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Acidification	0%		[122nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.48 % of GNI		[69th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.64 % of GNI		[25th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.8 % of GNI		[39th of 165]
Areas under protection	6		[128th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	3.76176 per 1 million people		[70th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	0.71%		[123rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.34 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[122nd of 141]
CFC consumption	101.72		[85th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0637743 per 1,000 people		[66th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	280.3		[159th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.175737 per 1,000 people		[148th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.11 kg/PPP$		[147th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	282.05 kt		[176th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.196 kt per 1,000 people		[168th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3		[50th of 75]
Current issues deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases prevalent
Ecological footprint	0.99		[112nd of 141]
Endangered species protection	40.9%		[97th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	76.92 hundred grams/hectare		[113rd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	47.1 % of land area		[46th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	4,710 km²		[136th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	3,104.65 km² per 1,000 people		[94th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.03		[121st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	65%		[79th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	23%		[38th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	12%		[38th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[168th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	154		[112nd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	96.5517 per 1 million people		[16th of 146]
Known mammal species	117		[74th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	73.3542 per 1 million people		[11th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	5		[50th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	3.1348 per 1 million people		[12th of 95]
Marine fish catch	26,650 tons		[76th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	16.7085 tons per 1,000 people		[33rd of 141]
Non-wildness	13.37%		[32nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.12 thousand metric tons/squ		[118th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	832.42 kg/day		[109th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.34 kg per day per worker		[1st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	94.82 mcg/m³		[20th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	69		[172nd of 199]
Protected area	2.2		[114th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	110 thousand metric tons/squ		[122nd of 141]
SO2 exports	1,282.13 hundred metric tons		[72nd of 141]
Threatened species	6		[148th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[142nd of 160]
Urban NO2 concentration	72.72 micrograms/m3		[14th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	69.33 micrograms/m3		[45th of 141]
Water > Availability	0.4 thousand cubic metres		[121st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	3.75 mls/litre		[139th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.53 mls/litre		[24th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	283.18		[112nd of 141]
Water > Suspended solids	5.97 mls/litre		[39th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.89 %		[105th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.1 %		[98th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	77.79 %		[6th of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.35 %		[99th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	15.31 %		[35th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.65 %		[103rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.91 %		[56th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	20 thousand hectares		[90th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	12.5392 thousand hectares per 1 m		[57th of 112]
Wildness	0%		[133rd of 141]

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