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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 (1983) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
3,975,764 kg/day
1983
Environment in China
# 2
United States :
2,509,682 kg/day
1983
Environment in United States
# 3
Japan :
1,467,338 kg/day
1983
Environment in Japan
# 4
India :
1,342,044 kg/day
1983
Environment in India
# 5
Brazil :
771,301.6 kg/day
1983
Environment in Brazil
# 6
United Kingdom :
770,363.9 kg/day
1983
Environment in United Kingdom
# 7
France :
697,556.8 kg/day
1983
Environment in France
# 8
Poland :
545,931.3 kg/day
1983
Environment in Poland
# 9
Italy :
420,161.8 kg/day
1983
Environment in Italy
# 10
Romania :
359,354.8 kg/day
1983
Environment in Romania
# 11
Spain :
328,207.3 kg/day
1983
Environment in Spain
# 12
Canada :
303,656.6 kg/day
1983
Environment in Canada
# 13
Korea, South :
295,555.1 kg/day
1983
Environment in Korea, South
# 14
South Africa :
244,901.4 kg/day
1983
Environment in South Africa
# 15
Indonesia :
234,379.1 kg/day
1983
Environment in Indonesia
# 16
Argentina :
226,929.3 kg/day
1983
Environment in Argentina
# 17
Australia :
190,480.2 kg/day
1983
Environment in Australia
# 18
Hungary :
189,541 kg/day
1983
Environment in Hungary
# 19
Egypt :
175,466.1 kg/day
1983
Environment in Egypt
# 20
Turkey :
154,924.4 kg/day
1983
Environment in Turkey
# 21
Bulgaria :
153,785.3 kg/day
1983
Environment in Bulgaria
# 22
Cuba :
143,758.6 kg/day
1983
Environment in Cuba
# 23
Netherlands :
140,006.9 kg/day
1983
Environment in Netherlands
# 24
Philippines :
137,173.4 kg/day
1983
Environment in Philippines
# 25
Mexico :
130,120.5 kg/day
1983
Environment in Mexico
# 26
Belgium :
124,522.5 kg/day
1983
Environment in Belgium
# 27
Sweden :
117,694.1 kg/day
1983
Environment in Sweden
# 28
Portugal :
103,496.3 kg/day
1983
Environment in Portugal
# 29
Austria :
100,041.9 kg/day
1983
Environment in Austria
# 30
Hong Kong :
97,110.03 kg/day
1983
Environment in Hong Kong
# 31
Colombia :
91,974.83 kg/day
1983
Environment in Colombia
# 32
Finland :
88,111.77 kg/day
1983
Environment in Finland
# 33
Iran :
86,880.6 kg/day
1983
Environment in Iran
# 34
Pakistan :
85,830.17 kg/day
1983
Environment in Pakistan
# 35
Venezuela :
83,698.27 kg/day
1983
Environment in Venezuela
# 36
Malaysia :
73,922.14 kg/day
1983
Environment in Malaysia
# 37
Bangladesh :
73,530 kg/day
1983
Environment in Bangladesh
# 38
Denmark :
63,357.85 kg/day
1983
Environment in Denmark
# 39
Greece :
62,729.77 kg/day
1983
Environment in Greece
# 40
Nigeria :
62,024.37 kg/day
1983
Environment in Nigeria
# 41
Norway :
61,188.39 kg/day
1983
Environment in Norway
# 42
New Zealand :
60,654.7 kg/day
1983
Environment in New Zealand
# 43
Dominican Republic :
56,381.99 kg/day
1983
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 44
Sri Lanka :
50,847.12 kg/day
1983
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 45
Peru :
49,992.63 kg/day
1983
Environment in Peru
# 46
Israel :
42,789.25 kg/day
1983
Environment in Israel
# 47
Ireland :
38,447.73 kg/day
1983
Environment in Ireland
# 48
Chile :
36,354.13 kg/day
1983
Environment in Chile
# 49
Zimbabwe :
35,892.25 kg/day
1983
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 50
Kenya :
31,173.14 kg/day
1983
Environment in Kenya
# 51
Iraq :
29,654.03 kg/day
1983
Environment in Iraq
# 52
Uruguay :
29,129.09 kg/day
1983
Environment in Uruguay
# 53
Morocco :
28,465.97 kg/day
1983
Environment in Morocco
# 54
Singapore :
27,648.35 kg/day
1983
Environment in Singapore
# 55
Puerto Rico :
22,088.38 kg/day
1983
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 56
Tanzania :
21,927.55 kg/day
1983
Environment in Tanzania
# 57
Ecuador :
20,771.88 kg/day
1983
Environment in Ecuador
# 58
Syria :
19,438.83 kg/day
1983
Environment in Syria
# 59
Ethiopia :
18,792.27 kg/day
1983
Environment in Ethiopia
# 60
Guatemala :
18,244.04 kg/day
1983
Environment in Guatemala
# 61
Cameroon :
17,807.52 kg/day
1983
Environment in Cameroon
# 62
Honduras :
14,435.71 kg/day
1983
Environment in Honduras
# 63
Madagascar :
13,946.02 kg/day
1983
Environment in Madagascar
# 64
Côte d'Ivoire :
13,633.97 kg/day
1983
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
# 65
Ghana :
11,526 kg/day
1983
Environment in Ghana
# 66
Malawi :
10,958.73 kg/day
1983
Environment in Malawi
# 67
Senegal :
10,712.78 kg/day
1983
Environment in Senegal
# 68
Jamaica :
10,384.55 kg/day
1983
Environment in Jamaica
# 69
Mongolia :
10,239.46 kg/day
1983
Environment in Mongolia
# 70
Nicaragua :
9,826.6 kg/day
1983
Environment in Nicaragua
# 71
Mauritius :
9,736.86 kg/day
1983
Environment in Mauritius
# 72
Panama :
9,583.8 kg/day
1983
Environment in Panama
# 73
Luxembourg :
8,802.72 kg/day
1983
Environment in Luxembourg
# 74
Iceland :
8,182.62 kg/day
1983
Environment in Iceland
# 75
El Salvador :
8,026.13 kg/day
1983
Environment in El Salvador
# 76
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,597.59 kg/day
1983
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 77
Kuwait :
7,558.11 kg/day
1983
Environment in Kuwait
# 78
Bolivia :
7,543.06 kg/day
1983
Environment in Bolivia
# 79
Macau :
7,006.06 kg/day
1983
Environment in Macau
# 80
Cyprus :
6,206.46 kg/day
1983
Environment in Cyprus
# 81
Papua New Guinea :
5,775.67 kg/day
1983
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 82
Jordan :
5,296.58 kg/day
1983
Environment in Jordan
# 83
Afghanistan :
5,158.92 kg/day
1983
Environment in Afghanistan
# 84
Haiti :
5,068.74 kg/day
1983
Environment in Haiti
# 85
Malta :
3,747.08 kg/day
1983
Environment in Malta
# 86
Fiji :
3,590.23 kg/day
1983
Environment in Fiji
# 87
Swaziland :
3,087.58 kg/day
1983
Environment in Swaziland
# 88
Burkina Faso :
2,461.96 kg/day
1983
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 89
Barbados :
2,015.16 kg/day
1983
Environment in Barbados
# 90
Suriname :
1,975.68 kg/day
1983
Environment in Suriname
# 91
Botswana :
1,880.45 kg/day
1983
Environment in Botswana
# 92
Congo, Republic of the :
1,221.85 kg/day
1983
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 93
Burundi :
1,091.61 kg/day
1983
Environment in Burundi
# 94
Central African Republic :
1,025.18 kg/day
1983
Environment in Central African Republic
# 95
Lesotho :
1,020.75 kg/day
1983
Environment in Lesotho
# 96
Netherlands Antilles :
1,014.41 kg/day
1983
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 97
Togo :
999.05 kg/day
1983
Environment in Togo
# 98
Solomon Islands :
477.6 kg/day
1983
Environment in Solomon Islands
# 99
Seychelles :
274.5 kg/day
1983
Environment in Seychelles
# 100
Tonga :
234.18 kg/day
1983
Environment in Tonga
# 101
Equatorial Guinea :
113.43 kg/day
1983
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
Weighted average:
179,944.9 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 (1983) 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=1983
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