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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 (1982) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
3,805,500 kg/day
1982
Environment in China
# 2
United States :
2,563,368 kg/day
1982
Environment in United States
# 3
Japan :
1,452,704 kg/day
1982
Environment in Japan
# 4
India :
1,447,853 kg/day
1982
Environment in India
# 5
Brazil :
862,750.1 kg/day
1982
Environment in Brazil
# 6
United Kingdom :
810,348.1 kg/day
1982
Environment in United Kingdom
# 7
France :
705,160.4 kg/day
1982
Environment in France
# 8
Poland :
549,345.1 kg/day
1982
Environment in Poland
# 9
Italy :
405,170.3 kg/day
1982
Environment in Italy
# 10
Romania :
351,942.7 kg/day
1982
Environment in Romania
# 11
Spain :
335,382.3 kg/day
1982
Environment in Spain
# 12
Canada :
307,913.3 kg/day
1982
Environment in Canada
# 13
Korea, South :
281,471.5 kg/day
1982
Environment in Korea, South
# 14
South Africa :
249,441.4 kg/day
1982
Environment in South Africa
# 15
Indonesia :
224,071.3 kg/day
1982
Environment in Indonesia
# 16
Argentina :
220,480.5 kg/day
1982
Environment in Argentina
# 17
Thailand :
213,271.4 kg/day
1982
Environment in Thailand
# 18
Australia :
203,022.4 kg/day
1982
Environment in Australia
# 19
Hungary :
193,252.7 kg/day
1982
Environment in Hungary
# 20
Philippines :
192,532 kg/day
1982
Environment in Philippines
# 21
Egypt :
169,847.8 kg/day
1982
Environment in Egypt
# 22
Turkey :
161,783 kg/day
1982
Environment in Turkey
# 23
Bulgaria :
154,113.7 kg/day
1982
Environment in Bulgaria
# 24
Netherlands :
144,111.8 kg/day
1982
Environment in Netherlands
# 25
Mexico :
137,878.2 kg/day
1982
Environment in Mexico
# 26
Cuba :
135,485.7 kg/day
1982
Environment in Cuba
# 27
Belgium :
127,497 kg/day
1982
Environment in Belgium
# 28
Sweden :
120,848.1 kg/day
1982
Environment in Sweden
# 29
Portugal :
104,578.9 kg/day
1982
Environment in Portugal
# 30
Austria :
100,792.1 kg/day
1982
Environment in Austria
# 31
Hong Kong :
95,338.58 kg/day
1982
Environment in Hong Kong
# 32
Colombia :
93,315.94 kg/day
1982
Environment in Colombia
# 33
Finland :
89,865.52 kg/day
1982
Environment in Finland
# 34
Pakistan :
85,953.32 kg/day
1982
Environment in Pakistan
# 35
Venezuela :
83,570.49 kg/day
1982
Environment in Venezuela
# 36
Iran :
82,552.95 kg/day
1982
Environment in Iran
# 37
Malaysia :
80,721.57 kg/day
1982
Environment in Malaysia
# 38
Sri Lanka :
76,328.35 kg/day
1982
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 39
Bangladesh :
73,111.98 kg/day
1982
Environment in Bangladesh
# 40
Nigeria :
65,390.66 kg/day
1982
Environment in Nigeria
# 41
Norway :
64,797.32 kg/day
1982
Environment in Norway
# 42
Greece :
63,633.22 kg/day
1982
Environment in Greece
# 43
Denmark :
63,411.56 kg/day
1982
Environment in Denmark
# 44
New Zealand :
59,864.94 kg/day
1982
Environment in New Zealand
# 45
Dominican Republic :
56,007.04 kg/day
1982
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 46
Peru :
52,496.64 kg/day
1982
Environment in Peru
# 47
Israel :
40,742.31 kg/day
1982
Environment in Israel
# 48
Ireland :
40,544.07 kg/day
1982
Environment in Ireland
# 49
Syria :
38,232.61 kg/day
1982
Environment in Syria
# 50
Zimbabwe :
35,963.47 kg/day
1982
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 51
Chile :
35,312.02 kg/day
1982
Environment in Chile
# 52
Iraq :
31,200.83 kg/day
1982
Environment in Iraq
# 53
Kenya :
29,793.84 kg/day
1982
Environment in Kenya
# 54
Morocco :
29,718.2 kg/day
1982
Environment in Morocco
# 55
Uruguay :
29,604.74 kg/day
1982
Environment in Uruguay
# 56
Singapore :
28,347.42 kg/day
1982
Environment in Singapore
# 57
Ecuador :
22,517.73 kg/day
1982
Environment in Ecuador
# 58
Tanzania :
22,471.26 kg/day
1982
Environment in Tanzania
# 59
Puerto Rico :
21,377.99 kg/day
1982
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 60
Guatemala :
18,897.74 kg/day
1982
Environment in Guatemala
# 61
Nepal :
18,691.85 kg/day
1982
Environment in Nepal
# 62
Ethiopia :
18,490.54 kg/day
1982
Environment in Ethiopia
# 63
Cameroon :
17,375.05 kg/day
1982
Environment in Cameroon
# 64
Côte d'Ivoire :
15,391.27 kg/day
1982
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
# 65
Honduras :
14,500.22 kg/day
1982
Environment in Honduras
# 66
Guyana :
14,278.92 kg/day
1982
Environment in Guyana
# 67
Zambia :
13,794.9 kg/day
1982
Environment in Zambia
# 68
Ghana :
13,471.36 kg/day
1982
Environment in Ghana
# 69
Madagascar :
11,983.39 kg/day
1982
Environment in Madagascar
# 70
Nicaragua :
11,845.13 kg/day
1982
Environment in Nicaragua
# 71
Senegal :
11,833.27 kg/day
1982
Environment in Senegal
# 72
Malawi :
10,849.14 kg/day
1982
Environment in Malawi
# 73
Mongolia :
9,643.54 kg/day
1982
Environment in Mongolia
# 74
Mauritius :
9,569.16 kg/day
1982
Environment in Mauritius
# 75
Panama :
9,512.34 kg/day
1982
Environment in Panama
# 76
Luxembourg :
9,292.87 kg/day
1982
Environment in Luxembourg
# 77
Trinidad and Tobago :
8,106.41 kg/day
1982
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 78
Iceland :
7,992.65 kg/day
1982
Environment in Iceland
# 79
El Salvador :
7,746.19 kg/day
1982
Environment in El Salvador
# 80
Bolivia :
7,733.11 kg/day
1982
Environment in Bolivia
# 81
Kuwait :
7,251.7 kg/day
1982
Environment in Kuwait
# 82
Macau :
6,721.52 kg/day
1982
Environment in Macau
# 83
Cyprus :
6,192.67 kg/day
1982
Environment in Cyprus
# 84
Afghanistan :
5,974.41 kg/day
1982
Environment in Afghanistan
# 85
Papua New Guinea :
5,340.28 kg/day
1982
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 86
Haiti :
4,776.85 kg/day
1982
Environment in Haiti
# 87
Jordan :
4,711.89 kg/day
1982
Environment in Jordan
# 88
Malta :
3,910.1 kg/day
1982
Environment in Malta
# 89
Fiji :
3,520.35 kg/day
1982
Environment in Fiji
# 90
Swaziland :
3,232.88 kg/day
1982
Environment in Swaziland
# 91
Burkina Faso :
2,435.01 kg/day
1982
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 92
Sierra Leone :
2,117.8 kg/day
1982
Environment in Sierra Leone
# 93
Barbados :
2,033.96 kg/day
1982
Environment in Barbados
# 94
Suriname :
1,994.3 kg/day
1982
Environment in Suriname
# 95
Botswana :
1,806.95 kg/day
1982
Environment in Botswana
# 96
Congo, Republic of the :
1,782.16 kg/day
1982
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 97
Togo :
1,173.57 kg/day
1982
Environment in Togo
# 98
Netherlands Antilles :
1,019.69 kg/day
1982
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 99
Lesotho :
993.03 kg/day
1982
Environment in Lesotho
# 100
Central African Republic :
872.85 kg/day
1982
Environment in Central African Republic
# 101
Gambia, The :
807.07 kg/day
1982
Environment in Gambia, The
# 102
Niger :
487.33 kg/day
1982
Environment in Niger
# 103
Solomon Islands :
468.86 kg/day
1982
Environment in Solomon Islands
# 104
Seychelles :
251.4 kg/day
1982
Environment in Seychelles
Weighted average:
179,374.8 kg/day
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.
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"Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day (1982) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/env_org_wat_pol_bod_emi_kg_per_day-bod-emissions-kg-per-day&date=1982
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