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Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: chemicals (35). 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 > Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Puerto Rico :
36.36 %
2003
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 2
Cameroon :
36.11 %
2002
Environment in Cameroon
# 3
Saudi Arabia :
21.08 %
1992
Environment in Saudi Arabia
# 4
United Kingdom :
17.52 %
2003
Environment in United Kingdom
# 5
Afghanistan :
17.5 %
2002
Environment in Afghanistan
# 6
Singapore :
16.03 %
2003
Environment in Singapore
# 7
Azerbaijan :
15.93 %
2003
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 8
Malaysia :
15.51 %
2002
Environment in Malaysia
# 9
Austria :
15.39 %
2003
Environment in Austria
# 10
Iraq :
15.14 %
1992
Environment in Iraq
# 11
China :
14.84 %
2001
Environment in China
# 12
United States :
13.95 %
2002
Environment in United States
# 13
Burma :
13.24 %
2002
Environment in Burma
# 14
Korea, South :
12.97 %
2002
Environment in Korea, South
# 15
France :
12.85 %
2003
Environment in France
# 16
Hungary :
12.78 %
2002
Environment in Hungary
# 17
Trinidad and Tobago :
11.94 %
2000
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 18
Germany :
11.82 %
2003
Environment in Germany
# 19
Nigeria :
11.26 %
1996
Environment in Nigeria
# 20
Belgium :
11.21 %
2001
Environment in Belgium
# 21
Rwanda :
11.18 %
1986
Environment in Rwanda
# 22
Netherlands :
11.15 %
1993
Environment in Netherlands
# 23
Kuwait :
11.06 %
2001
Environment in Kuwait
# 24
Libya :
10.96 %
1980
Environment in Libya
# 25
Jordan :
10.84 %
2003
Environment in Jordan
# 26
Luxembourg :
10.81 %
1993
Environment in Luxembourg
# 27
Italy :
10.7 %
2003
Environment in Italy
= 28
Senegal :
10.66 %
2002
Environment in Senegal
= 28
Iran :
10.66 %
2003
Environment in Iran
# 30
South Africa :
10.51 %
2002
Environment in South Africa
# 31
Israel :
10.49 %
2002
Environment in Israel
# 32
Ghana :
10.46 %
1995
Environment in Ghana
# 33
Mexico :
10.43 %
2000
Environment in Mexico
= 34
Bhutan :
10.4 %
1989
Environment in Bhutan
= 34
Ireland :
10.4 %
2002
Environment in Ireland
# 36
Switzerland :
10.38 %
1996
Environment in Switzerland
# 37
Cape Verde :
10.23 %
1994
Environment in Cape Verde
= 38
Bahrain :
10.16 %
1992
Environment in Bahrain
= 38
Venezuela :
10.16 %
1998
Environment in Venezuela
# 40
Oman :
10.15 %
2003
Environment in Oman
# 41
United Arab Emirates :
10.04 %
1985
Environment in United Arab Emirates
# 42
Colombia :
9.71 %
2000
Environment in Colombia
# 43
Spain :
9.47 %
2003
Environment in Spain
# 44
Japan :
9.37 %
2002
Environment in Japan
# 45
India :
9.24 %
2002
Environment in India
# 46
Brazil :
9.18 %
1995
Environment in Brazil
# 47
Indonesia :
9.17 %
2003
Environment in Indonesia
# 48
Angola :
9.14 %
1993
Environment in Angola
# 49
Romania :
9.02 %
1994
Environment in Romania
# 50
Greece :
9.01 %
1998
Environment in Greece
# 51
Egypt :
9 %
2002
Environment in Egypt
# 52
Peru :
8.95 %
1996
Environment in Peru
# 53
Chile :
8.94 %
2000
Environment in Chile
# 54
Canada :
8.62 %
2002
Environment in Canada
# 55
Argentina :
8.58 %
2001
Environment in Argentina
# 56
Pakistan :
8.43 %
1996
Environment in Pakistan
# 57
Slovakia :
8.35 %
2003
Environment in Slovakia
# 58
Malta :
8.33 %
2002
Environment in Malta
# 59
Slovenia :
8.28 %
2002
Environment in Slovenia
# 60
Serbia and Montenegro :
8.19 %
2001
Environment in Serbia and Montenegro
# 61
Costa Rica :
8.18 %
2002
Environment in Costa Rica
# 62
El Salvador :
8.14 %
1998
Environment in El Salvador
# 63
Turkey :
7.98 %
2001
Environment in Turkey
# 64
Denmark :
7.94 %
1998
Environment in Denmark
# 65
Czech Republic :
7.91 %
1998
Environment in Czech Republic
# 66
Zimbabwe :
7.85 %
1996
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 67
Sweden :
7.78 %
2000
Environment in Sweden
# 68
Poland :
7.61 %
2002
Environment in Poland
# 69
Finland :
7.56 %
2002
Environment in Finland
# 70
Croatia :
7.45 %
2003
Environment in Croatia
# 71
Zambia :
7.3 %
1994
Environment in Zambia
# 72
Philippines :
7.29 %
1997
Environment in Philippines
= 73
Qatar :
7.05 %
2003
Environment in Qatar
= 73
Côte d'Ivoire :
7.05 %
1997
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
# 75
Ukraine :
6.98 %
2001
Environment in Ukraine
# 76
Bolivia :
6.84 %
2001
Environment in Bolivia
# 77
Yemen :
6.81 %
2003
Environment in Yemen
# 78
Morocco :
6.78 %
2003
Environment in Morocco
# 79
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
6.63 %
1996
Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 80
Sri Lanka :
6.6 %
2001
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 81
Bulgaria :
6.58 %
2003
Environment in Bulgaria
# 82
Uruguay :
6.56 %
2001
Environment in Uruguay
# 83
Grenada :
6.45 %
1996
Environment in Grenada
# 84
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.19 %
1996
Environment in Macedonia, Republic of
# 85
Liberia :
6.15 %
1986
Environment in Liberia
# 86
Guatemala :
6.13 %
1998
Environment in Guatemala
# 87
Paraguay :
6 %
1991
Environment in Paraguay
# 88
Algeria :
5.94 %
1997
Environment in Algeria
# 89
Nepal :
5.92 %
2002
Environment in Nepal
# 90
Ecuador :
5.9 %
2003
Environment in Ecuador
# 91
Armenia :
5.72 %
1991
Environment in Armenia
# 92
Australia :
5.64 %
2001
Environment in Australia
# 93
Nicaragua :
5.61 %
1985
Environment in Nicaragua
# 94
Albania :
5.53 %
1997
Environment in Albania
# 95
Ethiopia :
5.5 %
2002
Environment in Ethiopia
# 96
Tunisia :
5.48 %
2003
Environment in Tunisia
# 97
Burkina Faso :
5.41 %
1998
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 98
Kenya :
5.37 %
2003
Environment in Kenya
# 99
Thailand :
5.33 %
1994
Environment in Thailand
# 100
New Zealand :
5.16 %
2000
Environment in New Zealand
# 101
Barbados :
5.01 %
1997
Environment in Barbados
# 102
Gabon :
4.94 %
1995
Environment in Gabon
# 103
Portugal :
4.9 %
2003
Environment in Portugal
# 104
Cyprus :
4.89 %
2003
Environment in Cyprus
# 105
Lithuania :
4.86 %
2003
Environment in Lithuania
# 106
Burundi :
4.72 %
1991
Environment in Burundi
# 107
Norway :
4.66 %
2001
Environment in Norway
# 108
Panama :
4.56 %
2000
Environment in Panama
# 109
Niger :
4.45 %
2003
Environment in Niger
# 110
Equatorial Guinea :
4.22 %
1990
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
# 111
Lebanon :
4.04 %
1998
Environment in Lebanon
# 112
Central African Republic :
3.99 %
1993
Environment in Central African Republic
# 113
Syria :
3.9 %
1998
Environment in Syria
# 114
Hong Kong :
3.88 %
2003
Environment in Hong Kong
# 115
Honduras :
3.86 %
1995
Environment in Honduras
# 116
Jamaica :
3.79 %
1996
Environment in Jamaica
# 117
Liechtenstein :
3.76 %
1991
Environment in Liechtenstein
# 118
Netherlands Antilles :
3.73 %
1993
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 119
Malawi :
3.72 %
1998
Environment in Malawi
# 120
Latvia :
3.55 %
2003
Environment in Latvia
# 121
Kyrgyzstan :
3.46 %
2003
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 122
Bahamas, The :
3.35 %
2001
Environment in Bahamas, The
# 123
Cambodia :
3.28 %
1991
Environment in Cambodia
# 124
Russia :
3.24 %
2003
Environment in Russia
# 125
Madagascar :
3.21 %
1988
Environment in Madagascar
# 126
Suriname :
3.07 %
1993
Environment in Suriname
# 127
Sudan :
3.06 %
2001
Environment in Sudan
# 128
Sierra Leone :
2.97 %
1993
Environment in Sierra Leone
# 129
Congo, Republic of the :
2.79 %
1988
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 130
Mozambique :
2.72 %
2000
Environment in Mozambique
# 131
Tanzania :
2.71 %
1999
Environment in Tanzania
# 132
Bangladesh :
2.65 %
1998
Environment in Bangladesh
# 133
Mauritius :
2.59 %
1999
Environment in Mauritius
# 134
Dominican Republic :
2.5 %
1985
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 135
Togo :
2.35 %
1984
Environment in Togo
# 136
Belize :
2.34 %
1992
Environment in Belize
# 137
Cuba :
2.28 %
1989
Environment in Cuba
# 138
Iceland :
2.13 %
1996
Environment in Iceland
# 139
Haiti :
2.06 %
1988
Environment in Haiti
# 140
Gambia, The :
1.89 %
1993
Environment in Gambia, The
# 141
Papua New Guinea :
1.71 %
1989
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 142
Bermuda :
1.69 %
2003
Environment in Bermuda
# 143
Fiji :
1.6 %
1998
Environment in Fiji
# 144
Namibia :
1.57 %
1994
Environment in Namibia
= 145
Botswana :
1.56 %
2003
Environment in Botswana
= 145
Seychelles :
1.56 %
1986
Environment in Seychelles
# 147
Somalia :
1.53 %
1986
Environment in Somalia
# 148
Moldova :
1.36 %
1995
Environment in Moldova
# 149
Benin :
1.19 %
1981
Environment in Benin
# 150
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.08 %
2001
Environment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 151
Macau :
1.07 %
2003
Environment in Macau
# 152
Uganda :
1 %
1989
Environment in Uganda
# 153
Mongolia :
0.9 %
1995
Environment in Mongolia
# 154
Tonga :
0.78 %
1994
Environment in Tonga
# 155
Lesotho :
0.72 %
1998
Environment in Lesotho
# 156
Swaziland :
0.3 %
1995
Environment in Swaziland
# 157
Guyana :
0.09 %
1982
Environment in Guyana
Weighted average:
7.3 %
DEFINITION: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: chemicals (35). 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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