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Acidification	0%		[87th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.03 % of GNI		[164th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.15 % of GNI		[19th of 165]
Areas under protection	9		[117th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.931966 per 1 million people		[110th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	1.35%		[103rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.05 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[139th of 141]
CFC consumption	203.79		[79th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0211028 per 1,000 people		[81st of 107]
CO2 Emissions	130.1		[170th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.0134721 per 1,000 people		[175th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.01 kg/PPP$		[161st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	117.22 kt		[190th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.013 kt per 1,000 people		[193rd of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[59th of 75]
Current issues inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification
Ecological footprint	0.75		[137th of 141]
Endangered species protection	50%		[89th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	47.78 hundred grams/hectare		[119th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	9.47 % of land area		[152nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	119,210 km²		[45th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	12,228.007 km² per 1,000 people		[42nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.23		[106th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	83%		[44th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	17%		[56th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	0%		[122nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	15.7		[77th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping
Known breeding bird species	141		[120th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	14.6008 per 1 million people		[87th of 146]
Known mammal species	134		[67th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	13.8759 per 1 million people		[61st of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[120th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[120th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.01%		[140th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.17 thousand metric tons/squ		[96th of 141]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	126.75 mcg/m³		[10th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	33		[184th of 199]
Protected area	9.1		[44th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	100 thousand metric tons/squ		[124th of 141]
SO2 exports	841.98 hundred metric tons		[92nd of 141]
Threatened species	19		[98th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	14		[53rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	43 cu km		[11th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	41.48 micrograms/m3		[100th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	126.77 micrograms/m3		[12th of 141]
Water > Availability	-3.28 thousand cubic metres		[140th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.85 mls/litre		[117th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.36 mls/litre		[58th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	368.95		[100th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	2.3		[75th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.86 mls/litre		[111st of 141]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	1,843 thousand hectares		[13th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	190.846 thousand hectares per 1 m		[12th of 112]
Wildness	59.45%		[17th of 141]

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