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Acidification	0%		[91st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.53 % of GNI		[63rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.81 % of GNI		[12th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.13 % of GNI		[123rd of 165]
Areas under protection	16		[96th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.729062 per 1 million people		[114th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[20th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	8 thousand hectares		[86th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	0.364531 thousand hectares per 1		[85th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	1.51%		[96th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[120th of 141]
CFC consumption	134		[81st of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0061059 per 1,000 people		[88th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	5,921.8		[99th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.269835 per 1,000 people		[142nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.18 kg/PPP$		[128th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	7,728.93 kt		[99th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.364 kt per 1,000 people		[156th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[24th of 75]
Current issues recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water
Ecological footprint	1.12		[104th of 141]
Endangered species protection	87%		[42nd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	42.06 hundred grams/hectare		[121st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	24.25 % of land area		[113rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	55,170 km²		[70th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	2,494.935 km² per 1,000 people		[104th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.98		[84th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	66%		[78th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	24%		[33rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	10%		[44th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[133rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species	206		[72nd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	9.38668 per 1 million people		[104th of 146]
Known mammal species	222		[31st of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	10.1157 per 1 million people		[80th of 145]
Marine fish catch	410,668 tons		[32nd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	18.7127 tons per 1,000 people		[29th of 141]
Non-wildness	1.89%		[85th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.29 thousand metric tons/squ		[56th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	14,448.73 kg/day		[76th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.17 kg per day per worker		[66th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	34.82 mcg/m³		[106th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,522		[103rd of 199]
Protected area	4.8		[81st of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	170 thousand metric tons/squ		[104th of 141]
SO2 exports	2,454.67 hundred metric tons		[26th of 141]
Threatened species	27		[75th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	13		[61st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	53.2 cu km		[6th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	78.99 micrograms/m3		[9th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	64.07 micrograms/m3		[50th of 141]
Water > Availability	1.87 thousand cubic metres		[87th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.8 mls/litre		[92nd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.13 mls/litre		[113rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	185.59		[123rd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[106th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.55 mls/litre		[84th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.46 %		[20th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.18 %		[50th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	39.53 %		[77th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.77 %		[29th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.67 %		[71st of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	16.89 %		[28th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.1 %		[58th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.41 %		[2nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	178 thousand hectares		[51st of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	8.11082 thousand hectares per 1 m		[66th of 112]
Wildness	0.58%		[94th of 141]

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