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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.49 % of GNI		[67th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.16 % of GNI		[15th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.67 % of GNI		[51st of 165]
Areas under protection	3		[135th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.642398 per 1 million people		[122nd of 146]
CO2 Emissions	622.5		[144th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.133298 per 1,000 people		[156th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.19 kg/PPP$		[120th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	699.63 kt		[158th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.173 kt per 1,000 people		[173rd of 196]
Coral reefs > Area	3,260 sq km		[7th of 28]
Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP)	0.784786 sq km per $1 million		[5th of 26]
Coral reefs > Area (per capita)	0.698073 sq km per 1,000 people		[13th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share	1.15%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3		[40th of 75]
Current issues deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare
Forest area > % of land area	15.39 % of land area		[132nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	15,540 km²		[112nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	3,530.729 km² per 1,000 people		[90th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.3		[101st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	97%		[7th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	3%		[107th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	0%		[118th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[104th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	138		[122nd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	29.5503 per 1 million people		[51st of 146]
Known mammal species	112		[77th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	23.9829 per 1 million people		[34th of 145]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	84.69 mcg/m³		[28th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	159		[154th of 199]
Protected area	5		[78th of 147]
Threatened species	12		[126th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	6		[116th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	6.3 cu km		[16th of 31]

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