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Acidification	0%		[85th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.16 % of GNI		[147th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.83 % of GNI		[36th of 165]
Areas under protection	18		[94th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.05957 per 1 million people		[106th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[40th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	876 thousand hectares		[39th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	51.5658 thousand hectares per 1		[36th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	2.17%		[73rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.22 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[130th of 141]
CFC consumption	4,855.01		[46th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.285791 per 1,000 people		[47th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	3,413.4		[113rd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.20093 per 1,000 people		[146th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.12 kg/PPP$		[146th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	3,534.79 kt		[121st of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.224 kt per 1,000 people		[165th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	4		[7th of 75]
Current issues waterborne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing
Ecological footprint	0.89		[124th of 141]
Endangered species protection	72.2%		[65th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	66.33 hundred grams/hectare		[117th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	45.65 % of land area		[52nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	212,450 km²		[28th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	13,016.286 km² per 1,000 people		[40th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.99		[82nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	74%		[61st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	18%		[52nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	8%		[52nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[129th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	165		[107th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	9.71274 per 1 million people		[101st of 146]
Known mammal species	409		[5th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	24.0758 per 1 million people		[33rd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	2		[71st of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.11773 per 1 million people		[79th of 95]
Marine fish catch	59,651 tons		[65th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	3.51136 tons per 1,000 people		[67th of 141]
Non-wildness	1.09%		[98th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.17 thousand metric tons/squ		[95th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	10,031.89 kg/day		[43rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.19 kg per day per worker		[16th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	64.32 mcg/m³		[49th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,281		[109th of 199]
Protected area	4.5		[85th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	80 thousand metric tons/squ		[128th of 141]
SO2 exports	2,166.13 hundred metric tons		[31st of 141]
Threatened species	80		[23rd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	32		[21st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	285.5 cu km		[3rd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	51.6 micrograms/m3		[68th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	114.97 micrograms/m3		[17th of 141]
Water > Availability	17.3 thousand cubic metres		[31st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	4.87 mls/litre		[131st of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.05 tons/cubic km		[65th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.5 mls/litre		[30th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	493.57		[84th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[105th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.42 mls/litre		[58th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	36.11 %		[1st of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.05 %		[64th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	48.77 %		[22nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.42 %		[45th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.75 %		[42nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.15 %		[51st of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.85 %		[46th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.96 %		[10th of 114]
Wildness	10.46%		[63rd of 141]

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