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Acidification	5.13%		[29th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.23 % of GNI		[127th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.96 % of GNI		[29th of 165]
Areas under protection	77		[56th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	6.83715 per 1 million people		[55th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[16th of 53]
Breeding birds threatened	1.82%		[87th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.58 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[107th of 141]
CFC consumption	97.96		[87th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.00869828 per 1,000 people		[86th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,899.4		[125th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.168656 per 1,000 people		[151st of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.24 kg/PPP$		[107th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	2,194.14 kt		[133rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.194 kt per 1,000 people		[169th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[10th of 75]
Current issues air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment presents human health risks
Ecological footprint	1.21		[98th of 141]
Endangered species protection	72.2%		[66th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	76.62 hundred grams/hectare		[114th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	57.11 % of land area		[28th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	424,520 km²		[17th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	36,381.836 km² per 1,000 people		[19th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	1.74		[68th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	76%		[57th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	17%		[53rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	7%		[54th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[163rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to 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	252		[38th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	22.3761 per 1 million people		[65th of 146]
Known mammal species	233		[29th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	20.689 per 1 million people		[41st of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[130th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[130th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.51%		[117th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.41 thousand metric tons/squ		[44th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	11,433.19 kg/day		[82nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.22 kg per day per worker		[31st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	58.17 mcg/m³		[53rd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	493		[131st of 199]
Protected area	8.6		[47th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,100 thousand metric tons/squ		[28th of 141]
SO2 exports	2,561.36 hundred metric tons		[24th of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal	11		[77th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	105.2 cu km		[2nd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	77.89 micrograms/m3		[11th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	96.68 micrograms/m3		[29th of 141]
Water > Availability	10.01 thousand cubic metres		[41st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.77 mls/litre		[122nd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.56 mls/litre		[23rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	130.62		[131st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[126th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.11 mls/litre		[70th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.3 %		[59th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.18 %		[56th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	63.63 %		[27th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.45 %		[66th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.38 %		[69th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.78 %		[59th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.34 %		[65th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.95 %		[32nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	333 thousand hectares		[38th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	29.5685 thousand hectares per 1 m		[32nd of 112]
Wildness	23.98%		[44th of 141]

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