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Acidification	0%		[81st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.23 % of GNI		[126th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.4 % of GNI		[73rd of 165]
Areas under protection	27		[81st of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.671859 per 1 million people		[120th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[35th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	1,251 thousand hectares		[34th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	31.1295 thousand hectares per 1		[43rd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	0.88%		[118th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.25 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[128th of 141]
CFC consumption	3,378.16		[50th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.084061 per 1,000 people		[60th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	5,852.9		[100th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.145642 per 1,000 people		[153rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.14 kg/PPP$		[141st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	8,989 kt		[94th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.258 kt per 1,000 people		[163rd of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[62nd of 75]
Current issues inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification; periodic drought
Ecological footprint	1.14		[103rd of 141]
Endangered species protection	56.3%		[83rd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	22.46 hundred grams/hectare		[128th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	28.43 % of land area		[100th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	675,460 km²		[11th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	18,642.153 km² per 1,000 people		[32nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	37.32		[18th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	97%		[9th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	3%		[112nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	1%		[116th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	13		[80th 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, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	280		[26th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	6.96743 per 1 million people		[111st of 146]
Known mammal species	267		[23rd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	6.64394 per 1 million people		[98th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	1		[96th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.0248837 per 1 million people		[90th of 95]
Marine fish catch	5,500 tons		[93rd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.13686 tons per 1,000 people		[103rd of 141]
Non-wildness	0.19%		[127th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.18 thousand metric tons/squ		[93rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	38,582.58 kg/day		[39th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.29 kg per day per worker		[6th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	181.54 mcg/m³		[1st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	719		[120th of 199]
Protected area	3.6		[95th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	110 thousand metric tons/squ		[119th of 141]
SO2 exports	618.46 hundred metric tons		[103rd of 141]
Threatened species	34		[60th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	21		[33rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	154 cu km		[2nd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	45.76 micrograms/m3		[83rd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	116.64 micrograms/m3		[15th of 141]
Water > Availability	-0.53 thousand cubic metres		[137th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.84 mls/litre		[67th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	1.75 mls/litre		[1st of 141]
Water > Salinisation	259.33		[114th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	31.1		[43rd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.38 mls/litre		[28th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.06 %		[63rd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.35 %		[18th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	88.59 %		[2nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.66 %		[56th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.07 %		[53rd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.55 %		[66th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.16 %		[60th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.56 %		[61st of 114]
Wildness	41.36%		[27th of 141]

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