Jersey (U.K.)

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Belize

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Members	Regions of Weaker-Performing Cities	Mercosur	Major Dams	Change in Urbanization
Value	Regions of Weaker-Performing Cities	Value	Major Dams	Class	Rank	Percentage of annual change







	48.8%		1