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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 (1986) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
4,570,067 kg/day
1986
Environment in China
# 2
United States :
2,454,376 kg/day
1986
Environment in United States
# 3
Japan :
1,492,690 kg/day
1986
Environment in Japan
# 4
India :
1,255,804 kg/day
1986
Environment in India
# 5
United Kingdom :
744,543.5 kg/day
1986
Environment in United Kingdom
# 6
France :
666,224.8 kg/day
1986
Environment in France
# 7
Poland :
484,424.7 kg/day
1986
Environment in Poland
# 8
Italy :
380,252.7 kg/day
1986
Environment in Italy
# 9
Romania :
367,031.4 kg/day
1986
Environment in Romania
# 10
Indonesia :
360,928.7 kg/day
1986
Environment in Indonesia
# 11
Korea, South :
345,412.4 kg/day
1986
Environment in Korea, South
# 12
Canada :
317,548.1 kg/day
1986
Environment in Canada
# 13
Spain :
297,933.7 kg/day
1986
Environment in Spain
# 14
South Africa :
245,184.2 kg/day
1986
Environment in South Africa
# 15
Argentina :
217,420.8 kg/day
1986
Environment in Argentina
# 16
Hungary :
194,380.1 kg/day
1986
Environment in Hungary
# 17
Australia :
186,124.2 kg/day
1986
Environment in Australia
# 18
Egypt :
181,558.7 kg/day
1986
Environment in Egypt
# 19
Mexico :
178,926.2 kg/day
1986
Environment in Mexico
# 20
Turkey :
166,713.1 kg/day
1986
Environment in Turkey
# 21
Thailand :
164,884.7 kg/day
1986
Environment in Thailand
# 22
Cuba :
163,919.5 kg/day
1986
Environment in Cuba
# 23
Bulgaria :
154,093.6 kg/day
1986
Environment in Bulgaria
# 24
Netherlands :
141,911.2 kg/day
1986
Environment in Netherlands
# 25
Switzerland :
138,533.3 kg/day
1986
Environment in Switzerland
# 26
Philippines :
126,468.8 kg/day
1986
Environment in Philippines
# 27
Belgium :
119,515.5 kg/day
1986
Environment in Belgium
# 28
Sweden :
116,481 kg/day
1986
Environment in Sweden
# 29
Algeria :
108,424.5 kg/day
1986
Environment in Algeria
# 30
Hong Kong :
101,209.4 kg/day
1986
Environment in Hong Kong
# 31
Portugal :
97,473.93 kg/day
1986
Environment in Portugal
# 32
Austria :
97,080.01 kg/day
1986
Environment in Austria
# 33
Pakistan :
93,730.62 kg/day
1986
Environment in Pakistan
# 34
Iran :
92,881.49 kg/day
1986
Environment in Iran
# 35
Venezuela :
85,908.94 kg/day
1986
Environment in Venezuela
# 36
Colombia :
85,852.06 kg/day
1986
Environment in Colombia
# 37
Finland :
84,035.68 kg/day
1986
Environment in Finland
# 38
Croatia :
80,668.35 kg/day
1986
Environment in Croatia
# 39
Bangladesh :
76,021.42 kg/day
1986
Environment in Bangladesh
# 40
Malaysia :
73,688.09 kg/day
1986
Environment in Malaysia
# 41
Denmark :
69,469.17 kg/day
1986
Environment in Denmark
# 42
Greece :
62,562.64 kg/day
1986
Environment in Greece
# 43
Norway :
61,530.34 kg/day
1986
Environment in Norway
# 44
Moldova :
59,190.59 kg/day
1986
Environment in Moldova
# 45
New Zealand :
57,553.39 kg/day
1986
Environment in New Zealand
# 46
Peru :
53,540.84 kg/day
1986
Environment in Peru
# 47
Chile :
48,042.8 kg/day
1986
Environment in Chile
# 48
Latvia :
47,461.03 kg/day
1986
Environment in Latvia
# 49
Israel :
45,873.92 kg/day
1986
Environment in Israel
# 50
Sri Lanka :
45,118.08 kg/day
1986
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 51
Armenia :
44,718.27 kg/day
1986
Environment in Armenia
# 52
Morocco :
40,160.51 kg/day
1986
Environment in Morocco
# 53
Kenya :
36,763.51 kg/day
1986
Environment in Kenya
# 54
Zimbabwe :
35,638.09 kg/day
1986
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 55
Ireland :
34,822.12 kg/day
1986
Environment in Ireland
# 56
Iraq :
32,666.2 kg/day
1986
Environment in Iraq
# 57
Uruguay :
30,098.85 kg/day
1986
Environment in Uruguay
# 58
Tanzania :
25,232.09 kg/day
1986
Environment in Tanzania
# 59
Singapore :
25,171.02 kg/day
1986
Environment in Singapore
# 60
Costa Rica :
23,682.14 kg/day
1986
Environment in Costa Rica
# 61
Nepal :
23,487.27 kg/day
1986
Environment in Nepal
# 62
Puerto Rico :
23,155.32 kg/day
1986
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 63
Ecuador :
22,578.62 kg/day
1986
Environment in Ecuador
# 64
Syria :
21,587.23 kg/day
1986
Environment in Syria
# 65
Ethiopia :
20,571.04 kg/day
1986
Environment in Ethiopia
# 66
Guatemala :
17,784.66 kg/day
1986
Environment in Guatemala
# 67
Mozambique :
17,315.17 kg/day
1986
Environment in Mozambique
# 68
Honduras :
15,571.84 kg/day
1986
Environment in Honduras
# 69
Mauritius :
14,875.59 kg/day
1986
Environment in Mauritius
# 70
Jamaica :
14,802.23 kg/day
1986
Environment in Jamaica
# 71
Cambodia :
13,873.65 kg/day
1986
Environment in Cambodia
# 72
Ghana :
11,978.39 kg/day
1986
Environment in Ghana
# 73
Mongolia :
11,951.6 kg/day
1986
Environment in Mongolia
# 74
Madagascar :
10,707.69 kg/day
1986
Environment in Madagascar
# 75
Panama :
9,623.75 kg/day
1986
Environment in Panama
# 76
Malawi :
9,160.2 kg/day
1986
Environment in Malawi
# 77
Iceland :
8,470.42 kg/day
1986
Environment in Iceland
# 78
Luxembourg :
8,319.91 kg/day
1986
Environment in Luxembourg
# 79
Macau :
8,158.89 kg/day
1986
Environment in Macau
# 80
Kuwait :
8,098.92 kg/day
1986
Environment in Kuwait
# 81
Senegal :
7,412.57 kg/day
1986
Environment in Senegal
# 82
Jordan :
6,817.39 kg/day
1986
Environment in Jordan
# 83
Bolivia :
6,613.83 kg/day
1986
Environment in Bolivia
# 84
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,531.19 kg/day
1986
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 85
Cyprus :
6,475.59 kg/day
1986
Environment in Cyprus
# 86
Somalia :
6,177.2 kg/day
1986
Environment in Somalia
# 87
Haiti :
5,695.21 kg/day
1986
Environment in Haiti
# 88
Papua New Guinea :
5,664.17 kg/day
1986
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 89
Afghanistan :
5,419.9 kg/day
1986
Environment in Afghanistan
# 90
Malta :
4,122.82 kg/day
1986
Environment in Malta
# 91
Fiji :
3,893.95 kg/day
1986
Environment in Fiji
# 92
Swaziland :
3,877.09 kg/day
1986
Environment in Swaziland
# 93
Uganda :
2,895.98 kg/day
1986
Environment in Uganda
# 94
Botswana :
2,700.91 kg/day
1986
Environment in Botswana
# 95
Qatar :
2,564.56 kg/day
1986
Environment in Qatar
# 96
Congo, Republic of the :
2,478.12 kg/day
1986
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 97
Barbados :
2,181.25 kg/day
1986
Environment in Barbados
# 98
Suriname :
2,050.25 kg/day
1986
Environment in Suriname
# 99
Rwanda :
1,623.7 kg/day
1986
Environment in Rwanda
# 100
Burundi :
1,193.39 kg/day
1986
Environment in Burundi
# 101
Central African Republic :
1,032.28 kg/day
1986
Environment in Central African Republic
# 102
Netherlands Antilles :
930.65 kg/day
1986
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 103
Liberia :
615.42 kg/day
1986
Environment in Liberia
# 104
Oman :
547.22 kg/day
1986
Environment in Oman
# 105
Tonga :
305.02 kg/day
1986
Environment in Tonga
# 106
Seychelles :
265.29 kg/day
1986
Environment in Seychelles
Weighted average:
175,205.5 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 (1986) 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=1986
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