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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.47 % of GNI		[15th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.42 % of GNI		[70th of 165]
Areas under protection	1		[144th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.30671 per 1 million people		[97th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[17th of 53]
CO2 Emissions	1,630.8		[128th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.13098 per 1,000 people		[87th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.53 kg/PPP$		[40th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,630.04 kt		[144th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	2.176 kt per 1,000 people		[101st of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3		[39th of 75]
Current issues water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation
Forest area > % of land area	76.73 % of land area		[8th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	151,040 km²		[37th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	201,060.145 km² per 1,000 people		[2nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	1.64		[71st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	98%		[2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	2%		[116th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	1%		[101st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[113rd 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, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	242		[46th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	316.223 per 1 million people		[4th of 146]
Known mammal species	193		[42nd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	252.194 per 1 million people		[4th of 145]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	14,278.92 kg/day		[66th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.43 kg per day per worker		[1st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	37.57 mcg/m³		[99th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	460		[133rd of 199]
Protected area	0.3		[137th of 147]
Threatened species > Mammal	10		[85th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	241 cu km		[11th of 31]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.09 %		[103rd of 114]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	97.23 %		[1st of 114]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.3 %		[103rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.8 %		[103rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.58 %		[92nd of 114]

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