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Environment > Organic water pollutant > BOD emissions > Kg per day per worker: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Emissions per worker are total emissions of organic water pollutants divided by the number of industrial workers. 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.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Moldova 0.45 kg per day per worker 2003
2 Guyana 0.43 kg per day per worker 1982
3 Somalia 0.38 kg per day per worker 1986
4 Dominican Republic 0.36 kg per day per worker 1985
5 Namibia 0.35 kg per day per worker 1994
6 The Gambia 0.34 kg per day per worker 1993
=7 Niger 0.32 kg per day per worker 2003
=7 The Bahamas 0.32 kg per day per worker 2001
=7 Panama 0.32 kg per day per worker 2000
=7 Sierra Leone 0.32 kg per day per worker 1993
=7 Congo, Republic of the 0.32 kg per day per worker 1988
=7 Seychelles 0.32 kg per day per worker 1986
=13 Mozambique 0.31 kg per day per worker 2000
=13 Iceland 0.31 kg per day per worker 1996
=15 Senegal 0.3 kg per day per worker 2002
=15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3 kg per day per worker 2001
=15 Uganda 0.3 kg per day per worker 1989
=15 Liberia 0.3 kg per day per worker 1986
=19 Sudan 0.29 kg per day per worker 2001
=19 Malawi 0.29 kg per day per worker 1998
=19 Albania 0.29 kg per day per worker 1997
=19 Jamaica 0.29 kg per day per worker 1996
=19 Suriname 0.29 kg per day per worker 1993
=19 Benin 0.29 kg per day per worker 1981
=25 Ecuador 0.28 kg per day per worker 2003
=25 Armenia 0.28 kg per day per worker 2001
=25 Uruguay 0.28 kg per day per worker 2001
=25 Guatemala 0.28 kg per day per worker 1998
=25 Paraguay 0.28 kg per day per worker 1991
=25 Solomon Islands 0.28 kg per day per worker 1984
=31 Tonga 0.27 kg per day per worker 1994
=31 Madagascar 0.27 kg per day per worker 1988
=31 Nicaragua 0.27 kg per day per worker 1985
=34 Bermuda 0.26 kg per day per worker 2003
=34 Gabon 0.26 kg per day per worker 1995
=36 Bolivia 0.25 kg per day per worker 2001
=36 Tanzania 0.25 kg per day per worker 1999
=36 Belize 0.25 kg per day per worker 1992
=36 Papua New Guinea 0.25 kg per day per worker 1989
=36 Cuba 0.25 kg per day per worker 1989
=36 Rwanda 0.25 kg per day per worker 1986
=42 Kenya 0.24 kg per day per worker 2003
=42 Chile 0.24 kg per day per worker 2000
=42 Cote d'Ivoire 0.24 kg per day per worker 1997
=42 Algeria 0.24 kg per day per worker 1997
=42 Burundi 0.24 kg per day per worker 1991
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 0.233 kg per day per worker 1985
=47 Yemen 0.23 kg per day per worker 2003
=47 Cyprus 0.23 kg per day per worker 2003
=47 Ethiopia 0.23 kg per day per worker 2002
=47 Argentina 0.23 kg per day per worker 2001
=47 Trinidad and Tobago 0.23 kg per day per worker 2000
=47 Barbados 0.23 kg per day per worker 1997
=47 Swaziland 0.23 kg per day per worker 1995
=54 Costa Rica 0.22 kg per day per worker 2002
=54 New Zealand 0.22 kg per day per worker 2000
=54 Burkina Faso 0.22 kg per day per worker 1998
=54 Grenada 0.22 kg per day per worker 1996
=54 Zambia 0.22 kg per day per worker 1994
=54 Togo 0.22 kg per day per worker 1984
=60 Kyrgyzstan 0.21 kg per day per worker 2003
=60 Afghanistan 0.21 kg per day per worker 2002
=60 Ireland 0.21 kg per day per worker 2002
=60 Colombia 0.21 kg per day per worker 2000
=60 Venezuela 0.21 kg per day per worker 1998
=60 Peru 0.21 kg per day per worker 1996
=60 Cape Verde 0.21 kg per day per worker 1994
=60 Libya 0.21 kg per day per worker 1980
=68 Hong Kong 0.2 kg per day per worker 2003
=68 India 0.2 kg per day per worker 2002
=68 Egypt 0.2 kg per day per worker 2002
=68 Mexico 0.2 kg per day per worker 2000
=68 Fiji 0.2 kg per day per worker 1998
=68 Syria 0.2 kg per day per worker 1998
=68 Brazil 0.2 kg per day per worker 1995
=68 Honduras 0.2 kg per day per worker 1995
=68 Luxembourg 0.2 kg per day per worker 1993
=68 Angola 0.2 kg per day per worker 1993
=68 Haiti 0.2 kg per day per worker 1988
=79 Botswana 0.19 kg per day per worker 2003
=79 Latvia 0.19 kg per day per worker 2003
=79 Cameroon 0.19 kg per day per worker 2002
=79 Norway 0.19 kg per day per worker 2001
=79 Lebanon 0.19 kg per day per worker 1998
=79 Greece 0.19 kg per day per worker 1998
=79 Zimbabwe 0.19 kg per day per worker 1996
=79 Netherlands Antilles 0.19 kg per day per worker 1993
=87 Indonesia 0.18 kg per day per worker 2003
=87 Jordan 0.18 kg per day per worker 2003
=87 Puerto Rico 0.18 kg per day per worker 2003
=87 Russia 0.18 kg per day per worker 2003
=87 Burma 0.18 kg per day per worker 2002
=87 South Africa 0.18 kg per day per worker 2002
=87 Ukraine 0.18 kg per day per worker 2001
=87 Australia 0.18 kg per day per worker 2001
=87 Sri Lanka 0.18 kg per day per worker 2001
=87 El Salvador 0.18 kg per day per worker 1998
=87 Philippines 0.18 kg per day per worker 1997
=87 Pakistan 0.18 kg per day per worker 1996
=87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.18 kg per day per worker 1996
=87 Mongolia 0.18 kg per day per worker 1995
=87 Netherlands 0.18 kg per day per worker 1993
=87 Bahrain 0.18 kg per day per worker 1992
South Asia average (profile) 0.177 kg per day per worker 1989
Emerging markets average (profile) 0.173 kg per day per worker 1997
=103 Oman 0.17 kg per day per worker 2003
=103 Lithuania 0.17 kg per day per worker 2003
=103 Croatia 0.17 kg per day per worker 2003
=103 Bulgaria 0.17 kg per day per worker 2003
=103 Poland 0.17 kg per day per worker 2002
=103 Kuwait 0.17 kg per day per worker 2001
=103 Belgium 0.17 kg per day per worker 2001
=103 Denmark 0.17 kg per day per worker 1998
=103 Switzerland 0.17 kg per day per worker 1996
=103 Nigeria 0.17 kg per day per worker 1996
=103 Ghana 0.17 kg per day per worker 1995
=103 Central African Republic 0.17 kg per day per worker 1993
High income OECD countries average (profile) 0.161 kg per day per worker 1998
=115 Azerbaijan 0.16 kg per day per worker 2003
=115 Qatar 0.16 kg per day per worker 2003
=115 Morocco 0.16 kg per day per worker 2003
=115 Nepal 0.16 kg per day per worker 2002
=115 Finland 0.16 kg per day per worker 2002
=115 Slovenia 0.16 kg per day per worker 2002
=115 Canada 0.16 kg per day per worker 2002
=115 Israel 0.16 kg per day per worker 2002
=115 Serbia and Montenegro 0.16 kg per day per worker 2001
=115 Turkey 0.16 kg per day per worker 2001
=115 Lesotho 0.16 kg per day per worker 1998
=115 Thailand 0.16 kg per day per worker 1994
=115 Iraq 0.16 kg per day per worker 1992
=115 Cambodia 0.16 kg per day per worker 1991
=115 Equatorial Guinea 0.16 kg per day per worker 1990
Eurozone average (profile) 0.16 kg per day per worker 1998
NATO countries average (profile) 0.159 kg per day per worker 1998
European Union average (profile) 0.157 kg per day per worker 1998
Non-religious countries average (profile) 0.153 kg per day per worker 1998
=130 Portugal 0.15 kg per day per worker 2003
=130 France 0.15 kg per day per worker 2003
=130 Spain 0.15 kg per day per worker 2003
=130 Iran 0.15 kg per day per worker 2003
=130 Japan 0.15 kg per day per worker 2002
=130 Mauritius 0.15 kg per day per worker 1999
=130 Bhutan 0.15 kg per day per worker 1989
=137 Slovakia 0.14 kg per day per worker 2003
=137 Germany 0.14 kg per day per worker 2003
=137 Tunisia 0.14 kg per day per worker 2003
=137 Malta 0.14 kg per day per worker 2002
=137 China 0.14 kg per day per worker 2001
=137 Sweden 0.14 kg per day per worker 2000
=137 Bangladesh 0.14 kg per day per worker 1998
=137 Czech Republic 0.14 kg per day per worker 1998
=137 Saudi Arabia 0.14 kg per day per worker 1992
=137 United Arab Emirates 0.14 kg per day per worker 1985
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 0.14 kg per day per worker 2002
=147 Macau 0.13 kg per day per worker 2003
=147 United States 0.13 kg per day per worker 2002
=149 United Kingdom 0.12 kg per day per worker 2003
=149 Italy 0.12 kg per day per worker 2003
=149 Malaysia 0.12 kg per day per worker 2002
=149 South Korea 0.12 kg per day per worker 2002
=153 Singapore 0.1 kg per day per worker 2003
=153 Hungary 0.1 kg per day per worker 2002
=155 Austria 0.08 kg per day per worker 2003
=155 Liechtenstein 0.08 kg per day per worker 1991
157 Romania 0.07 kg per day per worker 2000

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