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Acidification	0%		[75th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.2 % of GNI		[137th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.48 % of GNI		[29th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.31 % of GNI		[92nd of 165]
Areas under protection	12		[106th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.618334 per 1 million people		[124th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	0%		[135th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.28 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[126th of 141]
CFC consumption	26.24		[94th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.00135209 per 1,000 people		[93rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,214.6		[135th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.0625857 per 1,000 people		[167th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.08 kg/PPP$		[149th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,567.76 kt		[145th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.082 kt per 1,000 people		[184th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3		[32nd of 75]
Current issues a long civil war and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters; elephant poaching for ivory is a problem
Ecological footprint	0.76		[136th of 141]
Endangered species protection	77.8%		[56th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	16.14 hundred grams/hectare		[131st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	24.57 % of land area		[112nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	192,620 km²		[30th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	9,732.068 km² per 1,000 people		[47th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.63		[90th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	87%		[38th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	11%		[73rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	2%		[88th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[123rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	144		[116th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	7.42 per 1 million people		[110th of 146]
Known mammal species	179		[53rd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	9.22348 per 1 million people		[83rd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	6		[47th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.309167 per 1 million people		[59th of 95]
Marine fish catch	12,608 tons		[85th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.649662 tons per 1,000 people		[93rd of 141]
Non-wildness	0.95%		[101st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.13 thousand metric tons/squ		[115th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	10,230.47 kg/day		[63rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.31 kg per day per worker		[5th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	39.06 mcg/m³		[90th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	364		[140th of 199]
Protected area	6.1		[69th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	130 thousand metric tons/squ		[115th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,364.33 hundred metric tons		[64th of 141]
Threatened species	41		[46th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	13		[57th of 160]
Urban NO2 concentration	69.3 micrograms/m3		[24th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	90.47 micrograms/m3		[33rd of 141]
Water > Availability	5.81 thousand cubic metres		[53rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.44 mls/litre		[128th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0 tons/cubic km		[68th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.49 mls/litre		[32nd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	894.71		[49th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	13.6		[60th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.59 mls/litre		[116th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.72 %		[70th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.1 %		[65th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	81.19 %		[3rd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.06 %		[61st of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.65 %		[63rd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.09 %		[62nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.76 %		[53rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.43 %		[54th of 114]
Wildness	21.79%		[46th of 141]

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