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Acidification	32.17%		[16th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.1 % of GNI		[29th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.46 % of GNI		[31st of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.58 % of GNI		[58th of 165]
Areas under protection	107		[43rd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.28088 per 1 million people		[99th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[46th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	333 thousand hectares		[50th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	3.98631 thousand hectares per 1		[70th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	6.54%		[23rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.88 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[89th of 141]
CFC consumption	3,272.79		[51st of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0391782 per 1,000 people		[74th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	47,530.9		[53rd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.568987 per 1,000 people		[126th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.39 kg/PPP$		[64th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	76,095.16 kt		[41st of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.936 kt per 1,000 people		[129th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[15th of 75]
Current issues logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices contribute to deforestation and soil degradation; water pollution and overfishing threaten marine life populations; groundwater contamination limits potable water supply; growing urban industrialization and population migration are rapidly degrading environment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
Ecological footprint	0.95		[117th of 141]
Endangered species protection	40%		[98th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.49		[31st of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	3,416.49 hundred grams/hectare		[15th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	41.7 % of land area		[59th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	129,310 km²		[41st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,555.721 km² per 1,000 people		[126th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	71.39		[12th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	68%		[73rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	8%		[87th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	24%		[17th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	11.9		[81st of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	262		[33rd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	3.13637 per 1 million people		[136th of 146]
Known mammal species	213		[34th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	2.5498 per 1 million people		[123rd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	7		[42nd of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.0837962 per 1 million people		[85th of 95]
Marine fish catch	777,000 tons		[18th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	9.30138 tons per 1,000 people		[45th of 141]
Non-wildness	3.77%		[61st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.56 thousand metric tons/squ		[32nd of 141]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	65.17 mcg/m³		[47th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	12,710		[54th of 199]
Protected area	3.1		[101st of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	260 thousand metric tons/squ		[92nd of 141]
SO2 exports	201 hundred metric tons		[125th of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal	38		[13th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	891.2 cu km		[6th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	65.5 micrograms/m3		[30th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	64.07 micrograms/m3		[51st of 141]
Water > Availability	2.8 thousand cubic metres		[70th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	9.23 mls/litre		[34th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.59 mls/litre		[19th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	609.69		[69th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	2.8		[72nd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.52 mls/litre		[26th of 141]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	12 thousand hectares		[99th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.143651 thousand hectares per 1 m		[110th of 112]
Wildness	1.05%		[85th of 141]

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