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Asia > Maldives > Environment

MALDIVIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.75 % of GNI Time series [43rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.28 % of GNI Time series [97th of 165]
Definition: Environment > Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
CO2 Emissions 603.1 [145th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
CO2 emissions > kt 443.22 kt Time series [169th of 195]
Definition: Environment > CO2 emissions > kt
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 4 Time series [4th of 75]
Definition: Environment > CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating
Current issues
depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Forest area > % of land area 3.33 % of land area Time series [172nd of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 10 km² Time series [194th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Groundwater withdrawals 16.3 [76th of 188]
Definition: Environment > Groundwater withdrawals
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
Definition: Environment > International agreements > Party to
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Definition: Environment > International agreements > Signed but not ratified
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 36.91 mcg/m³ Time series [101st of 185]
Definition: Environment > PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 127 [160th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Threatened species 3 [155th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Total renewable water resources 0.03 cu km Time series [18th of 31]
Definition: Environment > Total renewable water resources

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Maldives, Republic of Maldives, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, Dhivehi Raajje, maldives republic

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