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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: wood (33). 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, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Libya :
596.01 %
1991
# 2
Equatorial Guinea :
23.18 %
1990
# 3
Central African Republic :
19.58 %
1993
# 4
Bhutan :
18.52 %
1989
# 5
Romania :
12.5 %
2000
# 6
Ghana :
12.41 %
1995
# 7
Austria :
12.3 %
2003
# 8
Burkina Faso :
10.12 %
1998
# 9
Latvia :
9.74 %
2003
# 10
Ireland :
7.5 %
2002
# 11
Lithuania :
7.06 %
2003
# 12
Gabon :
6.87 %
1995
# 13
Malaysia :
6.79 %
2002
# 14
Papua New Guinea :
6.2 %
1989
# 15
Liechtenstein :
5.96 %
1991
# 16
Côte d'Ivoire :
5.94 %
1997
# 17
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.79 %
1996
# 18
Cambodia :
5.76 %
1991
# 19
Qatar :
5.55 %
2003
# 20
Hungary :
5.52 %
2002
# 21
Suriname :
5.49 %
1993
# 22
Solomon Islands :
5.45 %
1984
# 23
Canada :
5.38 %
2002
# 24
Australia :
5.32 %
2001
# 25
Portugal :
5.27 %
2003
# 26
Cameroon :
4.96 %
2002
# 27
Mongolia :
4.94 %
1995
# 28
Nigeria :
4.75 %
1996
# 29
Lebanon :
4.6 %
1998
# 30
Indonesia :
4.53 %
2003
# 31
Angola :
4.42 %
1993
# 32
Belize :
4.38 %
1992
# 33
Spain :
4.31 %
2003
# 34
Poland :
4.29 %
2002
# 35
United States :
4.24 %
2002
# 36
Switzerland :
4.15 %
1996
# 37
Honduras :
4.04 %
1995
# 38
Slovakia :
4.03 %
2003
# 39
United Kingdom :
4 %
2003
# 40
Finland :
3.93 %
2002
# 41
South Africa :
3.89 %
2002
= 42
Czech Republic :
3.88 %
1998
= 42
Italy :
3.88 %
2003
# 44
Cyprus :
3.83 %
2003
# 45
New Zealand :
3.63 %
2000
# 46
Croatia :
3.56 %
2003
# 47
Bermuda :
3.55 %
2003
# 48
Denmark :
3.47 %
1998
# 49
Congo, Republic of the :
3.39 %
1988
# 50
Jordan :
3.34 %
2003
# 51
Fiji :
3.24 %
1998
# 52
Rwanda :
3.22 %
1986
# 53
Norway :
3.13 %
2001
# 54
Malta :
3.03 %
2002
# 55
Sweden :
3.02 %
2000
= 56
Seychelles :
2.96 %
1986
= 56
Bahrain :
2.96 %
1992
# 58
Zambia :
2.95 %
1994
# 59
Zimbabwe :
2.85 %
1996
# 60
Kuwait :
2.8 %
2001
# 61
Russia :
2.61 %
2003
# 62
Chile :
2.58 %
2000
# 63
United Arab Emirates :
2.5 %
1985
# 64
Oman :
2.44 %
2003
# 65
Puerto Rico :
2.36 %
2003
= 66
Liberia :
2.33 %
1986
= 66
Bulgaria :
2.33 %
2003
# 68
Bolivia :
2.32 %
2001
# 69
France :
2.27 %
2003
# 70
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2.26 %
2001
# 71
Sierra Leone :
2.23 %
1993
# 72
Belgium :
2.16 %
2001
# 73
Serbia and Montenegro :
2.15 %
2001
= 74
Netherlands Antilles :
2.14 %
1993
= 74
Germany :
2.14 %
2003
# 76
Trinidad and Tobago :
2.01 %
2000
= 77
Ethiopia :
2 %
2002
= 77
Philippines :
2 %
1997
= 77
Swaziland :
2 %
1995
= 80
Saudi Arabia :
1.97 %
1992
= 80
Peru :
1.97 %
1996
# 82
Slovenia :
1.96 %
2002
= 83
Togo :
1.91 %
1984
= 83
Gambia, The :
1.91 %
1993
# 85
Israel :
1.89 %
2002
# 86
Tunisia :
1.87 %
2003
# 87
Botswana :
1.72 %
2003
# 88
Kenya :
1.71 %
2003
# 89
Nepal :
1.7 %
2002
= 90
Malawi :
1.68 %
1998
= 90
Macedonia, Republic of :
1.68 %
1996
# 92
Burma :
1.66 %
2002
= 93
Tonga :
1.64 %
1994
= 93
Singapore :
1.64 %
2003
# 95
Burundi :
1.63 %
1991
# 96
Japan :
1.57 %
2002
# 97
Greece :
1.55 %
1998
# 98
Venezuela :
1.53 %
1998
# 99
Tanzania :
1.52 %
1999
# 100
Uganda :
1.49 %
1989
# 101
Thailand :
1.47 %
1994
= 102
Barbados :
1.46 %
1997
= 102
Korea, South :
1.46 %
2002
# 104
Mozambique :
1.43 %
2000
# 105
Armenia :
1.41 %
1991
# 106
Brazil :
1.37 %
1995
# 107
Jamaica :
1.34 %
1996
# 108
Costa Rica :
1.31 %
2002
# 109
Ecuador :
1.3 %
2003
# 110
Moldova :
1.28 %
1995
# 111
Netherlands :
1.18 %
1993
# 112
Argentina :
1.15 %
2001
= 113
Ukraine :
1.12 %
2001
= 113
Afghanistan :
1.12 %
1988
# 115
Morocco :
1.11 %
2003
# 116
Sri Lanka :
1.09 %
2001
= 117
Colombia :
1.01 %
2000
= 117
Iceland :
1.01 %
1996
= 119
Azerbaijan :
0.93 %
2003
= 119
Kyrgyzstan :
0.93 %
2003
# 121
Mexico :
0.92 %
2000
# 122
China :
0.91 %
2001
# 123
Namibia :
0.89 %
1994
= 124
Iran :
0.87 %
2003
= 124
Yemen :
0.87 %
2003
# 126
Haiti :
0.84 %
1988
# 127
Guatemala :
0.82 %
1998
= 128
Niger :
0.8 %
2003
= 128
Madagascar :
0.8 %
1988
= 130
Algeria :
0.77 %
1997
= 130
Bahamas, The :
0.77 %
2001
# 132
Nicaragua :
0.73 %
1985
# 133
Cuba :
0.67 %
1989
# 134
Albania :
0.66 %
1996
# 135
Mauritius :
0.61 %
1999
# 136
Uruguay :
0.6 %
2001
= 137
Egypt :
0.59 %
2002
= 137
Lesotho :
0.59 %
1998
# 139
Guyana :
0.58 %
1982
# 140
Sudan :
0.56 %
2001
# 141
Grenada :
0.55 %
1996
# 142
Benin :
0.52 %
1981
# 143
El Salvador :
0.46 %
1998
= 144
Bangladesh :
0.44 %
1998
= 144
Luxembourg :
0.44 %
1993
# 146
Turkey :
0.42 %
2001
# 147
Panama :
0.39 %
2000
= 148
Senegal :
0.35 %
2002
= 148
Iraq :
0.35 %
1992
= 150
Paraguay :
0.33 %
1991
= 150
India :
0.33 %
2002
# 152
Pakistan :
0.32 %
1996
= 153
Somalia :
0.3 %
1986
= 153
Dominican Republic :
0.3 %
1985
# 155
Syria :
0.17 %
1998
# 156
Hong Kong :
0.16 %
2003
# 157
Macau :
0.04 %
2002
Weighted average:
6.8 %
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: wood (33). 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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