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DEFINITION
Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: chemicals (35). 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 > Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Puerto Rico :
36.36 %
2003 ...
#2
Cameroon :
36.11 %
2002 ...
#3
Saudi Arabia :
21.08 %
1992 ...
#4
United Kingdom :
17.52 %
2003 ...
#5
Afghanistan :
17.5 %
2002 ...
#6
Singapore :
16.03 %
2003 ...
#7
Azerbaijan :
15.93 %
2003 ...
#8
Malaysia :
15.51 %
2002 ...
#9
Austria :
15.39 %
2003 ...
#10
Iraq :
15.14 %
1992 ...
#11
China :
14.84 %
2001 ...
#12
United States :
13.95 %
2002 ...
#13
Burma :
13.24 %
2002 ...
#14
Korea, South :
12.97 %
2002 ...
#15
France :
12.85 %
2003 ...
#16
Hungary :
12.78 %
2002 ...
#17
Trinidad and Tobago :
11.94 %
2000 ...
#18
Germany :
11.82 %
2003 ...
#19
Nigeria :
11.26 %
1996 ...
#20
Belgium :
11.21 %
2001 ...
#21
Rwanda :
11.18 %
1986 ...
#22
Netherlands :
11.15 %
1993 ...
#23
Kuwait :
11.06 %
2001 ...
#24
Libya :
10.96 %
1980 ...
#25
Jordan :
10.84 %
2003 ...
#26
Luxembourg :
10.81 %
1993 ...
#27
Italy :
10.7 %
2003 ...
#28
Senegal :
10.66 %
2002 ...
#29
Iran :
10.66 %
2003 ...
#30
South Africa :
10.51 %
2002 ...
#31
Israel :
10.49 %
2002 ...
#32
Ghana :
10.46 %
1995 ...
#33
Mexico :
10.43 %
2000 ...
#34
Ireland :
10.4 %
2002 ...
#35
Bhutan :
10.4 %
1989 ...
#36
Switzerland :
10.38 %
1996 ...
#37
Cape Verde :
10.23 %
1994 ...
#38
Venezuela :
10.16 %
1998 ...
#39
Bahrain :
10.16 %
1992 ...
#40
Oman :
10.15 %
2003 ...
#41
United Arab Emirates :
10.04 %
1985 ...
#42
Colombia :
9.71 %
2000 ...
#43
Spain :
9.47 %
2003 ...
#44
Japan :
9.37 %
2002 ...
#45
India :
9.24 %
2002 ...
#46
Brazil :
9.18 %
1995 ...
#47
Indonesia :
9.17 %
2003 ...
#48
Angola :
9.14 %
1993 ...
#49
Romania :
9.02 %
1994 ...
#50
Greece :
9.01 %
1998 ...
#51
Egypt :
9 %
2002 ...
#52
Peru :
8.95 %
1996 ...
#53
Chile :
8.94 %
2000 ...
#54
Canada :
8.62 %
2002 ...
#55
Argentina :
8.58 %
2001 ...
#56
Pakistan :
8.43 %
1996 ...
#57
Slovakia :
8.35 %
2003 ...
#58
Malta :
8.33 %
2002 ...
#59
Slovenia :
8.28 %
2002 ...
#60
Serbia and Montenegro :
8.19 %
2001 ...
#61
Costa Rica :
8.18 %
2002 ...
#62
El Salvador :
8.14 %
1998 ...
#63
Turkey :
7.98 %
2001 ...
#64
Denmark :
7.94 %
1998 ...
#65
Czech Republic :
7.91 %
1998 ...
#66
Zimbabwe :
7.85 %
1996 ...
#67
Sweden :
7.78 %
2000 ...
#68
Poland :
7.61 %
2002 ...
#69
Finland :
7.56 %
2002 ...
#70
Croatia :
7.45 %
2003 ...
#71
Zambia :
7.3 %
1994 ...
#72
Philippines :
7.29 %
1997 ...
#73
Côte d'Ivoire :
7.05 %
1997 ...
#74
Qatar :
7.05 %
2003 ...
#75
Ukraine :
6.98 %
2001 ...
#76
Bolivia :
6.84 %
2001 ...
#77
Yemen :
6.81 %
2003 ...
#78
Morocco :
6.78 %
2003 ...
#79
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
6.63 %
1996 ...
#80
Sri Lanka :
6.6 %
2001 ...
#81
Bulgaria :
6.58 %
2003 ...
#82
Uruguay :
6.56 %
2001 ...
#83
Grenada :
6.45 %
1996 ...
#84
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.19 %
1996 ...
#85
Liberia :
6.15 %
1986 ...
#86
Guatemala :
6.13 %
1998 ...
#87
Paraguay :
6 %
1991 ...
#88
Algeria :
5.94 %
1997 ...
#89
Nepal :
5.92 %
2002 ...
#90
Ecuador :
5.9 %
2003 ...
#91
Armenia :
5.72 %
1991 ...
#92
Australia :
5.64 %
2001 ...
#93
Nicaragua :
5.61 %
1985 ...
#94
Albania :
5.53 %
1997 ...
#95
Ethiopia :
5.5 %
2002 ...
#96
Tunisia :
5.48 %
2003 ...
#97
Burkina Faso :
5.41 %
1998 ...
#98
Kenya :
5.37 %
2003 ...
#99
Thailand :
5.33 %
1994 ...
#100
New Zealand :
5.16 %
2000 ...
#101
Barbados :
5.01 %
1997 ...
#102
Gabon :
4.94 %
1995 ...
#103
Portugal :
4.9 %
2003 ...
#104
Cyprus :
4.89 %
2003 ...
#105
Lithuania :
4.86 %
2003 ...
#106
Burundi :
4.72 %
1991 ...
#107
Norway :
4.66 %
2001 ...
#108
Panama :
4.56 %
2000 ...
#109
Niger :
4.45 %
2003 ...
#110
Equatorial Guinea :
4.22 %
1990 ...
#111
Lebanon :
4.04 %
1998 ...
#112
Central African Republic :
3.99 %
1993 ...
#113
Syria :
3.9 %
1998 ...
#114
Hong Kong :
3.88 %
2003 ...
#115
Honduras :
3.86 %
1995 ...
#116
Jamaica :
3.79 %
1996 ...
#117
Liechtenstein :
3.76 %
1991 ...
#118
Netherlands Antilles :
3.73 %
1993 ...
#119
Malawi :
3.72 %
1998 ...
#120
Latvia :
3.55 %
2003 ...
#121
Kyrgyzstan :
3.46 %
2003 ...
#122
Bahamas, The :
3.35 %
2001 ...
#123
Cambodia :
3.28 %
1991 ...
#124
Russia :
3.24 %
2003 ...
#125
Madagascar :
3.21 %
1988 ...
#126
Suriname :
3.07 %
1993 ...
#127
Sudan :
3.06 %
2001 ...