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Acidification	0%		[92nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.67 % of GNI		[48th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.8 % of GNI		[4th of 165]
Areas under protection	5		[132nd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.67616 per 1 million people		[92nd of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	1.65%		[93rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.11 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[72nd of 141]
CO2 Emissions	3,669.1		[109th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	1.23 per 1,000 people		[101st of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.33 kg/PPP$		[82nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	3,424.91 kt		[122nd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	1.128 kt per 1,000 people		[121st of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[14th of 75]
Current issues soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; the energy crisis of the 1990s led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone
Ecological footprint	1.16		[99th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[123rd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	0 hundred grams/hectare		[140th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	10.04 % of land area		[148th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	2,830 km²		[147th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	938.232 km² per 1,000 people		[148th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	2.95		[58th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	66%		[76th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	30%		[24th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	4%		[72nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[134th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Known breeding bird species	236		[50th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	79.115 per 1 million people		[20th of 146]
Known mammal species	84		[98th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	28.1596 per 1 million people		[28th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[122nd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[122nd of 141]
Non-wildness	3.73%		[64th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.45 thousand metric tons/squ		[38th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	7,104.41 kg/day		[59th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.28 kg per day per worker		[7th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	68.71 mcg/m³		[40th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	840		[118th of 199]
Protected area	7.6		[54th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,290 thousand metric tons/squ		[27th of 141]
SO2 exports	12 hundred metric tons		[139th of 141]
Threatened species	18		[101st of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[136th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	10.5 cu km		[20th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	43.88 micrograms/m3		[90th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	19.33 micrograms/m3		[108th of 141]
Water > Availability	1.12 thousand cubic metres		[105th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.3 mls/litre		[80th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	2.14 tons/cubic km		[23rd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.48 mls/litre		[37th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,953.96		[14th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	84.6		[18th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.09 mls/litre		[98th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.72 %		[76th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.47 %		[12th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	77.64 %		[4th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.38 %		[52nd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	15.55 %		[4th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.92 %		[102nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	22.36 %		[9th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.41 %		[79th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	492 thousand hectares		[32nd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	164.935 thousand hectares per 1 m		[13th of 112]
Wildness	2.5%		[77th of 141]

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