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Acidification	4.93%		[30th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.42 % of GNI		[78th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.09 % of GNI		[137th of 165]
Areas under protection	186		[35th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	18.587 per 1 million people		[28th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	129 thousand hectares		[66th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	12.891 thousand hectares per 1		[55th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	3.9%		[50th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.47 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[53rd of 141]
CFC consumption	0.1		[101st of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0 per 1,000 people		[101st of 107]
CO2 Emissions	56,849.5		[47th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	5.68097 per 1,000 people		[49th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.39 kg/PPP$		[65th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	58,227.05 kt		[48th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	5.748 kt per 1,000 people		[61st of 196]
Current issues the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution to meet EU requirements will require large investments
Ecological footprint	5.01		[33rd of 141]
Endangered species protection	85.7%		[45th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.97		[22nd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	945.84 hundred grams/hectare		[56th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	22.05 % of land area		[118th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	19,760 km²		[106th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,958.947 km² per 1,000 people		[114th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	21.03		[3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	32%		[4th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	9%		[4th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	59%		[3rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	96.5		[51st of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	208		[70th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	20.7854 per 1 million people		[72nd of 146]
Known mammal species	83		[104th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	8.29419 per 1 million people		[90th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[131st of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[131st of 141]
Non-wildness	26.38%		[8th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.23 thousand metric tons/squ		[72nd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	60,652.56 kg/day		[21st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.1 kg per day per worker		[52nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	17.91 mcg/m³		[158th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	15,524		[47th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	6		[22nd of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	490		[15th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita	19		[25th of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste	55		[13th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency	3.2		[5th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita	5.1		[11th of 16]
Protected area	6.8		[62nd of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs	1+
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year	ca.1998
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,650 thousand metric tons/squ		[23rd of 141]
SO2 exports	2,348 hundred metric tons		[29th of 141]
Threatened species	56		[34th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	8		[103rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	120 cu km		[8th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	45.11 micrograms/m3		[87th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	37.33 micrograms/m3		[83rd of 141]
Water > Availability	1.17 thousand cubic metres		[103rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	10.82 mls/litre		[9th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	1.17 tons/cubic km		[29th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.21 mls/litre		[97th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	579.26		[75th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[127th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.42 mls/litre		[119th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.78 %		[12th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.38 %		[13th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	49.1 %		[40th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	11.84 %		[8th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.8 %		[16th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	29.75 %		[8th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	22.35 %		[6th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.52 %		[7th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	154 thousand hectares		[57th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	15.3892 thousand hectares per 1 m		[46th of 112]
Wildness	0.07%		[103rd of 141]

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