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Acidification	2.54%		[37th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.24 % of GNI		[122nd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	4.88 % of GNI		[5th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.24 % of GNI		[105th of 165]
Areas under protection	52		[68th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	14.5944 per 1 million people		[36th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	1.3%		[106th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.44 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[112nd of 141]
CO2 Emissions	3,085.1		[116th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.865871 per 1,000 people		[115th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.23 kg/PPP$		[113rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	3,040.29 kt		[124th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.983 kt per 1,000 people		[125th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3		[38th of 75]
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents
Ecological footprint	1.86		[76th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[116th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	433.28 hundred grams/hectare		[81st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	28.98 % of land area		[96th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	7,940 km²		[127th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	2,537.002 km² per 1,000 people		[103rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	1.71		[69th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	62%		[89th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	27%		[29th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	11%		[41st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	193.6		[23rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	193		[88th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	54.1678 per 1 million people		[27th of 146]
Known mammal species	68		[121st of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	19.085 per 1 million people		[47th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	7		[44th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	1.96464 per 1 million people		[19th of 95]
Marine fish catch	1,679 tons		[103rd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.471232 tons per 1,000 people		[97th of 141]
Non-wildness	6.09%		[50th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.07 thousand metric tons/squ		[133rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	6,512.35 kg/day		[80th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.29 kg per day per worker		[6th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	55.52 mcg/m³		[56th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	413		[137th of 199]
Protected area	2.8		[103rd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	600 thousand metric tons/squ		[67th of 141]
SO2 exports	307 hundred metric tons		[120th of 141]
Threatened species	20		[92nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	2		[153rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	41.7 cu km		[7th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	60.89 micrograms/m3		[42nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	28.69 micrograms/m3		[92nd of 141]
Water > Availability	4.09 thousand cubic metres		[58th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.6 mls/litre		[101st of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.27 tons/cubic km		[49th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0 mls/litre		[141st of 141]
Water > Salinisation	112.94		[136th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	19.5		[52nd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.59 mls/litre		[115th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.53 %		[67th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.29 %		[23rd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	73.53 %		[5th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.28 %		[13th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.8 %		[76th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.94 %		[88th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.63 %		[79th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.66 %		[85th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	20 thousand hectares		[91st of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	5.61325 thousand hectares per 1 m		[72nd of 112]
Wildness	0.32%		[97th of 141]

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