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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.15 % of GNI		[160th of 179]
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CO2 Emissions	28.9		[178th of 178]
DEFINITION: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CO2 emissions > kt	29.3 kt		[195th 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 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
Coral reefs > Area	2,940 sq km		[8th of 28]
DEFINITION: Reef areas have been rounded to the nearest 10 sq km, while for those countries with small areas of coral reefs, the terms less than 100, less than 50 and less than 10 sq km have been used. There are 80 countries and geographical locations with coral ree
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Coral reefs > Share	1.03%
DEFINITION: Reef areas have been rounded to the nearest 10 sq km, while for those countries with small areas of coral reefs, the terms less than 100, less than 50 and than 10 sq km have been used. There are 80 countries and geographical locations with coral reefs. P
SOURCE: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3		[31st 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 Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
Forest area > % of land area	2.74 % of land area		[175th 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	20 km²		[189th 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		[108th of 188]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	7		[195th 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).
Threatened species	7		[142nd of 158]
DEFINITION: Number of Threatened Species (1990-99)
SOURCE: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication

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