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Acidification	0%		[113rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.16 % of GNI		[148th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.19 % of GNI		[14th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.44 % of GNI		[8th of 165]
Areas under protection	13		[104th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.963534 per 1 million people		[109th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	186 thousand hectares		[63rd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	13.7859 thousand hectares per 1		[53rd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	0.6%		[127th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.28 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[127th of 141]
CFC consumption	124.44		[83rd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.00922324 per 1,000 people		[85th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,080.9		[137th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.0801141 per 1,000 people		[162nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.08 kg/PPP$		[150th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,040.29 kt		[153rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.084 kt per 1,000 people		[183rd of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[17th of 75]
Current issues recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation
Ecological footprint	0.9		[121st of 141]
Endangered species protection	55.6%		[85th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	147.74 hundred grams/hectare		[103rd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	24.83 % of land area		[110th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	67,940 km²		[65th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	5,136.137 km² per 1,000 people		[75th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.8		[88th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	86%		[42nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	13%		[69th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	1%		[112nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[159th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	138		[123rd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	10.2283 per 1 million people		[97th of 146]
Known mammal species	147		[63rd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	10.8953 per 1 million people		[75th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[128th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[128th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.63%		[113rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[103rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	2,598.47 kg/day		[86th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.22 kg per day per worker		[22nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	93.71 mcg/m³		[21st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	277		[145th of 199]
Protected area	10.4		[35th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	80 thousand metric tons/squ		[130th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,653.6 hundred metric tons		[53rd of 141]
Threatened species	8		[139th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	6		[119th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	17.5 cu km		[11th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	13.09 micrograms/m3		[136th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	145.42 micrograms/m3		[6th of 141]
Water > Availability	0.86 thousand cubic metres		[111st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.87 mls/litre		[116th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.38 mls/litre		[55th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,074.82		[37th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[123rd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.68 mls/litre		[81st of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.41 %		[65th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.08 %		[74th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	73.8 %		[5th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.47 %		[48th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.92 %		[59th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.06 %		[87th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.14 %		[76th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.12 %		[2nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	299 thousand hectares		[41st of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	22.1613 thousand hectares per 1 m		[38th of 112]
Wildness	1.81%		[83rd of 141]

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