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Acidification	0%		[56th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.48 % of GNI		[68th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	5.04 % of GNI		[4th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.33 % of GNI		[87th of 165]
Areas under protection	39		[72nd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.533859 per 1 million people		[127th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[48th of 53]
Breeding birds threatened	2.56%		[67th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.15 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[135th of 141]
CFC consumption	24.8		[95th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.00033948 per 1,000 people		[97th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	3,648.6		[111st of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.0499446 per 1,000 people		[170th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.14 kg/PPP$		[139th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	7,333.33 kt		[100th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.107 kt per 1,000 people		[180th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[19th of 75]
Current issues deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management
Ecological footprint	0.85		[128th of 141]
Endangered species protection	90%		[30th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	165.07 hundred grams/hectare		[101st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	13 % of land area		[138th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	130,000 km²		[40th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,824.408 km² per 1,000 people		[117th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	5.56		[3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	94%		[1st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	6%		[10th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	0%		[11th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[105th 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 Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea
Known breeding bird species	262		[32nd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	3.58644 per 1 million people		[135th of 146]
Known mammal species	277		[18th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	3.79177 per 1 million people		[112nd of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[112nd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[112nd of 141]
Non-wildness	0.31%		[121st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.13 thousand metric tons/squ		[114th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	22,085.4 kg/day		[36th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.23 kg per day per worker		[8th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	76.03 mcg/m³		[32nd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,502		[104th of 199]
Protected area	5.5		[74th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	70 thousand metric tons/squ		[132nd of 141]
SO2 exports	1,360.06 hundred metric tons		[65th of 141]
Threatened species	60		[33rd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	35		[15th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	110 cu km		[8th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	29.96 micrograms/m3		[120th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	97.46 micrograms/m3		[27th of 141]
Water > Availability	2.17 thousand cubic metres		[81st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.79 mls/litre		[119th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.16 tons/cubic km		[55th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.38 mls/litre		[54th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	871.56		[51st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	24.7		[46th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.59 mls/litre		[114th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.5 %		[43rd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.27 %		[24th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	60.97 %		[9th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.28 %		[36th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.69 %		[43rd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.97 %		[34th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	17.33 %		[11th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2 %		[29th of 114]
Wildness	14.91%		[57th of 141]

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