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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.51 % of GNI		[65th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.14 % of GNI		[20th 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
Areas under protection	17		[95th of 146]
DEFINITION: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions	6,233.2		[98th of 178]
DEFINITION: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.33 kg/PPP$		[81st 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	3,725.27 kt		[120th 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	3.5		[26th 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	39.72 % of land area		[64th 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	27,600 km²		[91st 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
Freshwater withdrawal	3.61		[53rd of 124]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	21%		[19th of 124]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Known breeding bird species	208		[71st of 146]
DEFINITION: Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known mammal species	107		[81st of 145]
DEFINITION: Known mammal species (1992-2002).
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	44.92 mcg/m³		[77th 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
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,467		[105th 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
Protected area	2.8		[105th of 147]
DEFINITION: Environmentally protected area (1997)
SOURCE: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species	34		[62nd of 158]
DEFINITION: Number of Threatened Species (1990-99)
SOURCE: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	10		[91st of 160]
DEFINITION: Number of threatened mammal species (1997)
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Total renewable water resources	63.3 cu km		[10th of 31]
SOURCE: Jacaranda Atlas		View time series
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	34 thousand hectares		[89th of 112]
DEFINITION: Wetlands of international importance 2002
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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