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Acidification	0%		[135th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.43 % of GNI		[77th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.62 % of GNI		[55th of 165]
Areas under protection	87		[48th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	5.44396 per 1 million people		[59th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[32nd of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	2,479 thousand hectares		[20th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	155.122 thousand hectares per 1		[17th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	5.07%		[30th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.26 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[63rd of 141]
CFC consumption	37,241.2		[27th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	2.33034 per 1,000 people		[26th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	54,789.6		[49th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	3.42842 per 1,000 people		[68th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.37 kg/PPP$		[71st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	58,479.8 kt		[47th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	3.666 kt per 1,000 people		[84th of 196]
Current issues widespread deforestation and mining threaten natural resources; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage
Ecological footprint	3.39		[50th of 141]
Endangered species protection	75%		[62nd of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.47		[33rd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	2,255.68 hundred grams/hectare		[27th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	21.53 % of land area		[119th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	161,210 km²		[35th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	9,893.158 km² per 1,000 people		[46th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	12.55		[36th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	64%		[83rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	11%		[74th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	25%		[16th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[185th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, 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, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	157		[110th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	9.82417 per 1 million people		[100th of 146]
Known mammal species	91		[92nd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	5.69426 per 1 million people		[104th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	26		[19th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	1.62693 per 1 million people		[21st of 95]
Marine fish catch	4,886,810 tons		[3rd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	305.789 tons per 1,000 people		[3rd of 141]
Non-wildness	2.35%		[79th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.1 thousand metric tons/squ		[123rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	72,850.23 kg/day		[33rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.24 kg per day per worker		[14th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	54.44 mcg/m³		[60th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	17,062		[41st of 199]
Protected area	18.9		[13th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	4,380 thousand metric tons/squ		[11th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,814.13 hundred metric tons		[47th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	3.7%		[21st of 31]
Threatened species	42		[45th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	16		[46th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	922 cu km		[5th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	81 micrograms/m3		[8th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	29 micrograms/m3		[91st of 141]
Water > Availability	19.56 thousand cubic metres		[28th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.62 mls/litre		[74th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.25 tons/cubic km		[50th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.51 mls/litre		[28th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	667.94		[65th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	41.1		[38th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.1 mls/litre		[71st of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.94 %		[29th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.12 %		[60th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	62.72 %		[15th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.85 %		[30th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.49 %		[51st of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	11.32 %		[49th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.99 %		[58th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.58 %		[32nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	100 thousand hectares		[66th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	6.25743 thousand hectares per 1 m		[70th of 112]
Wildness	40.46%		[28th of 141]

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