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Acidification	40.11%		[12th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.33 % of GNI		[100th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.16 % of GNI		[43rd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.21 % of GNI		[109th of 165]
Areas under protection	32		[77th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	15.9125 per 1 million people		[32nd of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	0.48%		[130th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[59th of 141]
CFC consumption	0		[103rd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0 per 1,000 people		[103rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	15,067.8		[77th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	7.49269 per 1,000 people		[38th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.42 kg/PPP$		[59th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	15,402.92 kt		[84th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	7.718 kt per 1,000 people		[47th of 196]
Current issues Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain
Ecological footprint	5.4		[29th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[127th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.71		[26th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	3,315.58 hundred grams/hectare		[18th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	62.76 % of land area		[21st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	12,640 km²		[116th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	6,318.42 km² per 1,000 people		[67th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	88.9		[53rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	201		[80th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	99.9503 per 1 million people		[12th of 146]
Known mammal species	75		[117th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	37.2949 per 1 million people		[22nd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	1		[87th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.497265 per 1 million people		[48th of 95]
Marine fish catch	1,820 tons		[102nd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.905022 tons per 1,000 people		[91st of 141]
Non-wildness	14.55%		[27th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.17 thousand metric tons/squ		[97th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	38,389.94 kg/day		[30th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.16 kg per day per worker		[34th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	30.49 mcg/m³		[119th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	3,937		[81st of 199]
Protected area	5.7		[72nd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,340 thousand metric tons/squ		[26th of 141]
SO2 exports	538 hundred metric tons		[107th of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal	10		[88th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	32.1 cu km		[18th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	70.59 micrograms/m3		[18th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	51.21 micrograms/m3		[64th of 141]
Water > Availability	8.04 thousand cubic metres		[43rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	9.7 mls/litre		[27th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	1.32 tons/cubic km		[24th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.1 mls/litre		[123rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	908.82		[48th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[119th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.87 mls/litre		[110th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.28 %		[31st of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.2 %		[33rd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	23.66 %		[46th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	33.73 %		[2nd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.7 %		[19th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.71 %		[27th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.76 %		[24th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.96 %		[30th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	1 thousand hectares		[111st of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.497265 thousand hectares per 1 m		[102nd of 112]
Wildness	0%		[131st of 141]

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