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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.25 % of GNI		[141st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.01 % of GNI		[50th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.47 % of GNI		[66th of 165]
CO2 Emissions	1,726.1		[126th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	5.71954 per 1,000 people		[48th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.41 kg/PPP$		[62nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,868.13 kt		[139th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	5.941 kt per 1,000 people		[59th of 196]
Current issues coral reef decay; solid waste disposal
Forest area > % of land area	51.45 % of land area		[38th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	5,150 km²		[133rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	15,941.163 km² per 1,000 people		[35th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[174th 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, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	887.51 kg/day		[66th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.32 kg per day per worker		[2nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	36.72 mcg/m³		[115th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	490		[132nd of 199]
Threatened species	17		[106th of 158]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.35 %		[61st of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.23 %		[37th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	59.71 %		[17th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.19 %		[21st of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.09 %		[58th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	24.31 %		[10th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.34 %		[65th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.77 %		[58th of 114]

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