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Acidification	0%		[89th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.34 % of GNI		[94th of 179]
Areas under protection	12		[107th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	7.31707 per 1 million people		[52nd of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[19th of 53]
Breeding birds threatened	1.81%		[88th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[77th of 141]
CFC consumption	31.81		[93rd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0193963 per 1,000 people		[82nd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	4,033.3		[107th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.45933 per 1,000 people		[83rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.27 kg/PPP$		[100th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	4,113.55 kt		[115th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	2.322 kt per 1,000 people		[99th of 196]
Current issues overgrazing; desertification; limited fresh water resources
Ecological footprint	1.68		[82nd of 141]
Endangered species protection	90.5%		[29th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	122.45 hundred grams/hectare		[108th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	21.07 % of land area		[123rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	119,430 km²		[44th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	67,668.559 km² per 1,000 people		[6th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.19		[108th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	41%		[108th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	41%		[14th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	18%		[22nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[132nd 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	184		[93rd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	112.195 per 1 million people		[10th of 146]
Known mammal species	164		[58th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	100 per 1 million people		[7th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[121st of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[121st of 141]
Non-wildness	0.15%		[130th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	2.65 thousand metric tons/squ		[5th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	5,499 kg/day		[30th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.19 kg per day per worker		[11th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	68.58 mcg/m³		[41st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,058		[112nd of 199]
Protected area	18.5		[14th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,320 thousand metric tons/squ		[44th of 141]
SO2 exports	2,400.93 hundred metric tons		[27th of 141]
Threatened species	12		[127th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	5		[124th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	14.7 cu km		[14th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	31.08 micrograms/m3		[118th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	14.47 micrograms/m3		[115th of 141]
Water > Availability	-7.46 thousand cubic metres		[141st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	9.13 mls/litre		[37th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.18 tons/cubic km		[52nd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.2 mls/litre		[101st of 141]
Water > Salinisation	575.51		[76th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	14.2		[58th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.18 mls/litre		[96th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.56 %		[32nd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.28 %		[15th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	56.32 %		[8th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.86 %		[22nd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.45 %		[22nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.83 %		[21st of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	24.97 %		[6th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.72 %		[22nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	6,864 thousand hectares		[4th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	4,185.37 thousand hectares per 1 m		[1st of 112]
Wildness	67.41%		[12th of 141]

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