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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.16 % of GNI		[145th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.12 % of GNI		[47th of 57]
DEFINITION: Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.08 % of GNI		[141st of 165]
DEFINITION: Particulate emissions damage is calculated as the willingness to pay to avoid mortality attributable to particulate emissions.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	3		[12th of 53]
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.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions	88.7		[174th of 178]
DEFINITION: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.09 kg/PPP$		[148th of 170]
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.		View time series
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
CO2 emissions > kt	87.91 kt		[194th of 195]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2		[74th of 75]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area	2.24 % of land area		[178th of 195]
DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > sq. km	50 km²		[184th of 195]
DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[126th of 188]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	46.19 mcg/m³		[74th of 185]
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 country’s technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.		View time series
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	22		[189th of 199]
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: World Development Indicators database
Threatened species	16		[109th of 158]
DEFINITION: Number of Threatened Species (1990-99)
SOURCE: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species > Mammal	3		[146th of 160]
DEFINITION: Number of threatened mammal species (1997)
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Total renewable water resources	1.2 cu km		[20th of 31]
SOURCE: Jacaranda Atlas		View time series

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