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Acidification	0%		[124th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.83 % of GNI		[39th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.28 % of GNI		[96th of 165]
Areas under protection	143		[39th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	52.2661 per 1 million people		[16th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	3		[3rd of 53]
Breeding birds threatened	10.62%		[12th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	3.29 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[14th of 141]
CFC consumption	15,736.6		[35th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	5.7517 per 1,000 people		[15th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	10,319.7		[86th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	3.77182 per 1,000 people		[64th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	1.06 kg/PPP$		[15th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	10,717.94 kt		[88th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	4.075 kt per 1,000 people		[81st of 196]
Coral reefs > Area	1,240 sq km		[14th of 28]
Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP)	0.111411 sq km per $1 million		[12th of 26]
Coral reefs > Area (per capita)	0.453216 sq km per 1,000 people		[15th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share	0.44%
Current issues heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions
Ecological footprint	2.68		[59th of 141]
Endangered species protection	50%		[91st of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.98		[45th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	1,347.41 hundred grams/hectare		[42nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	31.3 % of land area		[89th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	3,390 km²		[143rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,277.077 km² per 1,000 people		[136th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.41		[96th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	49%		[101st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	34%		[18th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	17%		[26th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[171st of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	75		[143rd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	27.4123 per 1 million people		[57th of 146]
Known mammal species	24		[141st of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	8.77193 per 1 million people		[88th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	2		[80th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.730994 per 1 million people		[38th of 95]
Marine fish catch	6,283 tons		[89th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	2.29642 tons per 1,000 people		[76th of 141]
Non-wildness	18.17%		[17th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.2 thousand metric tons/squ		[85th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	17,507.42 kg/day		[67th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.29 kg per day per worker		[6th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	42.23 mcg/m³		[84th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	2,788		[88th of 199]
Protected area	0.1		[146th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	17,050 thousand metric tons/squ		[3rd of 141]
SO2 exports	1,369.33 hundred metric tons		[63rd of 141]
Threatened species	28		[72nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[143rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	9.4 cu km		[23rd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	46.73 micrograms/m3		[80th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	22.12 micrograms/m3		[101st of 141]
Water > Availability	3.24 thousand cubic metres		[67th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.3 mls/litre		[105th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	2.19 tons/cubic km		[22nd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	1.01 mls/litre		[5th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	998.46		[44th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[132nd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.66 mls/litre		[49th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.79 %		[84th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.11 %		[79th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	70.84 %		[8th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.93 %		[40th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.01 %		[91st of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.24 %		[83rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.76 %		[54th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.34 %		[68th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	6 thousand hectares		[107th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	2.19298 thousand hectares per 1 m		[84th of 112]
Wildness	0%		[134th of 141]

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