In fact, the island's growth has been below the global average since 2009, with the gap widening since 2012.
More widely, at highest risk are reefs off of Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, Hawaii and Papua New Guinea, which are likely to suffer bleaching long before the global average 2043.
The near-surface waters there are warming at nearly four times the global average rate20,21 and these increasing temperatures are seen as deep as 750 m22.
That is not a surprise, of course, but the report's details are notable: private wealth in Asia grew at more than double the global average last year, led by China, which saw private fortunes grow twenty-nine per cent.
When compared to global averages since 1990, the Atlantic Ocean is rising, annually, three to four times faster than in other areas of the world.
The second most important greenhouse gas, methane, continued to grow at a similar rate to the last four years, reaching a global average of 1819 parts per billion (ppb) in 2012, while the other main contributor, nitrous oxide, reached 325.1 ppb.
The global average temperature today is about 15C, though geological evidence suggests it has been much higher and lower in the past.
The second most important greenhouse gas, methane, continued to grow at a similar rate to the last five years, reaching a global average of 1824 parts per billion (ppb).
Violent crime has soared in the past decade with murder rates for South and central America four times the global average in 2011, at 29 per 100,000 people, according to a 2013 UN Development Programme UNDPP) report.
Eritrean gross national income of Int$610 per capita is lower than the average for Africa (Int$1620) and considerably lower than the global average (Int$6977).
