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Acidification	0%		[90th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.02 % of GNI		[31st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.02 % of GNI		[54th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.65 % of GNI		[52nd of 165]
Areas under protection	11		[112nd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.90972 per 1 million people		[89th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	31 thousand hectares		[79th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	5.38194 thousand hectares per 1		[66th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	5.67%		[28th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	2.16 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[31st of 141]
CFC consumption	119,897		[16th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	20.8155 per 1,000 people		[6th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	15,535.4		[76th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.69712 per 1,000 people		[77th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.77 kg/PPP$		[27th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	17,084.23 kt		[82nd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	3.267 kt per 1,000 people		[88th of 196]
Current issues limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
Ecological footprint	1.71		[80th of 141]
Endangered species protection	35%		[100th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.5		[29th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	918.86 hundred grams/hectare		[60th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	0.94 % of land area		[187th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	830 km²		[161st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	151.654 km² per 1,000 people		[180th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	1.01		[81st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	75%		[59th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	21%		[43rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	4%		[74th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	100.7		[46th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	117		[132nd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	20.3125 per 1 million people		[73rd of 146]
Known mammal species	71		[120th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	12.3264 per 1 million people		[69th of 145]
Marine fish catch	160 tons		[106th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.0277778 tons per 1,000 people		[106th of 141]
Non-wildness	1.03%		[100th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.3 thousand metric tons/squ		[54th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	23,540.77 kg/day		[22nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.18 kg per day per worker		[12th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	50.31 mcg/m³		[63rd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	3,977		[80th of 199]
Protected area	3.4		[97th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,710 thousand metric tons/squ		[21st of 141]
SO2 exports	1,926.42 hundred metric tons		[40th of 141]
Threatened species	15		[115th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	7		[108th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	0.9 cu km		[25th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	33.55 micrograms/m3		[112nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	54.64 micrograms/m3		[60th of 141]
Water > Availability	0.07 thousand cubic metres		[131st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.91 mls/litre		[40th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	11.53 tons/cubic km		[2nd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	1.01 mls/litre		[4th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,014.42		[43rd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	82.6		[20th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.5 mls/litre		[86th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.84 %		[8th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.44 %		[5th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	53.4 %		[13th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.05 %		[14th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.35 %		[21st of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.73 %		[18th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.84 %		[17th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.34 %		[14th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	7 thousand hectares		[102nd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	1.21528 thousand hectares per 1 m		[92nd of 112]
Wildness	2.08%		[81st of 141]

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