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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: paper and pulp (34). 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, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Swaziland :
79.85 %
1995
Environment in Swaziland
# 2
Cape Verde :
60.04 %
1994
Environment in Cape Verde
# 3
Ireland :
58.47 %
2002
Environment in Ireland
# 4
Bermuda :
53 %
2003
Environment in Bermuda
# 5
United Kingdom :
48.03 %
2003
Environment in United Kingdom
# 6
Austria :
44.74 %
2003
Environment in Austria
# 7
Hong Kong :
43.5 %
2003
Environment in Hong Kong
# 8
Finland :
40.1 %
2002
Environment in Finland
# 9
Afghanistan :
37.73 %
2002
Environment in Afghanistan
# 10
Sweden :
35.04 %
2000
Environment in Sweden
# 11
Norway :
31.3 %
2001
Environment in Norway
# 12
Hungary :
29.75 %
2002
Environment in Hungary
# 13
Denmark :
29.09 %
1998
Environment in Denmark
# 14
Netherlands Antilles :
26.33 %
1993
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 15
Netherlands :
25.7 %
1993
Environment in Netherlands
# 16
Singapore :
24.59 %
2003
Environment in Singapore
# 17
Bahamas, The :
24.31 %
2001
Environment in Bahamas, The
# 18
Switzerland :
23.56 %
1996
Environment in Switzerland
# 19
Grenada :
22.98 %
1996
Environment in Grenada
# 20
Australia :
22.77 %
1992
Environment in Australia
# 21
Israel :
22.26 %
2002
Environment in Israel
# 22
Togo :
22.11 %
1984
Environment in Togo
# 23
United Arab Emirates :
22.09 %
1985
Environment in United Arab Emirates
# 24
Canada :
22.05 %
2002
Environment in Canada
# 25
New Zealand :
21.75 %
2000
Environment in New Zealand
# 26
Seychelles :
21.71 %
1986
Environment in Seychelles
# 27
Malta :
20.85 %
2002
Environment in Malta
# 28
Barbados :
20.66 %
1997
Environment in Barbados
# 29
Spain :
20.57 %
2003
Environment in Spain
# 30
Germany :
20.43 %
2003
Environment in Germany
# 31
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
20.27 %
2001
Environment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 32
Tonga :
19.33 %
1994
Environment in Tonga
# 33
Qatar :
19.03 %
2003
Environment in Qatar
# 34
Japan :
18.99 %
2002
Environment in Japan
# 35
Korea, South :
18.88 %
2002
Environment in Korea, South
# 36
Trinidad and Tobago :
18.81 %
2000
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 37
Belgium :
18.4 %
2001
Environment in Belgium
# 38
South Africa :
17.96 %
2002
Environment in South Africa
# 39
Romania :
17.57 %
2000
Environment in Romania
# 40
Niger :
16.95 %
2003
Environment in Niger
# 41
Ghana :
16.89 %
1995
Environment in Ghana
# 42
Slovakia :
16.87 %
2003
Environment in Slovakia
# 43
Kuwait :
16.64 %
2001
Environment in Kuwait
# 44
Italy :
16.61 %
2003
Environment in Italy
# 45
Portugal :
16.39 %
2003
Environment in Portugal
# 46
Liechtenstein :
16.29 %
1991
Environment in Liechtenstein
# 47
Colombia :
16.15 %
2000
Environment in Colombia
# 48
Malawi :
16.04 %
1998
Environment in Malawi
# 49
Croatia :
15.95 %
2003
Environment in Croatia
# 50
Saudi Arabia :
15.92 %
1992
Environment in Saudi Arabia
# 51
Lebanon :
15.6 %
1998
Environment in Lebanon
# 52
Nigeria :
15.4 %
1996
Environment in Nigeria
# 53
Latvia :
15.37 %
2003
Environment in Latvia
# 54
Gambia, The :
15.31 %
1993
Environment in Gambia, The
# 55
Bolivia :
15.05 %
2001
Environment in Bolivia
# 56
Puerto Rico :
14.94 %
2000
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 57
Malaysia :
14.89 %
2002
Environment in Malaysia
# 58
Slovenia :
14.71 %
2002
Environment in Slovenia
# 59
Cyprus :
14.66 %
2003
Environment in Cyprus
# 60
Argentina :
14.59 %
2001
Environment in Argentina
# 61
Iraq :
14.08 %
1992
Environment in Iraq
# 62
France :
13.83 %
2003
Environment in France
# 63
Peru :
13.47 %
1996
Environment in Peru
# 64
Oman :
13.34 %
2003
Environment in Oman
# 65
Panama :
13.17 %
2000
Environment in Panama
# 66
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
13.11 %
1996
Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 67
Iceland :
12.95 %
1996
Environment in Iceland
# 68
Bahrain :
12.93 %
1992
Environment in Bahrain
# 69
Brazil :
12.9 %
1995
Environment in Brazil
# 70
Jordan :
12.73 %
2003
Environment in Jordan
# 71
Mexico :
12.52 %
2000
Environment in Mexico
# 72
Serbia and Montenegro :
11.79 %
2001
Environment in Serbia and Montenegro
# 73
Poland :
11.65 %
2002
Environment in Poland
# 74
Kenya :
11.46 %
2003
Environment in Kenya
# 75
Chile :
11.32 %
2000
Environment in Chile
# 76
Ecuador :
11.17 %
2003
Environment in Ecuador
# 77
Ethiopia :
10.97 %
2002
Environment in Ethiopia
# 78
Luxembourg :
10.94 %
1993
Environment in Luxembourg
# 79
China :
10.92 %
2001
Environment in China
# 80
Botswana :
10.83 %
2003
Environment in Botswana
# 81
Zambia :
10.78 %
1994
Environment in Zambia
# 82
United States :
10.61 %
2002
Environment in United States
# 83
Lithuania :
10.59 %
2003
Environment in Lithuania
# 84
Venezuela :
10.4 %
1998
Environment in Venezuela
# 85
Zimbabwe :
10.24 %
1996
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 86
El Salvador :
10.23 %
1998
Environment in El Salvador
# 87
Macau :
10.05 %
2003
Environment in Macau
# 88
Costa Rica :
9.97 %
2002
Environment in Costa Rica
# 89
Paraguay :
9.93 %
1991
Environment in Paraguay
# 90
Philippines :
9.81 %
1997
Environment in Philippines
# 91
Nepal :
9.67 %
2002
Environment in Nepal
# 92
Greece :
9.65 %
1998
Environment in Greece
# 93
Macedonia, Republic of :
9.64 %
1996
Environment in Macedonia, Republic of
# 94
Sierra Leone :
9.6 %
1993
Environment in Sierra Leone
# 95
Bulgaria :
9.53 %
2003
Environment in Bulgaria
# 96
Tanzania :
9.38 %
1999
Environment in Tanzania
# 97
Senegal :
8.41 %
2002
Environment in Senegal
# 98
Burundi :
8.3 %
1991
Environment in Burundi
# 99
Bhutan :
8.28 %
1989
Environment in Bhutan
# 100
Fiji :
8.26 %
1998
Environment in Fiji
= 101
Egypt :
8.16 %
2002
Environment in Egypt
= 101
Indonesia :
8.16 %
2003
Environment in Indonesia
# 103
Russia :
8.12 %
2003
Environment in Russia
# 104
Iran :
8.04 %
2003
Environment in Iran
# 105
Morocco :
7.97 %
2003
Environment in Morocco
# 106
Kyrgyzstan :
7.84 %
2003
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 107
Honduras :
7.83 %
1995
Environment in Honduras
# 108
Yemen :
7.71 %
2003
Environment in Yemen
# 109
India :
7.58 %
2002
Environment in India
# 110
Papua New Guinea :
7.3 %
1989
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 111
Jamaica :
7.24 %
1996
Environment in Jamaica
# 112
Sri Lanka :
7.2 %
2001
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 113
Guatemala :
7.19 %
1998
Environment in Guatemala
# 114
Mozambique :
7.09 %
2000
Environment in Mozambique
= 115
Pakistan :
6.97 %
1996
Environment in Pakistan
= 115
Czech Republic :
6.97 %
1998
Environment in Czech Republic
# 117
Solomon Islands :
6.91 %
1984
Environment in Solomon Islands
# 118
Madagascar :
6.75 %
1988
Environment in Madagascar
# 119
Mauritius :
6.56 %
1999
Environment in Mauritius
# 120
Bangladesh :
6.21 %
1998
Environment in Bangladesh
# 121
Tunisia :
6.05 %
2003
Environment in Tunisia
# 122
Rwanda :
6.03 %
1986
Environment in Rwanda
# 123
Gabon :
6 %
1995
Environment in Gabon
# 124
Central African Republic :
5.89 %
1990
Environment in Central African Republic
= 125
Côte d'Ivoire :
5.54 %
1997
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
= 125
Azerbaijan :
5.54 %
2003
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 127
Nicaragua :
5.43 %
1985
Environment in Nicaragua
# 128
Thailand :
5.33 %
1994
Environment in Thailand
# 129
Uganda :
5.23 %
1989
Environment in Uganda
# 130
Cameroon :
5.15 %
2002
Environment in Cameroon
# 131
Namibia :
5.03 %
1994
Environment in Namibia
# 132
Liberia :
5 %
1986
Environment in Liberia
# 133
Turkey :
4.82 %
2001
Environment in Turkey
= 134
Belize :
4.63 %
1992
Environment in Belize
= 134
Cuba :
4.63 %
1989
Environment in Cuba
# 136
Burma :
4.6 %
2002
Environment in Burma
# 137
Equatorial Guinea :
4.51 %
1990
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
# 138
Somalia :
4.5 %
1986
Environment in Somalia
# 139
Mongolia :
4.31 %
1995
Environment in Mongolia
# 140
Ukraine :
4.25 %
2001
Environment in Ukraine
# 141
Lesotho :
4.04 %
1998
Environment in Lesotho
# 142
Armenia :
3.92 %
1991
Environment in Armenia
# 143
Suriname :
3.81 %
1993
Environment in Suriname
# 144
Uruguay :
3.72 %
2001
Environment in Uruguay
# 145
Dominican Republic :
3.6 %
1985
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 146
Haiti :
3.54 %
1988
Environment in Haiti
# 147
Cambodia :
3.43 %
1991
Environment in Cambodia
# 148
Angola :
3 %
1993
Environment in Angola
# 149
Benin :
2.87 %
1981
Environment in Benin
# 150
Sudan :
2.55 %
2001
Environment in Sudan
# 151
Moldova :
2.18 %
2003
Environment in Moldova
# 152
Congo, Republic of the :
2.12 %
1988
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 153
Algeria :
2.04 %
1997
Environment in Algeria
# 154
Syria :
1.45 %
1998
Environment in Syria
# 155
Libya :
1.43 %
1980
Environment in Libya
# 156
Guyana :
1.3 %
1982
Environment in Guyana
# 157
Burkina Faso :
1.06 %
1998
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 158
Albania :
0.94 %
1997
Environment in Albania
Weighted average:
14.0 %
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: paper and pulp (34). 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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