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Acidification	0%		[72nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.59 % of GNI		[53rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.09 % of GNI		[48th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.27 % of GNI		[98th of 165]
Areas under protection	7		[123rd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.694789 per 1 million people		[117th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	74 thousand hectares		[71st of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	7.34491 thousand hectares per 1		[61st of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	2.89%		[62nd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[69th of 141]
CFC consumption	67,931.2		[22nd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	6.74255 per 1,000 people		[14th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	20,179.1		[71st of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.00289 per 1,000 people		[88th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.31 kg/PPP$		[85th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	20,868.11 kt		[78th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	2.121 kt per 1,000 people		[102nd of 196]
Current issues toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
Ecological footprint	2.27		[68th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[9th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	416.73 hundred grams/hectare		[84th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	6.8 % of land area		[160th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	10,560 km²		[118th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,052.946 km² per 1,000 people		[142nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	2.64		[61st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	82%		[48th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	14%		[64th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	4%		[73rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	181.8		[24th of 188]
International agreements > Party to 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, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species	165		[106th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	16.3772 per 1 million people		[83rd of 146]
Known mammal species	78		[111st of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	7.74194 per 1 million people		[95th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	2		[81st of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.198511 per 1 million people		[69th of 95]
Marine fish catch	74,438 tons		[63rd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	7.38839 tons per 1,000 people		[54th of 141]
Non-wildness	4.31%		[54th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.22 thousand metric tons/squ		[73rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	55,774.78 kg/day		[13th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.14 kg per day per worker		[29th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	33.16 mcg/m³		[113rd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	4,771		[77th of 199]
Protected area	0.3		[138th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,610 thousand metric tons/squ		[40th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,763.12 hundred metric tons		[50th of 141]
Threatened species	24		[82nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	11		[71st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	4.6 cu km		[19th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	55.3 micrograms/m3		[57th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	58.16 micrograms/m3		[57th of 141]
Water > Availability	0.22 thousand cubic metres		[129th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	9.35 mls/litre		[31st of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	11.4 tons/cubic km		[3rd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.39 mls/litre		[52nd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,064.77		[39th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	89		[12th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.24 mls/litre		[64th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.48 %		[21st of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.35 %		[11th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	35.81 %		[27th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.54 %		[18th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.58 %		[14th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.05 %		[31st of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	43.32 %		[2nd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.87 %		[21st of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	13 thousand hectares		[97th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	1.29032 thousand hectares per 1 m		[91st of 112]
Wildness	26.2%		[41st of 141]

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