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Acidification	0.02%		[46th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.48 % of GNI		[71st of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.34 % of GNI		[13th of 165]
Areas under protection	78		[54th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.11971 per 1 million people		[105th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[31st of 53]
Breeding birds threatened	3.64%		[54th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[61st of 141]
CFC consumption	236,218		[10th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	3.39096 per 1,000 people		[20th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	223,862		[21st of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	3.21359 per 1,000 people		[71st of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.47 kg/PPP$		[49th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	219,988.8 kt		[23rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	3.111 kt per 1,000 people		[91st of 196]
Current issues water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic
Ecological footprint	2.73		[56th of 141]
Endangered species protection	66.7%		[75th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.94		[46th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	892.34 hundred grams/hectare		[62nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	13.22 % of land area		[137th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	101,750 km²		[53rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,411.92 km² per 1,000 people		[132nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	39.78		[1st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	74%		[1st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	15%		[2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	11%		[5th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	124		[40th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Environmental Modification
Known breeding bird species	278		[28th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	3.99076 per 1 million people		[130th of 146]
Known mammal species	116		[75th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	1.66521 per 1 million people		[133rd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	14		[25th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.200973 per 1 million people		[68th of 95]
Marine fish catch	533,593 tons		[26th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	7.65985 tons per 1,000 people		[52nd of 141]
Non-wildness	2.87%		[72nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.33 thousand metric tons/squ		[49th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	172,185 kg/day		[17th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.16 kg per day per worker		[51st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	47.66 mcg/m³		[66th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	54,174		[24th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	55		[24th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP)	0.0108119 per $100 million		[13th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita)	0.789538 per 1 million people		[20th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	3		[29th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	330		[26th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita	15		[28th of 29]
Protected area	0.4		[134th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	650 thousand metric tons/squ		[65th of 141]
SO2 exports	3,465 hundred metric tons		[11th of 141]
Threatened species	70		[25th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	15		[49th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	234 cu km		[4th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	9.45 micrograms/m3		[138th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	87.02 micrograms/m3		[35th of 141]
Water > Availability	2.59 thousand cubic metres		[74th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.77 mls/litre		[70th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	1.1 tons/cubic km		[31st of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.35 mls/litre		[68th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,105.28		[36th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	61.7		[29th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	2.3 mls/litre		[136th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.98 %		[38th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.29 %		[24th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	43.66 %		[42nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	11.44 %		[13th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.03 %		[34th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.82 %		[61st of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	26.36 %		[7th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.42 %		[62nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	159 thousand hectares		[55th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	2.28248 thousand hectares per 1 m		[83rd of 112]
Wildness	0.64%		[92nd of 141]

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