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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 (1987) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
4,801,089 kg/day
1987
Environment in China
# 2
United States :
2,543,697 kg/day
1987
Environment in United States
# 3
Japan :
1,483,655 kg/day
1987
Environment in Japan
# 4
India :
1,324,779 kg/day
1987
Environment in India
# 5
United Kingdom :
740,782.4 kg/day
1987
Environment in United Kingdom
# 6
France :
655,421.9 kg/day
1987
Environment in France
# 7
Poland :
479,608.7 kg/day
1987
Environment in Poland
# 8
Italy :
386,584.8 kg/day
1987
Environment in Italy
# 9
Indonesia :
378,265 kg/day
1987
Environment in Indonesia
# 10
Korea, South :
369,139.6 kg/day
1987
Environment in Korea, South
# 11
Romania :
362,414.9 kg/day
1987
Environment in Romania
# 12
Canada :
323,204.9 kg/day
1987
Environment in Canada
# 13
Spain :
302,411.5 kg/day
1987
Environment in Spain
# 14
South Africa :
255,515.1 kg/day
1987
Environment in South Africa
# 15
Czech Republic :
214,827.6 kg/day
1987
Environment in Czech Republic
# 16
Argentina :
214,449 kg/day
1987
Environment in Argentina
# 17
Hungary :
193,342 kg/day
1987
Environment in Hungary
# 18
Egypt :
193,239.5 kg/day
1987
Environment in Egypt
# 19
Australia :
187,194.7 kg/day
1987
Environment in Australia
# 20
Mexico :
172,026.6 kg/day
1987
Environment in Mexico
# 21
Turkey :
169,460.1 kg/day
1987
Environment in Turkey
# 22
Cuba :
163,830.4 kg/day
1987
Environment in Cuba
# 23
Bulgaria :
153,180.5 kg/day
1987
Environment in Bulgaria
# 24
Netherlands :
144,058.8 kg/day
1987
Environment in Netherlands
# 25
Switzerland :
139,296.9 kg/day
1987
Environment in Switzerland
# 26
Philippines :
134,607.6 kg/day
1987
Environment in Philippines
# 27
Belgium :
116,606.9 kg/day
1987
Environment in Belgium
# 28
Sweden :
115,940.6 kg/day
1987
Environment in Sweden
# 29
Iran :
107,423.7 kg/day
1987
Environment in Iran
# 30
Algeria :
106,041.6 kg/day
1987
Environment in Algeria
# 31
Hong Kong :
100,395.8 kg/day
1987
Environment in Hong Kong
# 32
Portugal :
96,381.45 kg/day
1987
Environment in Portugal
# 33
Pakistan :
96,104.36 kg/day
1987
Environment in Pakistan
# 34
Venezuela :
95,741.48 kg/day
1987
Environment in Venezuela
# 35
Austria :
94,534.08 kg/day
1987
Environment in Austria
# 36
Colombia :
89,375.62 kg/day
1987
Environment in Colombia
# 37
Finland :
82,694.62 kg/day
1987
Environment in Finland
# 38
Croatia :
81,132.87 kg/day
1987
Environment in Croatia
# 39
Malaysia :
78,812.01 kg/day
1987
Environment in Malaysia
# 40
Bangladesh :
77,913.7 kg/day
1987
Environment in Bangladesh
# 41
Denmark :
68,639.03 kg/day
1987
Environment in Denmark
# 42
Greece :
62,952.14 kg/day
1987
Environment in Greece
# 43
Norway :
61,625.84 kg/day
1987
Environment in Norway
# 44
New Zealand :
59,369.48 kg/day
1987
Environment in New Zealand
# 45
Moldova :
59,250.53 kg/day
1987
Environment in Moldova
# 46
Peru :
56,417.08 kg/day
1987
Environment in Peru
# 47
Chile :
53,197.16 kg/day
1987
Environment in Chile
# 48
Israel :
49,405.93 kg/day
1987
Environment in Israel
# 49
Latvia :
47,331.41 kg/day
1987
Environment in Latvia
# 50
Slovenia :
46,787.02 kg/day
1987
Environment in Slovenia
# 51
Armenia :
45,205.14 kg/day
1987
Environment in Armenia
# 52
Sri Lanka :
41,876.64 kg/day
1987
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 53
Morocco :
39,087.46 kg/day
1987
Environment in Morocco
# 54
Kenya :
38,217.18 kg/day
1987
Environment in Kenya
# 55
Zimbabwe :
35,847.98 kg/day
1987
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 56
Ireland :
34,351.12 kg/day
1987
Environment in Ireland
# 57
Mozambique :
32,037.49 kg/day
1987
Environment in Mozambique
# 58
Kyrgyzstan :
31,580.39 kg/day
1987
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 59
Macedonia, Republic of :
30,659.48 kg/day
1987
Environment in Macedonia, Republic of
# 60
Uruguay :
30,132.85 kg/day
1987
Environment in Uruguay
# 61
Singapore :
27,074.13 kg/day
1987
Environment in Singapore
# 62
Iraq :
26,693.78 kg/day
1987
Environment in Iraq
# 63
Tanzania :
26,488.72 kg/day
1987
Environment in Tanzania
# 64
Costa Rica :
25,093.2 kg/day
1987
Environment in Costa Rica
# 65
Ecuador :
24,893.05 kg/day
1987
Environment in Ecuador
# 66
Puerto Rico :
23,192.53 kg/day
1987
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 67
Syria :
21,262.15 kg/day
1987
Environment in Syria
# 68
Ethiopia :
21,182.33 kg/day
1987
Environment in Ethiopia
# 69
Nepal :
19,906.79 kg/day
1987
Environment in Nepal
# 70
Mauritius :
16,970.62 kg/day
1987
Environment in Mauritius
# 71
Ghana :
16,500.78 kg/day
1987
Environment in Ghana
# 72
Guatemala :
16,380.63 kg/day
1987
Environment in Guatemala
# 73
Honduras :
16,367.31 kg/day
1987
Environment in Honduras
# 74
Jamaica :
15,010.79 kg/day
1987
Environment in Jamaica
# 75
Cambodia :
14,125.24 kg/day
1987
Environment in Cambodia
# 76
Mongolia :
12,986.66 kg/day
1987
Environment in Mongolia
# 77
Madagascar :
11,163.68 kg/day
1987
Environment in Madagascar
# 78
Panama :
9,687.77 kg/day
1987
Environment in Panama
# 79
Kuwait :
9,077.64 kg/day
1987
Environment in Kuwait
# 80
Malawi :
8,759.59 kg/day
1987
Environment in Malawi
# 81
Iceland :
8,737.44 kg/day
1987
Environment in Iceland
# 82
Luxembourg :
8,032.27 kg/day
1987
Environment in Luxembourg
# 83
Macau :
7,643.35 kg/day
1987
Environment in Macau
# 84
Senegal :
7,293.92 kg/day
1987
Environment in Senegal
# 85
Jordan :
7,147.41 kg/day
1987
Environment in Jordan
# 86
Cyprus :
6,744.5 kg/day
1987
Environment in Cyprus
# 87
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,285.19 kg/day
1987
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 88
Bolivia :
6,256.46 kg/day
1987
Environment in Bolivia
# 89
Afghanistan :
5,940.87 kg/day
1987
Environment in Afghanistan
# 90
Haiti :
5,594.36 kg/day
1987
Environment in Haiti
# 91
Papua New Guinea :
5,404.63 kg/day
1987
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 92
Fiji :
4,320.5 kg/day
1987
Environment in Fiji
# 93
Malta :
4,175.11 kg/day
1987
Environment in Malta
# 94
Swaziland :
3,933.51 kg/day
1987
Environment in Swaziland
# 95
Uganda :
3,465.18 kg/day
1987
Environment in Uganda
# 96
Qatar :
2,693.73 kg/day
1987
Environment in Qatar
# 97
Botswana :
2,622.5 kg/day
1987
Environment in Botswana
# 98
Congo, Republic of the :
2,445.5 kg/day
1987
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 99
Barbados :
2,203 kg/day
1987
Environment in Barbados
# 100
Suriname :
2,160.38 kg/day
1987
Environment in Suriname
# 101
Burundi :
1,360.49 kg/day
1987
Environment in Burundi
# 102
Central African Republic :
883.26 kg/day
1987
Environment in Central African Republic
# 103
Tonga :
393.51 kg/day
1987
Environment in Tonga
# 104
Oman :
236.04 kg/day
1987
Environment in Oman
# 105
Equatorial Guinea :
29.03 kg/day
1987
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
Weighted average:
183,028.3 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 (1987) 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=1987
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