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Acidification	50.81%		[9th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.15 % of GNI		[150th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.34 % of GNI		[86th of 165]
Areas under protection	719		[17th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	87.8436 per 1 million people		[13th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	47 thousand hectares		[74th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	5.74221 thousand hectares per 1		[65th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	1.41%		[99th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.9 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[88th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	64,381.6		[41st of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	7.8658 per 1,000 people		[32nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.3 kg/PPP$		[92nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	70,300.3 kt		[43rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	8.66 kt per 1,000 people		[41st of 196]
Current issues some forest degradation caused by air and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of agricultural chemicals; air pollution results from emissions by coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants and from trucks transiting Austria between northern and southern Europe
Ecological footprint	5.45		[27th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[16th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	6.33		[4th of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP	1.7 % of GDP		[2nd of 17]
Fertiliser consumption	1,803.87 hundred grams/hectare		[30th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	46.84 % of land area		[47th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	38,620 km²		[77th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	4,690.707 km² per 1,000 people		[80th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	172.5		[26th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	230		[57th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	28.1002 per 1 million people		[56th of 146]
Known mammal species	83		[101st of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	10.1405 per 1 million people		[79th of 145]
Known reptile species	106		[3rd of 18]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[123rd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[123rd of 141]
Municipal waste generation	560 kgs per person per year		[8th of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure	$10.80		[8th of 18]
Non-wildness	16.76%		[20th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.46 thousand metric tons/squ		[36th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	36,864.18 kg/day		[18th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.08 kg per day per worker		[34th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	34.54 mcg/m³		[107th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	16,748		[42nd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	8		[17th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	510		[13th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita	21		[24th of 29]
Protected area	28.3		[5th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs	0–2
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend	–
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year	2000
SO2 emissions per populated area	850 thousand metric tons/squ		[59th of 141]
SO2 exports	175 hundred metric tons		[127th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	0%		[29th of 31]
Threatened species	61		[31st of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	7		[109th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	84 cu km		[12th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	39.75 micrograms/m3		[104th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	13.21 micrograms/m3		[119th of 141]
Waste generation	380 kgs per person per year		[9th of 16]
Waste water treatment expenditure	$142.80		[1st of 15]
Water > Availability	6.37 thousand cubic metres		[49th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	11.15 mls/litre		[4th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.88 tons/cubic km		[33rd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.1 mls/litre		[121st of 141]
Water > Salinisation	811.6		[54th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[108th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	1.95 mls/litre		[138th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	15.39 %		[5th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.62 %		[4th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	34.87 %		[62nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.58 %		[7th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.1 %		[9th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	44.74 %		[3rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.93 %		[32nd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.3 %		[1st of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	118 thousand hectares		[61st of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	14.4166 thousand hectares per 1 m		[50th of 112]
Wildness	0.04%		[106th of 141]

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