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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.01 % of GNI		[34th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.1 % of GNI		[135th 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
CO2 Emissions	100		[172nd of 178]
DEFINITION: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CO2 emissions > kt	91.57 kt		[192nd 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
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[66th 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	28.12 % of land area		[104th 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	270 km²		[170th 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		[110th of 188]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	47.95 mcg/m³		[65th 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	24		[187th 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		[108th 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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