DEFINITION
Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
Environment Statistics > Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
China :
6,088,663 kg/day
2001 ...
#2
United States :
1,805,861 kg/day
2002 ...
#3
India :
1,519,842 kg/day
2002 ...
#4
Russia :
1,388,061 kg/day
2003 ...
#5
Japan :
1,184,699 kg/day
2002 ...
#6
Germany :
966,666.8 kg/day
2003 ...
#7
Indonesia :
732,964.7 kg/day
2003 ...
#8
Brazil :
629,405.8 kg/day
1995 ...
#9
France :
564,564.9 kg/day
2003 ...
#10
Italy :
488,922.6 kg/day
2003 ...
#11
Ukraine :
445,757.9 kg/day
2001 ...
#12
Thailand :
355,819.1 kg/day
1994 ...
#13
Spain :
352,902.8 kg/day
2003 ...
#14
United Kingdom :
330,966.1 kg/day
2003 ...
#15
Poland :
329,358.5 kg/day
2002 ...
#16
Korea, South :
315,177.1 kg/day
2002 ...
#17
Canada :
312,464.8 kg/day
2002 ...
#18
Bangladesh :
303,264.2 kg/day
1998 ...
#19
Mexico :
296,092.5 kg/day
2000 ...
#20
South Africa :
221,256.2 kg/day
2002 ...
#21
Philippines :
201,952.1 kg/day
1997 ...
#22
Egypt :
186,059.2 kg/day
2002 ...
#23
Malaysia :
183,799 kg/day
2002 ...
#24
Cuba :
172,972.7 kg/day
1989 ...
#25
Turkey :
172,185 kg/day
2001 ...
#26
Iran :
164,760.8 kg/day
2003 ...
#27
Argentina :
164,309.1 kg/day
2001 ...
#28
Czech Republic :
158,461.9 kg/day
1998 ...
#29
Netherlands :
130,882.1 kg/day
1993 ...
#30
Portugal :
127,511.5 kg/day
2003 ...
#31
Switzerland :
123,752.4 kg/day
1996 ...
#32
Australia :
111,658.2 kg/day
2001 ...
#33
Sweden :
103,913.1 kg/day
2000 ...
#34
Belgium :
102,332.3 kg/day
2001 ...
#35
Bulgaria :
101,883.5 kg/day
2003 ...
#36
Pakistan :
100,821 kg/day
1996 ...
#37
Serbia and Montenegro :
98,696.02 kg/day
2001 ...
#38
Venezuela :
94,174.65 kg/day
1998 ...
#39
Colombia :
93,878.53 kg/day
2000 ...
#40
Denmark :
83,590.66 kg/day
1998 ...
#41
Nigeria :
82,477.21 kg/day
1996 ...
#42
Sri Lanka :
78,431.45 kg/day
2001 ...
#43
Chile :
72,850.23 kg/day
2000 ...
#44
Morocco :
72,125.77 kg/day
2003 ...
#45
Finland :
67,447.2 kg/day
2002 ...
#46
Hungary :
60,652.56 kg/day
2002 ...
#47
Kenya :
56,101.66 kg/day
2003 ...
#48
Tunisia :
55,774.78 kg/day
2003 ...
#49
Israel :
54,046.11 kg/day
2002 ...
#50
Peru :
52,643.8 kg/day
1996 ...
#51
Norway :
51,693.01 kg/day
2001 ...
#52
Dominican Republic :
47,899.9 kg/day
1985 ...
#53
New Zealand :
46,099.26 kg/day
2000 ...
#54
Algeria :
45,644.86 kg/day
1997 ...
#55
Lithuania :
45,253.49 kg/day
2003 ...
#56
Greece :
43,706.5 kg/day
1998 ...
#57
Slovakia :
43,304.25 kg/day
2003 ...
#58
Croatia :
42,871.11 kg/day
2003 ...
#59
Ecuador :
40,178.86 kg/day
2003 ...
#60
Sudan :
38,582.58 kg/day
2001 ...
#61
Romania :
38,394.79 kg/day
2000 ...
#62
Slovenia :
38,389.94 kg/day
2002 ...
#63
Austria :
36,864.18 kg/day
2003 ...
#64
Tanzania :
35,155.38 kg/day
1999 ...
#65
Hong Kong :
34,281.4 kg/day
2003 ...
#66
Singapore :
34,253.09 kg/day
2003 ...
#67
Honduras :
34,036.28 kg/day
1995 ...
#68
Costa Rica :
31,235.56 kg/day
2002 ...
#69
Latvia :
29,234.61 kg/day
2003 ...
#70
Nepal :
26,907.82 kg/day
2002 ...
#71
Zimbabwe :
26,809.64 kg/day
1996 ...
#72
Saudi Arabia :
24,435.99 kg/day
1992 ...
#73
Jordan :
23,540.77 kg/day
2003 ...
#74
Macedonia, Republic of :
23,489.73 kg/day
1996 ...
#75
El Salvador :
22,759.77 kg/day
1998 ...
#76
Ethiopia :
22,085.4 kg/day
2002 ...
#77
Moldova :
21,583.6 kg/day
2003 ...
#78
Iraq :
19,617.39 kg/day
1992 ...
#79
Guatemala :
19,252.61 kg/day
1998 ...
#80
Kyrgyzstan :
19,065.43 kg/day
2003 ...
#81
Mauritius :
17,699.61 kg/day
1999 ...
#82
Jamaica :
17,507.42 kg/day
1996 ...
#83
Uganda :
16,727.85 kg/day
1989 ...
#84
Uruguay :
15,832.29 kg/day
2001 ...
#85
Azerbaijan :
15,536.53 kg/day
2003 ...
#86
Yemen :
15,444.85 kg/day
2003 ...
#87
Syria :
15,114.56 kg/day
1998 ...
#88
Lebanon :
14,898.57 kg/day
1998 ...
#89
Ghana :
14,448.73 kg/day
1995 ...
#90
Guyana :
14,278.92 kg/day
1982 ...
#91
Côte d'Ivoire :
12,400.92 kg/day
1997 ...
#92
Cambodia :
12,078.11 kg/day
1991 ...
#93
Kuwait :
11,896.74 kg/day
2001 ...
#94
Malawi :
11,805.22 kg/day
1998 ...
#95
Panama :
11,691.85 kg/day
2000 ...
#96
Ireland :
11,616.46 kg/day
2002 ...
#97
Bolivia :
11,526.71 kg/day
2001 ...
#98
Zambia :
11,433.19 kg/day
1994 ...
#99
Madagascar :
11,043.4 kg/day
1988 ...
#100
Nicaragua :
10,464.59 kg/day
1985 ...
#101
Mozambique :
10,230.47 kg/day
2000 ...
#102
Cameroon :
10,031.89 kg/day
2002 ...
#103
Puerto Rico :
9,243.97 kg/day
2003 ...
#104
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
8,903.03 kg/day
1996 ...
#105
Cyprus :
8,075.53 kg/day
2003 ...
#106
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,945.12 kg/day
2000 ...
#107
Mongolia :
7,939.19 kg/day
1995 ...
#108
Namibia :
7,350.12 kg/day
1994 ...
#109
Armenia :
7,104.41 kg/day
2001 ...
#110
Luxembourg :
6,827.9 kg/day
1993 ...
#111
Iceland :
6,646.19 kg/day
1996 ...
#112
Senegal :
6,602.5 kg/day
2002 ...
#113
Albania :
6,512.35 kg/day
1997 ...
#114
Somalia :
6,177.2 kg/day
1986 ...
#115
Burma :
6,159.3 kg/day
2002 ...
#116
Fiji :
5,877.09 kg/day
1998 ...
#117
Oman :
5,758.54 kg/day
2003 ...
#118
Papua New Guinea :
5,729.26 kg/day
1989 ...
#119
United Arab Emirates :
5,638.18 kg/day
1985 ...
#120
Botswana :
5,499 kg/day
2003 ...
#121
Haiti :
5,426.98 kg/day
1988 ...
#122
Bahrain :
5,072.49 kg/day
1992 ...
#123
Macau :
5,039.83 kg/day
2003 ...
#124
Sierra Leone :
4,170.48 kg/day
1993 ...
#125
Malta :
4,121.86 kg/day
2002 ...
#126
Qatar :
3,892.92 kg/day
2003 ...
#127
Libya :
3,531.99 kg/day
1980 ...
#128
Paraguay :
3,249.97 kg/day
1991 ...
#129
Lesotho :
3,122.73 kg/day
1998