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Acidification	0%		[137th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.12 % of GNI		[28th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.17 % of GNI		[42nd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.14 % of GNI		[122nd of 165]
Areas under protection	542		[20th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	12.2226 per 1 million people		[39th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	3,371 thousand hectares		[14th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	76.0193 thousand hectares per 1		[32nd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	3.36%		[56th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	2.56 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[23rd of 141]
CFC consumption	619.83		[67th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0139778 per 1,000 people		[83rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	344,590		[13th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	7.77085 per 1,000 people		[33rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.79 kg/PPP$		[25th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	364,157.2 kt		[14th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	7.944 kt per 1,000 people		[44th of 196]
Current issues lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; soil erosion; desertification
Ecological footprint	4.04		[41st of 141]
Endangered species protection	95.8%		[25th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.34		[36th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	529.11 hundred grams/hectare		[77th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	7.58 % of land area		[158th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	92,030 km²		[57th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,962.754 km² per 1,000 people		[113rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	12.5		[37th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	63%		[84th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	31%		[22nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	6%		[58th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	64.9		[62nd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, 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, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	304		[20th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	6.85549 per 1 million people		[113rd of 146]
Known mammal species	247		[28th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	5.57009 per 1 million people		[106th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	20		[20th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.451019 per 1 million people		[50th of 95]
Marine fish catch	576,551 tons		[23rd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	13.0018 tons per 1,000 people		[40th of 141]
Non-wildness	2.92%		[71st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.64 thousand metric tons/squ		[29th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	221,256.2 kg/day		[14th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.18 kg per day per worker		[24th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	26.14 mcg/m³		[131st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	91,316		[14th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	106		[12th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP)	0.021571 per $100 million		[4th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita)	2.3904 per 1 million people		[11th of 25]
Protected area	5.4		[76th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,350 thousand metric tons/squ		[25th of 141]
SO2 exports	2,753.94 hundred metric tons		[20th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	17.7%		[17th of 31]
Threatened species > Mammal	33		[20th of 160]
Urban NO2 concentration	44.03 micrograms/m3		[89th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	22.37 micrograms/m3		[100th of 141]
Water > Availability	1.25 thousand cubic metres		[101st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.54 mls/litre		[78th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	4.74 tons/cubic km		[11th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.73 mls/litre		[9th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,312.26		[27th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	68.5		[28th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.44 mls/litre		[87th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.51 %		[19th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.14 %		[42nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	36.04 %		[38th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	15.12 %		[6th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.46 %		[25th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	17.96 %		[18th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.88 %		[23rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.89 %		[17th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	499 thousand hectares		[31st of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	11.2529 thousand hectares per 1 m		[58th of 112]
Wildness	19.78%		[47th of 141]

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