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Acidification	15.66%		[23rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.37 % of GNI		[21st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.01 % of GNI		[52nd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.36 % of GNI		[10th of 165]
Areas under protection	809		[15th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.6193 per 1 million people		[123rd of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[41st of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	3,316 thousand hectares		[16th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	2.53844 thousand hectares per 1		[74th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	6.62%		[22nd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	2.03 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[35th of 141]
CFC consumption	2,096,730		[1st of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	1.60507 per 1,000 people		[28th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	3,473,600		[2nd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.65908 per 1,000 people		[80th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.65 kg/PPP$		[33rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	4,143,494 kt		[2nd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	3.216 kt per 1,000 people		[89th of 196]
Coral reefs > Area	1,510 sq km		[11th of 28]
Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP)	0.000207932 sq km per $1 million		[26th of 26]
Coral reefs > Area (per capita)	0.00115592 sq km per 1,000 people		[27th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share	0.53%
Current issues air pollution (greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide particulates) from reliance on coal produces acid rain; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949 to soil erosion and economic development; desertification; trade in endangered species
Ecological footprint	1.84		[77th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[6th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.98		[21st of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	2,825.56 hundred grams/hectare		[21st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	21.15 % of land area		[122nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	1,972,900 km²		[5th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,512.38 km² per 1,000 people		[130th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	549.76		[2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	68%		[70th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	7%		[88th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	26%		[14th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	47.1		[69th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	618		[5th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	0.473087 per 1 million people		[145th of 146]
Known mammal species	394		[6th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	0.301612 per 1 million people		[145th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	30		[15th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.0229654 per 1 million people		[91st of 95]
Marine fish catch	11,500,600 tons		[1st of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	8.80382 tons per 1,000 people		[46th of 141]
Non-wildness	3.76%		[62nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.75 thousand metric tons/squ		[27th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	6,088,663 kg/day		[1st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.14 kg per day per worker		[60th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	72.18 mcg/m³		[36th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	775		[2nd of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP)	0.010672 per $100 million		[14th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita)	0.593272 per 1 million people		[22nd of 25]
Protected area	6.4		[67th of 147]
Snow Leopard > Estimated Population			[4th of 11]
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.	1,100,000		[1st of 11]
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,680 thousand metric tons/squ		[22nd of 141]
SO2 exports	12,300 hundred metric tons		[1st of 141]
Threatened species	213		[6th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	75		[2nd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	2,829.6 cu km		[2nd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	71.72 micrograms/m3		[15th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	97.07 micrograms/m3		[28th of 141]
Water > Availability	1.72 thousand cubic metres		[89th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.99 mls/litre		[65th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	3.78 tons/cubic km		[14th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.28 mls/litre		[87th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	522.78		[79th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	44.7		[36th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	7.97 mls/litre		[7th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.84 %		[8th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.47 %		[8th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	28.09 %		[60th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	20.45 %		[5th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.85 %		[17th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.92 %		[43rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	15.47 %		[16th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.91 %		[56th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	2,548 thousand hectares		[10th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	1.95053 thousand hectares per 1 m		[86th of 112]
Wildness	31.49%		[36th of 141]

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