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Acidification	0%		[96th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.25 % of GNI		[119th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.82 % of GNI		[22nd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.49 % of GNI		[62nd of 165]
Areas under protection	8		[121st of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.984979 per 1 million people		[108th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	3		[6th of 53]
Breeding birds threatened	18.67%		[5th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[123rd of 141]
CO2 Emissions	1,409.9		[132nd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.17359 per 1,000 people		[150th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.12 kg/PPP$		[145th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,736.26 kt		[142nd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.21 kt per 1,000 people		[167th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[63rd of 75]
Current issues extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water
Ecological footprint	0.78		[135th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[125th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	144.46 hundred grams/hectare		[104th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	3.81 % of land area		[170th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	1,050 km²		[158th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	123.127 km² per 1,000 people		[181st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.99		[83rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	94%		[22nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	5%		[99th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	1%		[114th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[141st of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Hazardous Wastes
Known breeding bird species	62		[144th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	7.63359 per 1 million people		[107th of 146]
Known mammal species	20		[143rd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	2.46245 per 1 million people		[124th of 145]
Marine fish catch	3,800 tons		[97th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.467865 tons per 1,000 people		[98th of 141]
Non-wildness	7.22%		[46th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.03 thousand metric tons/squ		[139th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	5,426.98 kg/day		[93rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.2 kg per day per worker		[36th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	42.46 mcg/m³		[83rd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	386		[138th of 199]
Protected area	0.4		[133rd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	140 thousand metric tons/squ		[113rd of 141]
SO2 exports	1,962.04 hundred metric tons		[39th of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[138th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	14 cu km		[22nd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	67.05 micrograms/m3		[28th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	43.7 micrograms/m3		[74th of 141]
Water > Availability	0.93 thousand cubic metres		[110th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.9 mls/litre		[41st of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.34 mls/litre		[73rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	713.29		[62nd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[112nd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.16 mls/litre		[33rd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.06 %		[97th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.15 %		[69th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	69.47 %		[14th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.95 %		[68th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.79 %		[67th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.54 %		[97th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	19.19 %		[28th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.84 %		[88th of 114]
Wildness	0%		[129th of 141]

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