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Acidification	14.1%		[24th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.27 % of GNI		[24th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.36 % of GNI		[9th of 165]
Areas under protection	127		[41st of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	17.047 per 1 million people		[30th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	38 thousand hectares		[76th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	5.10067 thousand hectares per 1		[67th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	4.17%		[45th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	3.15 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[16th of 141]
CFC consumption	0		[107th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0 per 1,000 people		[107th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	44,730.8		[54th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	6.00413 per 1,000 people		[45th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.79 kg/PPP$		[26th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	43,959.66 kt		[60th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	5.619 kt per 1,000 people		[63rd of 196]
Current issues air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes
Ecological footprint	3.81		[43rd of 141]
Endangered species protection	62.5%		[79th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.88		[48th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	394.31 hundred grams/hectare		[85th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	33.37 % of land area		[83rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	36,250 km²		[82nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	4,683.463 km² per 1,000 people		[81st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	6.92		[1st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	19%		[2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	3%		[5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	78%		[1st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	566.1		[4th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	248		[41st of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	33.2886 per 1 million people		[46th of 146]
Known mammal species	81		[109th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	10.8725 per 1 million people		[76th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	1		[92nd of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.134228 per 1 million people		[75th of 95]
Marine fish catch	4,226 tons		[95th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.567248 tons per 1,000 people		[94th of 141]
Non-wildness	15.47%		[25th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.19 thousand metric tons/squ		[91st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	101,883.5 kg/day		[10th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.17 kg per day per worker		[17th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	55.29 mcg/m³		[57th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	11,487		[55th of 199]
Protected area	4.4		[90th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	4,610 thousand metric tons/squ		[10th of 141]
SO2 exports	4,974 hundred metric tons		[5th of 141]
Threatened species	41		[49th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	13		[65th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	19.4 cu km		[22nd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	111.14 micrograms/m3		[3rd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	52.45 micrograms/m3		[62nd of 141]
Water > Availability	2 thousand cubic metres		[85th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.23 mls/litre		[61st of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.51 tons/cubic km		[41st of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.39 mls/litre		[53rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,743.52		[17th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	45.9		[35th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.09 mls/litre		[126th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.58 %		[19th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.16 %		[24th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	46.13 %		[19th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.9 %		[8th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.22 %		[13th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.53 %		[24th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	22.15 %		[7th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.33 %		[18th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	3 thousand hectares		[108th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.402685 thousand hectares per 1 m		[105th of 112]
Wildness	0%		[136th of 141]

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