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Acidification	0%		[103rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.23 % of GNI		[125th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	11.32 % of GNI		[1st of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.12 % of GNI		[128th of 165]
Areas under protection	13		[103rd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.66774 per 1 million people		[93rd of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	1.55%		[95th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.16 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[134th of 141]
CFC consumption	643.81		[66th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0825927 per 1,000 people		[61st of 107]
CO2 Emissions	240		[161st of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.030789 per 1,000 people		[173rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.06 kg/PPP$		[153rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	234.43 kt		[180th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.033 kt per 1,000 people		[191st of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[72nd of 75]
Current issues soil erosion as a result of overgrazing and the expansion of agriculture into marginal lands; deforestation (little forested land remains because of uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel); habitat loss threatens wildlife populations
Ecological footprint	0.75		[138th of 141]
Endangered species protection	27.3%		[102nd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	26.92 hundred grams/hectare		[127th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	5.92 % of land area		[165th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	1,520 km²		[155th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	201.391 km² per 1,000 people		[178th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.29		[105th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	77%		[56th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	17%		[58th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	6%		[62nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[150th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Law of the Sea
Known breeding bird species	145		[115th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	18.6017 per 1 million people		[77th of 146]
Known mammal species	107		[80th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	13.7267 per 1 million people		[62nd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	1		[86th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.128287 per 1 million people		[76th of 95]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[125th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[125th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.77%		[110th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.23 thousand metric tons/squ		[71st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	1,644.07 kg/day		[107th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.24 kg per day per worker		[21st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	38.92 mcg/m³		[92nd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	66		[173rd of 199]
Protected area	5.6		[73rd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	130 thousand metric tons/squ		[116th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,142.39 hundred metric tons		[77th of 141]
Threatened species	14		[120th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	5		[125th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	3.6 cu km		[17th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	22.28 micrograms/m3		[130th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	104.1 micrograms/m3		[22nd of 141]
Water > Availability	0.65 thousand cubic metres		[115th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	3.94 mls/litre		[137th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.68 mls/litre		[11th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	237.91		[118th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[118th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.57 mls/litre		[55th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.72 %		[86th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.08 %		[106th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	67.78 %		[16th of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.8 %		[99th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.3 %		[77th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	16.69 %		[39th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.63 %		[66th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	1 thousand hectares		[110th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.128287 thousand hectares per 1 m		[111st of 112]
Wildness	5.13%		[67th of 141]

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