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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Environment

SALVADORAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [59th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.27 % of GNI Time series [113rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.5 % of GNI Time series [28th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.25 % of GNI Time series [104th of 165]
Areas under protection 3 [136th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 0.447427 per 1 million people [134th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened 0% [133rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency 0.65 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [103rd of 141]
CFC consumption 6,433.23 [41st of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0.959468 per 1,000 people [33rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions 6,597.8 [95th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 0.984012 per 1,000 people [110th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.21 kg/PPP$ Time series [119th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 6,538.46 kt Time series [104th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 0.984 kt per 1,000 people Time series [124th of 196]
Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes
Ecological footprint 1.55 [84th of 141]
Endangered species protection 33.3% [101st of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 3.02 [66th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 1,475 hundred grams/hectare [37th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 14.38 % of land area Time series [133rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 2,980 km² Time series [146th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 433.08 km² per 1,000 people Time series [165th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 1.28 Time series [78th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 59% Time series [92nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 25% Time series [31st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 16% Time series [32nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [109th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Law of the Sea Time series
Known breeding bird species 141 [119th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 21.0291 per 1 million people [70th of 146]
Known mammal species 135 [66th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 20.1342 per 1 million people [42nd of 145]
Marine areas under protection 2 [77th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 0.298285 per 1 million people [60th of 95]
Marine fish catch 1,351 tons [104th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 0.201491 tons per 1,000 people [100th of 141]
Non-wildness 12.17% [36th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.07 thousand metric tons/squ [131st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 22,759.77 kg/day Time series [58th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.18 kg per day per worker Time series [38th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 35.49 mcg/m³ Time series [105th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,575 [102nd of 199]
Protected area 0.3 [136th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 700 thousand metric tons/squ [63rd of 141]
SO2 exports 1,108.28 hundred metric tons [78th of 141]
Threatened species 9 [134th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 2 [152nd of 160]
Total renewable water resources 25.2 cu km Time series [10th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 70.5 micrograms/m3 [19th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 44.13 micrograms/m3 [73rd of 141]
Water > Availability 1.59 thousand cubic metres [91st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.09 mls/litre [114th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 1.21 tons/cubic km [28th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.22 mls/litre [93rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation 582.63 [74th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 0 [97th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 5.16 mls/litre [67th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 8.14 % Time series [38th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.1 % Time series [72nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 43.47 % Time series [59th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.14 % Time series [58th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.38 % Time series [64th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 10.23 % Time series [56th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 34.07 % Time series [6th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.46 % Time series [80th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 2 thousand hectares [109th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 0.298285 thousand hectares per 1 m [107th of 112]
Wildness 0% [122nd of 141]

SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; FAOSTAT on-line database; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the last wild places on the earth's surface. Accessed via ciesin.org; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, RAINS-ASIA and Co-operative Programme formonitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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