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Acidification	0.27%		[45th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.04 % of GNI		[30th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.26 % of GNI		[36th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.38 % of GNI		[78th of 165]
Areas under protection	158		[37th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	2.4616 per 1 million people		[81st of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[29th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	85 thousand hectares		[70th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	1.32428 thousand hectares per 1		[79th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	6.01%		[27th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.5 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[51st of 141]
CFC consumption	239,571		[9th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	3.73246 per 1,000 people		[18th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	171,696		[23rd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.67498 per 1,000 people		[79th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.55 kg/PPP$		[38th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	245,900.9 kt		[22nd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	3.894 kt per 1,000 people		[82nd of 196]
Current issues air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting
Ecological footprint	2.7		[57th of 141]
Endangered species protection	68.8%		[72nd of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.04		[42nd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	988.61 hundred grams/hectare		[54th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	28.42 % of land area		[101st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	145,200 km²		[39th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	2,260.529 km² per 1,000 people		[109th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	82.75		[7th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	95%		[17th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	2%		[119th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	2%		[94th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	15		[78th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Law of the Sea
Known breeding bird species	285		[23rd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	4.44022 per 1 million people		[127th of 146]
Known mammal species	265		[24th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	4.12863 per 1 million people		[110th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	18		[22nd of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.280435 per 1 million people		[61st of 95]
Marine fish catch	2,340,430 tons		[9th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	36.4633 tons per 1,000 people		[16th of 141]
Non-wildness	2.68%		[75th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.45 thousand metric tons/squ		[37th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	355,819.1 kg/day		[14th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.16 kg per day per worker		[80th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	73.4 mcg/m³		[35th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	54,492		[23rd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	45		[25th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP)	0.0085747 per $100 million		[18th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita)	0.701087 per 1 million people		[21st of 25]
Protected area	13.1		[28th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,070 thousand metric tons/squ		[49th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,043.92 hundred metric tons		[81st of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	0%		[27th of 31]
Threatened species > Mammal	34		[18th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	409.9 cu km		[11th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	23 micrograms/m3		[129th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	11 micrograms/m3		[125th of 141]
Water > Availability	3.5 thousand cubic metres		[62nd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	2.98 mls/litre		[141st of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.31 mls/litre		[79th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	348.33		[104th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0.6		[86th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.6 mls/litre		[54th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.33 %		[80th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.23 %		[42nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	42.19 %		[74th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.13 %		[50th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.94 %		[50th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.33 %		[94th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	35.4 %		[6th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.47 %		[77th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	132 thousand hectares		[60th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	2.05652 thousand hectares per 1 m		[85th of 112]
Wildness	0.9%		[88th of 141]

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