Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI
0.16 % of GNI
1.3 % of GNI
DEFINITION:
Carbon dioxide damage is estimated to be $20 per ton of carbon (the unit damage in 1995 U.S. dollars) times the number of tons of carbon emitted.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 145th in 2005.
Ranked 23rd in 2005. 7 times more than Comoros
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
0.12 % of GNI
0.57 % of GNI
DEFINITION:
Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 47th in 2005.
Ranked 27th in 2005. 4 times more than Comoros
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
0.08 % of GNI
0.74 % of GNI
DEFINITION:
Particulate emissions damage is calculated as the willingness to pay to avoid mortality attributable to particulate emissions.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 141st in 2005.
Ranked 45th in 2005. 8 times more than Comoros
Biodiversity richness
3
1
DEFINITION:
Caldecott, J.O., M.D. Jenkins, T. Johnson and B. Groombridge. 1994. Priorities for Conserving Global Species Richness and Endemism. In World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Biodiversity Series No. 3 (N. Mark Collins, ed.) pp. 17. World Conservation Press, Cambridge , UK .
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than India
Ranked 52nd.
CO2 Emissions
88.7
1,007,980
DEFINITION:
CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
SOURCE:
World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute
Ranked 174th.
Ranked 5th. 11363 times more than Comoros
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP
0.1 kg/PPP$
0.4 kg/PPP$
DEFINITION:
Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 148th in 2003.
Ranked 54th in 2003. 4 times more than Comoros
CO2 emissions > kt
87.91 kt
1,273,175 kt
DEFINITION:
Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 194th in 2003.
Ranked 4th in 2003. 14482 times more than Comoros
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)
0.2 kt
per 1,000 people
1.2 kt
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 176th in 2003.
Ranked 120th in 2003. 7 times more than Comoros
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating
2
3.5
DEFINITION:
Policy and institutions for environmental sustainability assess the extent to which environmental policies foster the protection and sustainable use of natural resources and the management of pollution.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 74th in 2005.
Ranked 27th in 2005. 75% more than Comoros
current issues
soil degradation and erosion results from crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing; deforestation
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources
DEFINITION:
This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Emissions > CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 US$ of GDP
$0.51
$2.08
DEFINITION:
Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring."
SOURCE:
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States.
Ranked 109th in 2007.
Ranked 20th in 2007. 3 times more than Comoros
Forest area > % of land area
2.24 % of land area
22.77 % of land area
DEFINITION:
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 178th in 2005.
Ranked 115th in 2005. 9 times more than Comoros
Forest area > sq. km
50 km²
677,010 km²
DEFINITION:
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 184th in 2005.
Ranked 10th in 2005. 13539 times more than Comoros
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)
0.1 km²
per 1,000 people
0.6 km²
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 185th in 2005.
Ranked 162nd in 2005. 6 times more than Comoros
Groundwater withdrawals
0
223.3
Ranked 126th.
Ranked 19th.
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter
46.19 mcg/m³
71.59 mcg/m³
DEFINITION:
Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a countrys technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 74th in 2004.
Ranked 37th in 2004. 55% more than Comoros
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
22
293,938
DEFINITION:
1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).
SOURCE:
Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Ranked 189th.
Ranked 4th. 13360 times more than Comoros
Threatened species
16
193
DEFINITION:
Number of Threatened Species (1990-99)
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 109th.
Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Comoros
Threatened species > Mammal
3
75
DEFINITION:
Number of threatened mammal species (1997)
SOURCE:
Jacaranda Atlas
Ranked 146th.
Ranked 3rd. 24 times more than Comoros
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