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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.22 % of GNI		[147th of 179]
Areas under protection	0		[147th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0 per 1 million people		[146th of 146]
CO2 Emissions	715.9		[142nd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	1.35322 per 1,000 people		[97th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.02 kg/PPP$		[165th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	164.84 kt		[184th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.343 kt per 1,000 people		[157th of 196]
Current issues tap water is not potable; deforestation
Forest area > % of land area	58.18 % of land area		[26th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	16,320 km²		[111st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	32,411.885 km² per 1,000 people		[20th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.11		[114th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	1%		[124th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	83%		[2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	16%		[29th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[166th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	172		[102nd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	325.121 per 1 million people		[3rd of 146]
Known mammal species	184		[50th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	347.804 per 1 million people		[3rd of 145]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	61.26 kg/day		[109th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.16 kg per day per worker		[72nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	12.49 mcg/m³		[173rd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	177		[152nd of 199]
Threatened species	21		[90th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	12		[68th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	26 cu km		[8th of 31]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.22 %		[84th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.6 %		[7th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	65.23 %		[19th of 114]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.51 %		[96th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.33 %		[109th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	23.18 %		[1st of 114]

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