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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.06 % of GNI
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[50th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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3,632 |
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[6th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.7 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[100th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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48,760.9 |
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[51st of 178]
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Current issues
acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea |
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Ecological footprint
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7.53 |
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[10th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[4th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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67.09 % of land area
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[16th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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60 |
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[127th of 145]
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Municipal waste generation
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450 kgs per person per year |
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[16th of 17]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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12,713 |
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[53rd of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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6 |
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[25th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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360 |
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[25th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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238 |
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[8th of 16]
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Protected area
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9 |
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[45th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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770 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[60th of 141]
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Water > Availability
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15.91 thousand cubic metres |
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[33rd of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.62 tons/cubic km |
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[39th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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3.02 %
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[27th of 114]
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Wildness
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31.41% |
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[37th of 141]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; 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; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Jacaranda Atlas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden, Konungariket Sverige, Sverige
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