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Acidification	0%		[55th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.48 % of GNI		[47th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	2.77 % of GNI		[1st of 165]
Areas under protection	8		[120th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.306807 per 1 million people		[138th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	6.4%		[24th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	3.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[15th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	78,506.7		[36th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	3.0108 per 1,000 people		[72nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kt	72,868.06 kt		[42nd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	2.901 kt per 1,000 people		[92nd of 196]
Current issues government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers; a once sizable population of Marsh Arabs, who inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations; inadequate supplies of potable water; development of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey; air and water pollution; soil degradation (salination) and erosion; desertification
Ecological footprint	1.73		[79th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[113rd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	737.31 hundred grams/hectare		[68th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	1.88 % of land area		[179th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	8,220 km²		[125th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	0.434 km² per 1,000 people		[171st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	42.7		[16th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	92%		[27th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	3%		[110th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	5%		[70th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	13.1		[79th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Environmental Modification
Known breeding bird species	140		[121st of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	5.36913 per 1 million people		[121st of 146]
Known mammal species	81		[106th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	3.10642 per 1 million people		[119th of 145]
Marine fish catch	13,093 tons		[84th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.502128 tons per 1,000 people		[96th of 141]
Non-wildness	1.2%		[95th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.31 thousand metric tons/squ		[52nd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	19,617.39 kg/day		[70th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.16 kg per day per worker		[81st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	138.32 mcg/m³		[5th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	20,262		[38th of 199]
SO2 emissions per populated area	580 thousand metric tons/squ		[71st of 141]
SO2 exports	1,991.21 hundred metric tons		[38th of 141]
Threatened species	25		[79th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	7		[104th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	96.4 cu km		[7th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	54.84 micrograms/m3		[59th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	121.24 micrograms/m3		[13th of 141]
Water > Availability	-0.45 thousand cubic metres		[135th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.28 mls/litre		[81st of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.01 mls/litre		[136th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	2,454.88		[6th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	86.9		[17th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	7.22 mls/litre		[14th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	15.14 %		[7th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.75 %		[2nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	39.35 %		[77th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.85 %		[44th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.77 %		[50th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.08 %		[38th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	16.71 %		[39th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.35 %		[106th of 114]
Wildness	3.68%		[70th of 141]

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