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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: food and beverages (31). 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, food industry > % of total BOD emissions (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Moldova :
97.74 %
2003
Environment in Moldova
# 2
Guyana :
97.23 %
1982
Environment in Guyana
# 3
Namibia :
90.39 %
1994
Environment in Namibia
# 4
Dominican Republic :
90.02 %
1985
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 5
Somalia :
89.92 %
1986
Environment in Somalia
# 6
Congo, Republic of the :
89.76 %
1988
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 7
Sudan :
88.59 %
2001
Environment in Sudan
# 8
Solomon Islands :
86.19 %
1984
Environment in Solomon Islands
# 9
Liberia :
85.44 %
1986
Environment in Liberia
# 10
Suriname :
85.12 %
1993
Environment in Suriname
# 11
Benin :
82.64 %
1981
Environment in Benin
# 12
Sierra Leone :
82.33 %
1993
Environment in Sierra Leone
# 13
Uganda :
81.58 %
1989
Environment in Uganda
# 14
Mozambique :
81.19 %
2000
Environment in Mozambique
# 15
Papua New Guinea :
80.15 %
1989
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 16
Gabon :
79.66 %
1995
Environment in Gabon
# 17
Uruguay :
79.23 %
2001
Environment in Uruguay
# 18
Cuba :
78.39 %
1989
Environment in Cuba
# 19
Belize :
78.32 %
1992
Environment in Belize
# 20
Gambia, The :
77.79 %
1993
Environment in Gambia, The
# 21
Armenia :
77.64 %
2001
Environment in Armenia
# 22
Australia :
77.11 %
2001
Environment in Australia
# 23
Libya :
77.04 %
1980
Environment in Libya
# 24
Niger :
76.89 %
2003
Environment in Niger
# 25
Panama :
76.62 %
2000
Environment in Panama
# 26
Iceland :
76.48 %
1996
Environment in Iceland
# 27
Nicaragua :
76.33 %
1985
Environment in Nicaragua
# 28
Rwanda :
75.65 %
1986
Environment in Rwanda
# 29
Madagascar :
75.61 %
1988
Environment in Madagascar
# 30
Yemen :
74.58 %
2003
Environment in Yemen
# 31
Burkina Faso :
73.8 %
1998
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 32
Paraguay :
73.61 %
1991
Environment in Paraguay
# 33
Albania :
73.53 %
1997
Environment in Albania
# 34
Tonga :
73.41 %
1994
Environment in Tonga
# 35
Guatemala :
72.81 %
1998
Environment in Guatemala
# 36
Ecuador :
72.25 %
2003
Environment in Ecuador
# 37
Côte d'Ivoire :
71.86 %
1997
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
# 38
Seychelles :
71.72 %
1986
Environment in Seychelles
# 39
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
71.31 %
2001
Environment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 40
Jamaica :
70.84 %
1996
Environment in Jamaica
# 41
Senegal :
70.12 %
2002
Environment in Senegal
# 42
Malawi :
70.02 %
1998
Environment in Malawi
# 43
Swaziland :
69.99 %
1990
Environment in Swaziland
# 44
Syria :
69.81 %
1998
Environment in Syria
# 45
Haiti :
69.47 %
1988
Environment in Haiti
# 46
Tanzania :
69.35 %
1999
Environment in Tanzania
# 47
Cyprus :
68.46 %
2003
Environment in Cyprus
# 48
Burundi :
67.78 %
1991
Environment in Burundi
# 49
Kenya :
66.81 %
2003
Environment in Kenya
# 50
Angola :
65.89 %
1993
Environment in Angola
# 51
Costa Rica :
65.69 %
2002
Environment in Costa Rica
# 52
Kyrgyzstan :
65.39 %
2003
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 53
Equatorial Guinea :
65.23 %
1990
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
# 54
Bolivia :
64.93 %
2001
Environment in Bolivia
# 55
Mongolia :
64.16 %
1995
Environment in Mongolia
# 56
Zambia :
63.63 %
1994
Environment in Zambia
# 57
Chile :
62.72 %
2000
Environment in Chile
# 58
Central African Republic :
62.02 %
1993
Environment in Central African Republic
# 59
Barbados :
61.32 %
1997
Environment in Barbados
# 60
Ethiopia :
60.97 %
2002
Environment in Ethiopia
# 61
Grenada :
60.85 %
1996
Environment in Grenada
# 62
Lebanon :
60.75 %
1998
Environment in Lebanon
# 63
Bahamas, The :
59.71 %
2001
Environment in Bahamas, The
# 64
Algeria :
59.54 %
1997
Environment in Algeria
# 65
Cambodia :
59.16 %
1991
Environment in Cambodia
# 66
Argentina :
58.88 %
2001
Environment in Argentina
# 67
New Zealand :
57.25 %
2000
Environment in New Zealand
# 68
Botswana :
56.32 %
2003
Environment in Botswana
# 69
Netherlands Antilles :
55.63 %
1993
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 70
Mexico :
55.56 %
2000
Environment in Mexico
# 71
Honduras :
55.48 %
1995
Environment in Honduras
# 72
Trinidad and Tobago :
55.31 %
2000
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 73
Nepal :
55.05 %
2002
Environment in Nepal
# 74
Greece :
55.01 %
1998
Environment in Greece
# 75
Bhutan :
54.91 %
1989
Environment in Bhutan
# 76
Fiji :
54.8 %
1998
Environment in Fiji
# 77
Philippines :
54.49 %
1997
Environment in Philippines
# 78
Oman :
54.25 %
2003
Environment in Oman
# 79
Zimbabwe :
54.19 %
1996
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 80
Lithuania :
54.03 %
2003
Environment in Lithuania
# 81
Latvia :
53.79 %
2003
Environment in Latvia
# 82
India :
53.7 %
2002
Environment in India
# 83
Indonesia :
53.66 %
2003
Environment in Indonesia
# 84
Jordan :
53.4 %
2003
Environment in Jordan
# 85
Colombia :
53.24 %
2000
Environment in Colombia
# 86
Venezuela :
53.12 %
1998
Environment in Venezuela
# 87
Peru :
52.79 %
1996
Environment in Peru
# 88
Poland :
52.23 %
2002
Environment in Poland
# 89
Russia :
51.94 %
2003
Environment in Russia
# 90
Sri Lanka :
51.53 %
2001
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 91
Egypt :
50.66 %
2002
Environment in Egypt
# 92
Kuwait :
50.19 %
2001
Environment in Kuwait
# 93
Puerto Rico :
49.57 %
2003
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 94
France :
49.53 %
2003
Environment in France
# 95
Hungary :
49.1 %
2000
Environment in Hungary
# 96
Cameroon :
48.77 %
2002
Environment in Cameroon
# 97
Croatia :
48.37 %
2003
Environment in Croatia
# 98
Serbia and Montenegro :
47.39 %
2001
Environment in Serbia and Montenegro
# 99
Ukraine :
46.76 %
2001
Environment in Ukraine
# 100
Iran :
46.67 %
2003
Environment in Iran
# 101
Bulgaria :
46.13 %
2003
Environment in Bulgaria
# 102
Japan :
45.71 %
2002
Environment in Japan
# 103
Israel :
45.54 %
2002
Environment in Israel
# 104
Saudi Arabia :
45.06 %
1992
Environment in Saudi Arabia
# 105
Togo :
44.96 %
1984
Environment in Togo
# 106
Macedonia, Republic of :
44.95 %
1996
Environment in Macedonia, Republic of
# 107
Brazil :
44.39 %
1995
Environment in Brazil
# 108
Denmark :
44.16 %
1998
Environment in Denmark
# 109
Slovakia :
43.69 %
2003
Environment in Slovakia
# 110
Turkey :
43.66 %
2001
Environment in Turkey
# 111
Czech Republic :
43.56 %
1998
Environment in Czech Republic
# 112
El Salvador :
43.47 %
1998
Environment in El Salvador
# 113
Netherlands :
43.25 %
1993
Environment in Netherlands
# 114
Morocco :
43.04 %
2003
Environment in Morocco
# 115
Norway :
42.82 %
2001
Environment in Norway
# 116
Malta :
42.8 %
2002
Environment in Malta
# 117
United Arab Emirates :
42.32 %
1985
Environment in United Arab Emirates
# 118
Thailand :
42.19 %
1994
Environment in Thailand
# 119
United States :
42.06 %
2002
Environment in United States
# 120
Belgium :
40.27 %
2001
Environment in Belgium
# 121
Nigeria :
40.17 %
1996
Environment in Nigeria
# 122
Pakistan :
39.9 %
1996
Environment in Pakistan
# 123
Lesotho :
39.68 %
1998
Environment in Lesotho
# 124
Spain :
39.6 %
2003
Environment in Spain
# 125
Ghana :
39.53 %
1995
Environment in Ghana
# 126
Canada :
39.52 %
2002
Environment in Canada
# 127
Iraq :
39.35 %
1992
Environment in Iraq
# 128
Azerbaijan :
39.21 %
2003
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 129
Liechtenstein :
38.79 %
1991
Environment in Liechtenstein
# 130
Germany :
38.7 %
2003
Environment in Germany
# 131
Bermuda :
38.42 %
2003
Environment in Bermuda
# 132
Portugal :
37.85 %
2003
Environment in Portugal
# 133
South Africa :
36.04 %
2002
Environment in South Africa
# 134
Tunisia :
35.81 %
2003
Environment in Tunisia
# 135
Austria :
34.87 %
2000
Environment in Austria
# 136
Malaysia :
33.74 %
2002
Environment in Malaysia
# 137
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
33.35 %
1996
Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 138
Mauritius :
32.82 %
1999
Environment in Mauritius
# 139
Afghanistan :
31.14 %
2002
Environment in Afghanistan
# 140
Italy :
30.76 %
2003
Environment in Italy
# 141
Bahrain :
30.63 %
1992
Environment in Bahrain
# 142
Hong Kong :
30.47 %
2003
Environment in Hong Kong
# 143
China :
28.09 %
2001
Environment in China
# 144
Sweden :
26.63 %
2000
Environment in Sweden
# 145
Finland :
26.57 %
2002
Environment in Finland
# 146
Luxembourg :
26.12 %
1993
Environment in Luxembourg
# 147
Qatar :
25.97 %
2003
Environment in Qatar
# 148
Korea, South :
25.78 %
2002
Environment in Korea, South
# 149
Singapore :
25.39 %
2003
Environment in Singapore
# 150
Switzerland :
25.03 %
1996
Environment in Switzerland
# 151
Bangladesh :
23.84 %
1998
Environment in Bangladesh
# 152
Slovenia :
23.66 %
2002
Environment in Slovenia
# 153
Ireland :
22.94 %
2002
Environment in Ireland
# 154
Cape Verde :
22.25 %
1994
Environment in Cape Verde
# 155
Burma :
14.94 %
2002
Environment in Burma
# 156
Macau :
11.06 %
2003
Environment in Macau
# 157
Romania :
5.09 %
2000
Environment in Romania
# 158
United Kingdom :
0.61 %
2003
Environment in United Kingdom
Weighted average:
54.9 %
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: food and beverages (31). 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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"Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/env_wat_pol_foo_ind_of_tot_bod_emi-food-industry-total-bod-emissions
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