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Table 2 Ranking of socio-economic ratios RPOP (number of articles/population in mill.) and RGDP (number of articles/GDP in 1000 bn US-Dollars), threshold  20 articles on heatwaves, sorted by RPOP., ppp = purchasing power parity

From: Heatwaves: does global research reflect the growing threat in the light of climate change?

Country

Articles

Population in mill

GDP 1000 bn PPP

RPOP

RankPOP

RGDP

RankGDP

Australia

455

25.203

1.35

18.05

HI 1

336.43

HI 1

Switzerland

94

8.591

0.61

10.94

HI 2

154.42

HI 4

Portugal

63

10.226

0.37

6.16

HI 3

168.21

HI 2

Denmark

35

5.772

0.35

6.06

HI 4

100.54

HI 6

Sweden

53

10.036

0.57

5.28

HI 5

92.32

HI 7

Greece

55

10.473

0.34

5.25

HI 6

163.45

HI 3

New Zealand

23

4.783

0.22

4.81

HI 7

106.42

HI 5

Norway

25

5.379

0.36

4.65

HI 8

69.95

HI 15

Belgium

52

11.539

0.63

4.51

HI 9

83.01

HI 10

UK

289

67.53

3.26

4.28

HI 10

88.77

HI 8

Finland

23

5.532

0.28

4.16

HI 11

81.18

HI 11

Ireland

20

4.819

0.44

4.15

HI 12

45.87

HI 19

Canada

138

37.411

1.93

3.69

HI 13

71.51

HI 14

Austria

33

8.955

0.52

3.69

HI 14

62.89

HI 16

Spain

172

46.737

1.99

3.68

HI 15

86.55

HI 9

France

239

64.991

3.32

3.68

HI 16

72.09

HI 13

Netherlands

62

17.097

1.03

3.63

HI 17

59.93

HI 18

Czech Republic

34

10.689

0.45

3.18

HI 18

74.85

HI 12

USA

886

328.239

21.37

2.70

HI 19

41.45

HI 22

Italy

162

60.55

2.66

2.68

HI 20

60.79

HI 17

Germany

200

83.517

4.66

2.39

HI 21

42.92

HI 21

South Korea

97

51.225

2.22

1.89

HI 22

43.60

HI 20

Poland

41

37.888

1.30

1.08

HI 23

31.56

HI 23

Russia

77

145.872

4.28

0.53

UMI 1

17.98

UMI 2

Japan

58

126.246

5.46

0.46

HI 24

10.62

HI 24

South Africa

26

58.558

0.76

0.44

UMI 2

34.16

UMI 1

China

389

1433.784

23.46

0.27

UMI 3

16.58

UMI 3

Brazil

48

211.05

3.22

0.23

UMI 4

14.91

UMI 4

Pakistan

23

216.565

1.06

0.11

LMI 1

21.74

LMI 1

India

73

1366.418

9.61

0.05

LMI 2

7.59

LMI 2