Individual country trends: Algeria experienced the largest change in national ecological assets balance, moving from a large reserve in 1961 to a large ecologicaldeficit in 2008.
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Demand outstrips supply: In less the 50 years, the Mediterranean region nearly tripled its demands for ecological resources and services, and increased its ecologicaldeficit by 230 percent.
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One exception to regional trends: Portugal was the sole country in the Mediterranean region to have significantly narrowed its ecologicaldeficit in recent years (an 18 percent per capita decrease between 1998 and 2008).