NationMaster - Maldivian Environment statistics

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.75 % of GNI	[43rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.28 % of GNI	[97th of 165]
CO2 Emissions	603.1	[145th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt	443.22 kt	[169th of 195]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	4	[4th of 75]
Current issues depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching
Forest area > % of land area	3.33 % of land area	[172nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	10 km²	[194th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	16.3	[76th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	36.91 mcg/m³	[101st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	127	[160th of 199]
Threatened species	3	[155th of 158]
Total renewable water resources	0.03 cu km	[18th of 31]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Maldives, Republic of Maldives, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, Dhivehi Raajje, maldives republic

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