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Acidification	0%		[93rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.5 % of GNI		[66th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.94 % of GNI		[11th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.05 % of GNI		[27th of 165]
Areas under protection	6		[126th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.02267 per 1 million people		[107th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	2.15%		[75th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[106th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	572		[147th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.0974945 per 1,000 people		[161st of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.19 kg/PPP$		[125th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	652.01 kt		[161st of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.127 kt per 1,000 people		[178th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[69th of 75]
Current issues rapid population growth pressuring the environment; overharvesting of timber, expansion of cattle grazing, and slash-and-burn agriculture have resulted in deforestation and soil exhaustion; civil war depleted natural resources; overfishing
Ecological footprint	0.73		[139th of 141]
Endangered species protection	25%		[104th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	61.98 hundred grams/hectare		[118th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	38.45 % of land area		[67th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	27,540 km²		[92nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	4,984.184 km² per 1,000 people		[76th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.38		[97th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	92%		[25th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	5%		[95th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	3%		[77th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[135th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Environmental Modification
Known breeding bird species	172		[100th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	29.3165 per 1 million people		[52nd of 146]
Known mammal species	147		[62nd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	25.0554 per 1 million people		[30th of 145]
Marine fish catch	41,909 tons		[68th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	7.14317 tons per 1,000 people		[56th of 141]
Non-wildness	4.7%		[53rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.48 thousand metric tons/squ		[34th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	4,170.48 kg/day		[97th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.32 kg per day per worker		[3rd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	55.68 mcg/m³		[55th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	148		[156th of 199]
Protected area	1.1		[125th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,080 thousand metric tons/squ		[29th of 141]
SO2 exports	246.76 hundred metric tons		[122nd of 141]
Threatened species	28		[71st of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	9		[97th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	160 cu km		[7th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	68.27 micrograms/m3		[25th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	155.89 micrograms/m3		[2nd of 141]
Water > Availability	21.97 thousand cubic metres		[25th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.07 mls/litre		[115th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.36 mls/litre		[59th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	350.5		[103rd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[107th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.9 mls/litre		[42nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.97 %		[100th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.08 %		[103rd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	82.33 %		[3rd of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1 %		[84th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.6 %		[68th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	2 %		[108th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.23 %		[46th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	295 thousand hectares		[42nd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	50.2812 thousand hectares per 1 m		[25th of 112]
Wildness	0%		[128th of 141]

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