DEFINITION
Percentage of country with
acidification excedence
Units: Percent of
Land Area
Units: From a map of
acidification excedence, all areas at risk within each country were added together in order to calculate the percentage of the entire country at risk of excedence. See pages 21-22 of the 2001 ESI report for more details on how the
acidification excedence map was produced.
| Rank |
Countries
 |
Amount
 |
|
# 1
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
97.48% |
|
|
# 2
|
Czech Republic: |
89.22% |
|
|
# 3
|
Belgium: |
75.83% |
|
|
# 4
|
Korea, South: |
58.9% |
|
|
# 5
|
Denmark: |
54.88% |
|
|
# 6
|
Ireland: |
54.16% |
|
|
# 7
|
Poland: |
53.45% |
|
|
# 8
|
Germany: |
51.88% |
|
|
# 9
|
Austria: |
50.81% |
|
|
# 10
|
United Kingdom: |
45.75% |
|
|
# 11
|
Netherlands: |
43.81% |
|
|
# 12
|
Slovenia: |
40.11% |
|
|
# 13
|
Switzerland: |
36.9% |
|
|
# 14
|
Sweden: |
34.37% |
|
|
# 15
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
34.07% |
|
|
# 16
|
Vietnam: |
32.17% |
|
|
# 17
|
Laos: |
29.22% |
|
|
# 18
|
Slovakia: |
27.23% |
|
|
# 19
|
Romania: |
19.27% |
|
|
# 20
|
France: |
18.84% |
|
|
# 21
|
Italy: |
17.94% |
|
|
# 22
|
Norway: |
15.96% |
|
|
# 23
|
China: |
15.66% |
|
|
# 24
|
Bulgaria: |
14.1% |
|
|
# 25
|
United States: |
13.74% |
|
|
# 26
|
Japan: |
10.99% |
|
|
# 27
|
Indonesia: |
8.15% |
|
|
# 28
|
Canada: |
5.39% |
|
|
# 29
|
Zambia: |
5.13% |
|
|
# 30
|
Hungary: |
4.93% |
|
|
# 31
|
Belarus: |
4.91% |
|
|
# 32
|
Croatia: |
4.69% |
|
|
# 33
|
Ukraine: |
4.27% |
|
|
# 34
|
Spain: |
3.65% |
|
|
# 35
|
Portugal: |
3.24% |
|
|
# 36
|
Greece: |
2.77% |
|
|
# 37
|
Albania: |
2.54% |
|
|
# 38
|
Korea, North: |
2.43% |
|
|
# 39
|
Latvia: |
1.95% |
|
|
# 40
|
Angola: |
1.83% |
|
|
# 41
|
Finland: |
1.19% |
|
|
# 42
|
Burma: |
0.77% |
|
|
# 43
|
Mexico: |
0.68% |
|
|
# 44
|
Russia: |
0.33% |
|
|
# 45
|
Thailand: |
0.27% |
|
|
# 46
|
Turkey: |
0.02% |
|
|
= 47
|
Guatemala: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Liberia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Namibia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Madagascar: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Mongolia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Ethiopia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Mali: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Iceland: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Mauritania: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Kenya: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Malaysia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Estonia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Niger: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Gabon: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Nepal: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Haiti: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
New Zealand: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Iran: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Peru: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Jamaica: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Panama: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Lebanon: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Kuwait: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Rwanda: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
El Salvador: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
South Africa: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Gambia, The: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Sierra Leone: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Ghana: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Sudan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Guinea: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Honduras: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Tajikistan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
India: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Tunisia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Israel: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Tanzania: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Iraq: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Burkina Faso: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Jordan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Uzbekistan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Algeria: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Kazakhstan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Azerbaijan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Lithuania: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Armenia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Libya: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Argentina: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Moldova: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Australia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Malawi: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Botswana: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Morocco: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Bangladesh: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Oman: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Bolivia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Mozambique: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Benin: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Nigeria: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Brazil: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Nicaragua: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Bhutan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Paraguay: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Burundi: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Pakistan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Cambodia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Papua New Guinea: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Chad: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Philippines: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Sri Lanka: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Saudi Arabia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Senegal: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Chile: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Somalia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Cameroon: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Syria: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Colombia: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Costa Rica: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Togo: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Central African Republic: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Turkmenistan: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Cuba: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Uganda: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Dominica: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Uruguay: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Ecuador: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Venezuela: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Egypt: |
0% |
|
|
= 47
|
Zimbabwe: |
0% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
7.8% |
|
DEFINITION: Percentage of country with
acidification excedence
Units: Percent of
Land Area
Units: From a map of
acidification excedence, all areas at risk within each country were added together in order to calculate the percentage of the entire country at risk of excedence. See pages 21-22 of the 2001 ESI report for more details on how the
acidification excedence map was produced.
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