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Acidification	34.37%		[14th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.1 % of GNI		[158th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.06 % of GNI		[50th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.01 % of GNI		[165th of 165]
Areas under protection	3,632		[6th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	403.466 per 1 million people		[2nd of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	97 thousand hectares		[69th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	10.7754 thousand hectares per 1		[56th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	0.8%		[121st of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.7 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[100th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	48,760.9		[51st of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	5.41667 per 1,000 people		[51st of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.22 kg/PPP$		[117th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	52,666.61 kt		[52nd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	5.881 kt per 1,000 people		[60th of 196]
Current issues acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
Ecological footprint	7.53		[10th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[4th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	6.54		[3rd of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP	1.2 % of GDP		[8th of 17]
Fertiliser consumption	1,006.47 hundred grams/hectare		[53rd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	67.09 % of land area		[16th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	275,280 km²		[22nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	30,505.184 km² per 1,000 people		[23rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	2.68		[5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	9%		[7th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	37%		[4th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	54%		[4th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	72.8		[58th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	259		[34th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	28.7714 per 1 million people		[55th of 146]
Known mammal species	60		[127th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	6.66519 per 1 million people		[97th of 145]
Known reptile species	6		[14th of 18]
Marine areas under protection	46		[12th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	5.10998 per 1 million people		[7th of 95]
Marine fish catch	343,996 tons		[34th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	38.2133 tons per 1,000 people		[14th of 141]
Municipal waste generation	450 kgs per person per year		[16th of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure	$8.50		[17th of 18]
Non-wildness	7.48%		[44th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.27 thousand metric tons/squ		[59th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	103,913.1 kg/day		[24th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.14 kg per day per worker		[68th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	12.24 mcg/m³		[174th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	12,713		[53rd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	6		[25th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	360		[25th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita	38		[11th of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste	238		[8th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency	4.5		[3rd of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita	24.1		[3rd of 16]
Protected area	9		[45th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs	1000
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend	+
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year	2000s
SO2 emissions per populated area	770 thousand metric tons/squ		[60th of 141]
SO2 exports	144 hundred metric tons		[129th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	56.6%		[7th of 31]
Threatened species > Mammal	5		[121st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	179 cu km		[4th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	29.68 micrograms/m3		[121st of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	5.23 micrograms/m3		[135th of 141]
Waste water treatment expenditure	$63.50		[10th of 15]
Water > Availability	15.91 thousand cubic metres		[33rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	9.27 mls/litre		[32nd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.62 tons/cubic km		[39th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.28 mls/litre		[86th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	77.56		[138th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0.6		[87th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	2.47 mls/litre		[134th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.78 %		[43rd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.11 %		[63rd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	26.63 %		[70th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	11.27 %		[17th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.88 %		[3rd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	35.04 %		[4th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.28 %		[74th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.02 %		[27th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	515 thousand hectares		[29th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	57.2095 thousand hectares per 1 m		[24th of 112]
Wildness	31.41%		[37th of 141]

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