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Acidification	0%		[111st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.18 % of GNI		[25th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.24 % of GNI		[37th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.92 % of GNI		[32nd of 165]
Areas under protection	35		[75th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.451578 per 1 million people		[133rd of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	2,456 thousand hectares		[21st of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	31.6879 thousand hectares per 1		[42nd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	4.58%		[37th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[56th of 141]
CFC consumption	36,637.7		[28th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.472708 per 1,000 people		[42nd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	127,130		[27th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	1.64027 per 1,000 people		[93rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.52 kg/PPP$		[42nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	139,626.2 kt		[29th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	1.959 kt per 1,000 people		[105th of 196]
Current issues agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
Ecological footprint	1.7		[81st of 141]
Endangered species protection	19%		[106th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.42		[35th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	3,926.08 hundred grams/hectare		[10th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	0.07 % of land area		[194th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	670 km²		[162nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	9.05 km² per 1,000 people		[192nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	68.3		[13th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	86%		[41st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	8%		[86th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	6%		[60th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	85.1		[54th of 188]
International agreements > Party to 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, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	123		[130th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	1.58697 per 1 million people		[142nd of 146]
Known mammal species	98		[86th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	1.26442 per 1 million people		[138th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	12		[30th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.154827 per 1 million people		[72nd of 95]
Marine fish catch	155,133 tons		[49th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	2.00156 tons per 1,000 people		[83rd of 141]
Non-wildness	2.37%		[78th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	2.18 thousand metric tons/squ		[6th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	186,059.2 kg/day		[15th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.2 kg per day per worker		[15th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	134.79 mcg/m³		[6th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	33,730		[29th of 199]
Protected area	0.8		[129th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	4,090 thousand metric tons/squ		[13th of 141]
SO2 exports	816.09 hundred metric tons		[94th of 141]
Threatened species	33		[64th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	15		[51st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	86.8 cu km		[8th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	43.83 micrograms/m3		[91st of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	69 micrograms/m3		[47th of 141]
Water > Availability	-0.24 thousand cubic metres		[133rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.49 mls/litre		[79th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	3.58 tons/cubic km		[16th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.6 mls/litre		[18th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,977.91		[13th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	88.1		[14th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.88 mls/litre		[109th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	9 %		[28th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.3 %		[19th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	50.66 %		[21st of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.76 %		[11th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.81 %		[34th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.16 %		[44th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	17.72 %		[10th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.59 %		[47th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	106 thousand hectares		[63rd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	1.36764 thousand hectares per 1 m		[90th of 112]
Wildness	70.06%		[10th of 141]

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