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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: textiles (32). 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, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Macau :
76.59 %
2003
# 2
Bangladesh :
64.18 %
1998
# 3
Mauritius :
55.37 %
1999
# 4
Lesotho :
51.32 %
1998
# 5
Tunisia :
43.32 %
2003
# 6
Thailand :
35.4 %
1994
# 7
Morocco :
35.34 %
2003
# 8
El Salvador :
34.07 %
1998
# 9
Sri Lanka :
31.64 %
2001
# 10
Pakistan :
30.33 %
1996
# 11
Fiji :
30.18 %
1998
# 12
Qatar :
29.03 %
2003
# 13
Romania :
28.66 %
2000
# 14
Honduras :
26.8 %
1995
# 15
Turkey :
26.36 %
2001
# 16
Portugal :
26.07 %
2003
# 17
Botswana :
24.97 %
2003
# 18
Cambodia :
24.71 %
1991
# 19
Mongolia :
24.61 %
1995
# 20
Togo :
24.11 %
1984
# 21
Nigeria :
23.49 %
1996
# 22
Armenia :
22.36 %
2001
# 23
Hungary :
22.35 %
2002
# 24
Bulgaria :
22.15 %
2003
# 25
Nepal :
21.73 %
2002
# 26
Niger :
21.29 %
1982
# 27
Macedonia, Republic of :
20.87 %
1996
# 28
Indonesia :
19.42 %
2003
# 29
Syria :
19.37 %
1998
# 30
Haiti :
19.19 %
1988
# 31
Lithuania :
18.12 %
2003
# 32
Egypt :
17.72 %
2002
# 33
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
17.59 %
1996
# 34
Ethiopia :
17.33 %
2002
# 35
Bahrain :
17.16 %
1992
# 36
Iraq :
16.71 %
1992
# 37
Burundi :
16.69 %
1991
# 38
Swaziland :
16.52 %
1995
# 39
Philippines :
16.44 %
1997
# 40
Zimbabwe :
16.28 %
1996
# 41
Hong Kong :
16.17 %
2003
# 42
China :
15.47 %
2001
# 43
Italy :
14.97 %
2003
# 44
Malta :
14.26 %
2002
# 45
Colombia :
14.23 %
2000
# 46
Tanzania :
14.02 %
1999
# 47
Central African Republic :
13.81 %
1993
# 48
Korea, South :
13.62 %
2002
# 49
Afghanistan :
13.19 %
2002
# 50
Kenya :
12.78 %
2003
# 51
India :
12.75 %
2002
# 52
Serbia and Montenegro :
12.69 %
2001
# 53
Madagascar :
12.41 %
1988
# 54
Greece :
12.36 %
1998
= 55
Slovakia :
12.21 %
2003
= 55
Benin :
12.21 %
1981
# 57
Croatia :
12.01 %
2003
# 58
Peru :
11.7 %
1996
# 59
Kuwait :
11.56 %
2001
= 60
Kyrgyzstan :
11.03 %
2003
= 60
Azerbaijan :
11.03 %
2003
# 62
South Africa :
10.88 %
2002
# 63
Jordan :
10.84 %
2003
# 64
Moldova :
10.79 %
1995
# 65
Slovenia :
10.76 %
2002
# 66
Czech Republic :
10.38 %
1998
# 67
Nicaragua :
10.25 %
1985
# 68
Lebanon :
10.24 %
1998
# 69
Costa Rica :
10.22 %
2002
# 70
Puerto Rico :
9.77 %
2003
# 71
Jamaica :
9.76 %
1996
# 72
Brazil :
9.75 %
1995
# 73
Latvia :
9.63 %
2003
# 74
Libya :
9.58 %
1980
# 75
Iran :
9.48 %
2003
# 76
Belize :
9.42 %
1992
# 77
Zambia :
9.34 %
1994
# 78
Cape Verde :
9.31 %
1991
= 79
Poland :
9.1 %
2002
= 79
Ghana :
9.1 %
1995
# 81
Bolivia :
8.66 %
2001
# 82
Côte d'Ivoire :
8.62 %
1997
# 83
Spain :
8.58 %
2003
# 84
Oman :
8.29 %
2003
# 85
Malaysia :
8.27 %
2002
# 86
Uganda :
7.98 %
1989
# 87
Barbados :
7.81 %
1997
# 88
Malawi :
7.76 %
1998
# 89
Algeria :
7.63 %
1997
# 90
Yemen :
7.62 %
2003
# 91
Grenada :
7.6 %
1996
# 92
Argentina :
7.59 %
2001
# 93
Venezuela :
7.51 %
1998
# 94
Mexico :
7.47 %
2000
# 95
Uruguay :
7.4 %
2001
# 96
Guatemala :
6.95 %
1998
# 97
Paraguay :
6.73 %
1991
# 98
Bhutan :
6.59 %
1989
# 99
Cuba :
6.09 %
1989
# 100
Israel :
5.98 %
2002
# 101
Russia :
5.92 %
2003
# 102
Belgium :
5.87 %
2001
# 103
Ecuador :
5.77 %
2003
# 104
Mozambique :
5.76 %
2000
# 105
Canada :
5.75 %
2002
# 106
Angola :
5.53 %
1993
# 107
United States :
5.42 %
2002
# 108
Ukraine :
5.37 %
2001
# 109
United Kingdom :
5.24 %
2003
# 110
Australia :
5.14 %
2001
# 111
Chile :
4.99 %
2000
# 112
Japan :
4.81 %
2002
# 113
New Zealand :
4.64 %
2000
# 114
Albania :
4.63 %
1997
# 115
Senegal :
4.23 %
2002
# 116
Cyprus :
4.18 %
2003
# 117
Burkina Faso :
4.14 %
1998
# 118
Singapore :
3.93 %
2003
# 119
Cameroon :
3.85 %
2002
# 120
Trinidad and Tobago :
3.78 %
2000
# 121
Saudi Arabia :
3.76 %
1992
# 122
Liechtenstein :
3.41 %
1991
# 123
Switzerland :
3.22 %
1996
# 124
Panama :
3.21 %
2000
# 125
Sudan :
3.16 %
2001
# 126
Ireland :
3.06 %
2001
# 127
Tonga :
3.01 %
1994
= 128
Burma :
2.94 %
2002
= 128
France :
2.94 %
2003
= 130
Somalia :
2.7 %
1986
= 130
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2.7 %
2001
# 132
Gambia, The :
2.65 %
1993
# 133
Netherlands :
2.61 %
1993
# 134
Netherlands Antilles :
2.58 %
1993
# 135
Rwanda :
2.36 %
1986
# 136
Finland :
2.35 %
2002
# 137
Bahamas, The :
2.34 %
2001
# 138
Germany :
2.32 %
2003
# 139
Iceland :
2.3 %
1996
# 140
Dominican Republic :
2.28 %
1985
# 141
Denmark :
2.17 %
1998
# 142
Suriname :
2.14 %
1993
# 143
Sierra Leone :
2 %
1993
# 144
United Arab Emirates :
1.67 %
1985
# 145
Norway :
1.43 %
2001
# 146
Bermuda :
1.36 %
2003
# 147
Solomon Islands :
1.34 %
1984
# 148
Equatorial Guinea :
1.33 %
1990
# 149
Luxembourg :
1.32 %
1993
# 150
Sweden :
1.28 %
2000
# 151
Gabon :
1.21 %
1995
# 152
Namibia :
1.16 %
1994
# 153
Seychelles :
1.14 %
1986
# 154
Papua New Guinea :
1.08 %
1989
# 155
Congo, Republic of the :
0.95 %
1988
# 156
Austria :
0.93 %
2003
# 157
Guyana :
0.8 %
1982
# 158
Liberia :
0.55 %
1985
Weighted average:
12.0 %
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: textiles (32). 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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