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Acidification	0%		[66th of 141]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.09 % of GNI		[138th of 165]
Areas under protection	321		[24th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	28.2894 per 1 million people		[24th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[22nd of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	1,384 thousand hectares		[32nd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	121.971 thousand hectares per 1		[21st of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	13.14%		[8th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[47th of 141]
CFC consumption	39,954		[25th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	3.52111 per 1,000 people		[19th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	31,353.9		[65th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.76319 per 1,000 people		[75th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kt	25,245.4 kt		[73rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	2.25 kt per 1,000 people		[100th of 196]
Current issues air and water pollution; biodiversity loss; deforestation
Ecological footprint	2.1		[71st of 141]
Endangered species protection	88.9%		[36th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	467.52 hundred grams/hectare		[80th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	24.7 % of land area		[111st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	27,130 km²		[94th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	2,407.404 km² per 1,000 people		[107th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	8.2		[45th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	69%		[69th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	19%		[50th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	12%		[39th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	408.4		[11th of 188]
International agreements > Party to 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
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species	86		[141st of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	7.5791 per 1 million people		[108th of 146]
Known mammal species	31		[138th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	2.732 per 1 million people		[122nd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	43		[13th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	3.78955 per 1 million people		[8th of 95]
Marine fish catch	42,862 tons		[67th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	3.77739 tons per 1,000 people		[64th of 141]
Non-wildness	21.04%		[14th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[99th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	172,972.7 kg/day		[26th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.25 kg per day per worker		[14th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	19.11 mcg/m³		[151st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	6,926		[68th of 199]
Protected area	17.4		[16th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,730 thousand metric tons/squ		[35th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,834.57 hundred metric tons		[45th of 141]
Threatened species	36		[55th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	9		[96th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	38.1 cu km		[19th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	5 micrograms/m3		[139th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	1 micrograms/m3		[141st of 141]
Water > Availability	2.01 thousand cubic metres		[84th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.1 mls/litre		[63rd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.01 mls/litre		[137th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	515		[80th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	24.6		[47th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.33 mls/litre		[91st of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.28 %		[94th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.27 %		[32nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	78.39 %		[7th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	5 %		[52nd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.67 %		[67th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.63 %		[92nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.09 %		[86th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.67 %		[92nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	452 thousand hectares		[33rd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	39.8343 thousand hectares per 1 m		[27th of 112]
Wildness	0.91%		[87th of 141]

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