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Acidification	0%		[64th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.26 % of GNI		[115th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.06 % of GNI		[149th of 165]
Areas under protection	21		[87th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	10.3397 per 1 million people		[42nd of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	1.92%		[82nd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[141st of 141]
CFC consumption	222.59		[76th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.109596 per 1,000 people		[54th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,944.9		[124th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.957607 per 1,000 people		[111st of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.19 kg/PPP$		[121st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	2,326 kt		[130th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	1.171 kt per 1,000 people		[120th of 196]
Current issues limited natural fresh water resources; desertification; wildlife poaching; land degradation has led to few conservation areas
Ecological footprint	0.66		[140th of 141]
Endangered species protection	87.5%		[37th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	1,292.97 hundred grams/hectare		[44th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	9.31 % of land area		[153rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	76,610 km²		[62nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	37,715.655 km² per 1,000 people		[17th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.3		[102nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	71%		[65th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	24%		[34th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	5%		[69th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[116th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	201		[79th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	98.966 per 1 million people		[13th of 146]
Known mammal species	250		[26th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	123.092 per 1 million people		[6th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	4		[55th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	1.96947 per 1 million people		[18th of 95]
Marine fish catch	294,966 tons		[37th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	145.232 tons per 1,000 people		[6th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.04%		[136th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	1.84 thousand metric tons/squ		[7th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	7,350.12 kg/day		[92nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.35 kg per day per worker		[1st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	42.61 mcg/m³		[82nd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	35		[183rd of 199]
Protected area	12.9		[29th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	870 thousand metric tons/squ		[58th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,795.06 hundred metric tons		[48th of 141]
Threatened species	27		[73rd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	11		[70th of 160]
Urban NO2 concentration	32.01 micrograms/m3		[115th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	10.24 micrograms/m3		[128th of 141]
Water > Availability	-1.94 thousand cubic metres		[139th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.58 mls/litre		[76th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.35 mls/litre		[64th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	435.61		[90th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	17.8		[55th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	7.01 mls/litre		[17th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.57 %		[102nd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.12 %		[89th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	90.39 %		[1st of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.84 %		[91st of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.03 %		[99th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.16 %		[109th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.89 %		[93rd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	630 thousand hectares		[26th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	310.192 thousand hectares per 1 m		[8th of 112]
Wildness	66.23%		[13th of 141]

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