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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Foreign direct investment and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: does environmental degradation matter?

Variables

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Human consumption expenditure

1123.26

1205.089

116.461

7252.202

Life expectancy

72.539

31.884

11.8

168.7

Human development index

0.441

0.123

0.198

0.804

Foreign direct investment

3.008

5.372

− 28.624

57.838

Carbon dioxide emission

0.855

1.722

0.011

9.979

Methane emissions

15,297.64

22,191.88

15.213

189,678

Nitrous oxide emissions

9939.049

17,498.76

12.64

172,723.3

Inflation

42.134

737.646

− 60.496

23,773.13

Financial development

19.095

22.408

0.403

160.125

Trade openness

65.026

35.947

9.139

225.023

Corruption

2.356

1.025

0

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