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  • Adjusted net national income > Constant 2000 US$: Adjusted net national income (constant 2000 US$). Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion.
  • Biodiversity > Mammal species, threatened: Mammal species, threatened. Mammal species are mammals excluding whales and porpoises. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
  • CO2 Emissions per 1000: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • CO2 emissions > Kt: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > Million metric tons: CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production is the sum of three IEA categories of CO2 emissions: (1) Main Activity Producer Electricity and Heat which contains the sum of emissions from main activity producer electricity generation, combined heat and power generation and heat plants. Main activity producers (formerly known as public utilities) are defined as those undertakings whose primary activity is to supply the public. They may be publicly or privately owned. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 1 a. For the CO2 emissions from fuel combustion (summary) file, emissions from own on-site use of fuel in power plants (EPOWERPLT) are also included. (2) Unallocated Autoproducers which contains the emissions from the generation of electricity and/or heat by autoproducers. Autoproducers are defined as undertakings that generate electricity and/or heat, wholly or partly for their own use as an activity which supports their primary activity. They may be privately or publicly owned. In the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, these emissions would normally be distributed between industry, transport and "other" sectors. (3) Other Energy Industries contains emissions from fuel combusted in petroleum refineries, for the manufacture of solid fuels, coal mining, oil and gas extraction and other energy-producing industries. This corresponds to the IPCC Source/Sink Categories 1 A 1 b and 1 A 1 c. According to the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, emissions from coke inputs to blast furnaces can either be counted here or in the Industrial Processes source/sink category. Within detailed sectoral calculations, certain non-energy processes can be distinguished. In the reduction of iron in a blast furnace through the combustion of coke, the primary purpose of the coke oxidation is to produce pig iron and the emissions can be considered as an industrial process. Care must be taken not to double count these emissions in both Energy and Industrial Processes. In the IEA estimations, these emissions have been included in this category.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > Million metric tons per million: CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production is the sum of three IEA categories of CO2 emissions: (1) Main Activity Producer Electricity and Heat which contains the sum of emissions from main activity producer electricity generation, combined heat and power generation and heat plants. Main activity producers (formerly known as public utilities) are defined as those undertakings whose primary activity is to supply the public. They may be publicly or privately owned. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 1 a. For the CO2 emissions from fuel combustion (summary) file, emissions from own on-site use of fuel in power plants (EPOWERPLT) are also included. (2) Unallocated Autoproducers which contains the emissions from the generation of electricity and/or heat by autoproducers. Autoproducers are defined as undertakings that generate electricity and/or heat, wholly or partly for their own use as an activity which supports their primary activity. They may be privately or publicly owned. In the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, these emissions would normally be distributed between industry, transport and "other" sectors. (3) Other Energy Industries contains emissions from fuel combusted in petroleum refineries, for the manufacture of solid fuels, coal mining, oil and gas extraction and other energy-producing industries. This corresponds to the IPCC Source/Sink Categories 1 A 1 b and 1 A 1 c. According to the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, emissions from coke inputs to blast furnaces can either be counted here or in the Industrial Processes source/sink category. Within detailed sectoral calculations, certain non-energy processes can be distinguished. In the reduction of iron in a blast furnace through the combustion of coke, the primary purpose of the coke oxidation is to produce pig iron and the emissions can be considered as an industrial process. Care must be taken not to double count these emissions in both Energy and Industrial Processes. In the IEA estimations, these emissions have been included in this category. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
  • Ecological footprint: Ecological footprint per capita
    Units: Hectares per Person
  • Endangered species > Mammal species > Number: Mammal species are mammals excluding whales and porpoises. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known."
  • Forest area > Sq. km > Per capita: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Marine fish catch: Total marine fish catch
    Units: Metric Tons
  • Marine fish catch per 1000: Total marine fish catch
    Units: Metric Tons. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Proportion of land area under protection: Terrestrial areas protected to total surface area, percentage.
  • Water > Severe water stress: Percent of country's territory under severe water stress
    Units: Percent of Land Area
    Units: This data is derived from the WaterGap 2.1 gridded hydrological model developed by the Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Germany. The modellers derived, for each country, grid cell by grid cell estimates of whether the water consumption exceeds 40 percent of the water available in that particular grid cell. These were then converted to land area equivalents in order to calculate the percentage of the territory under severe water stress.
  • Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, total.
  • National parks > Number of parks: Number of parks.

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  • Emissions > CO2 emissions > Metric tons per capita: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring."
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions > Metric tons per capita: CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita). Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
  • Biodiversity > Bird species, threatened: Bird species, threatened. Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
  • Carbon efficiency: Carbon economic efficiency (CO2 emissions per dollar GDP)
    Units: Metric Tons/US Dollar GDP
  • CO2 emissions > Kt per 1000: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Endangered species > Bird species: Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known."
  • Adjusted net national income > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Adjusted net national income (constant 2000 US$). Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • National parks > Proportion of country area: Country area.

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  • Total renewable water resources per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • SO2 emissions per populated area: SO2 emissions per populated land area
    Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
    Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.
  • Biodiversity > Fish species, threatened: Fish species, threatened. Fish species are based on Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions > Kt: CO2 emissions (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
  • CO2 emissions > Kt > Per capita: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Endangered species > Fish species > Number: Fish species are based on Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known."
  • Water > Percent of water resources used: Proportion of total water resources used, percentage.
  • Endangered species > Higher plant species > Number: Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known."
  • NOx emissions per populated area: NOx emissions per populated land area
    Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
    Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.
  • Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration: Dissolved oxygen concentration
    Units: Milligrams/Liter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, exceptwhere data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions > Kt per 1000: CO2 emissions (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Forest area > Sq. km: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions > Kg per 2000 US$ of GDP: CO2 emissions (kg per 2000 US$ of GDP). Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
  • Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, total.
  • Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kt: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring."
  • Water > Availability: Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
    Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
    Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation)
  • Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, rural.
  • Biodiversity > Plant species > Higher, threatened: Plant species (higher), threatened. Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
  • Threatened species: Number of Threatened Species (1990-99)
  • Adjusted net national income > Current US$ per capita: Adjusted net national income (current US$). Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Biodiversity > Number: GEF benefits index for biodiversity is a composite index of relative biodiversity potential for each country based on the species represented in each country, their threat status, and the diversity of habitat types in each country. The index has been normalized so that values run from 0 (no biodiversity potential) to 100 (maximum biodiversity potential)."
  • Adjusted net national income > Current US$: Adjusted net national income (current US$). Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion.
  • Protected area: Environmentally protected area (1997)
  • Biodiversity > GEF benefits index for biodiversity > 0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum: GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum). GEF benefits index for biodiversity is a composite index of relative biodiversity potential for each country based on the species represented in each country, their threat status, and the diversity of habitat types in each country. The index has been normalized so that values run from 0 (no biodiversity potential) to 100 (maximum biodiversity potential).
  • Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kg per 2000 US$ of GDP: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring."
  • Freshwater > Renewable internal freshwater resources > Total > Billion cubic meters: Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country.
  • Acidification: 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.
  • Emissions > Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent: Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production.
  • Freshwater > Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita > Cubic meters: Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita are calculated using the World Bank's population estimates.
  • Pollution > PM10, country level > Micrograms per cubic meter: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter). Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country's technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.
  • Wetlands of intl importance > Area: Wetlands of international importance 2002
  • Biodiversity and protected areas > Terrestrial protected areas > Number: Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by national authorities.
  • CO2 emissions > Kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
  • Proportion of land and marine area under protection: Terrestrial and marine areas protected to total territorial area, percentage.
  • Endangered species protection: Percent of CITES reporting requirements met
    Units: Percent of Requirements Met
    Units: Countries that have not ratified the CITES convention are recorded as having zero percent of their requirements met.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from other sectors, excluding residential buildings and commercial and public services > Million metric tons: CO2 emissions from other sectors, excluding residential buildings and commercial and public services (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from other sectors, less residential buildings and commercial and public services, contains the emissions from commercial/institutional activities, residential, agriculture/forestry, fishing and other emissions not specified elsewhere that are included in the IPCC Source/Sink Categories 1 A 4 and 1 A 5. In the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, the category also includes emissions from autoproducers in the commercial/residential/agricultural sectors that generate electricity and/or heat. The IEA data are not collected in a way that allows the energy consumption to be split by specific end-use and therefore, autoproducers are shown as a separate item (Unallocated Autoproducers).
  • Biodiversity > GEF benefits index for biodiversity > 0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum per million: GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum). GEF benefits index for biodiversity is a composite index of relative biodiversity potential for each country based on the species represented in each country, their threat status, and the diversity of habitat types in each country. The index has been normalized so that values run from 0 (no biodiversity potential) to 100 (maximum biodiversity potential). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, urban.
  • Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, rural.
  • Emissions > Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management."
  • Wildness: Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact
    Units: Percent of Land Area
    Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
  • Biosphere > Reserves area: Biosphere reserves area 2002.
  • Forest area > Sq. km per 1000: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Threatened species > Mammal: Number of threatened mammal species (1997)
  • Known mammal species: Known mammal species (1992-2002).
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services > Million metric tons: CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services contains all emissions from fuel combustion in households. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 4 b. Commercial and public services includes emissions from all activities of ISIC Divisions 41, 50-52, 55, 63-67, 70-75, 80, 85, 90-93 and 99.
  • Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Total > Billion cubic meters: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002."
  • Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999: 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).
  • Breeding birds threatened: Percentage of breeding birds threatened
    Units: Percent of Breeding Birds
    Units: The number of bird species threatened divided by known bird species in the country, expressed as a percentage.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption > Kt per 1000: CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions from solid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of coal as an energy source. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption > Kt per 1000: CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions from liquid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of petroleum-derived fuels as an energy source. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption > Kt per 1000: CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions from liquid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of natural gas as an energy source. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption > Kt: CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions from liquid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of natural gas as an energy source.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption > Kt: CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions from solid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of coal as an energy source.
  • Climate change > Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Other greenhouse gas emissions are by-product emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > Number: Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.
  • Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, urban.
  • Emissions > Other greenhouse gas emissions > HFC > PFC and SF6 > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Other greenhouse gas emissions are by-product emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride."
  • Urban SO2 concentration: Urban SO2 concentration
    Units: Micrograms/m3
    Units: The values were originally collected at the city level. Each nation varied in terms of the number of cities reported, so this data should be used with some caution. Within each country the values have been normalized by city population for the year 1995, then added together to obtain the total concentration for the given country.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Consumption of fixed capital > Current US$: Consumption of fixed capital represents the replacement value of capital used up in the process of production.
  • Marine areas under protection: Protected marine areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003)
  • Water > Proportion of marine area under protection: Marine areas protected to territorial waters, percentage.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Including particulate emission damage > Current US$: Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide and particulate emissions damage."
  • Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 per 1000: 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Emissions > PM10 > Country level > Micrograms per cubic meter: Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country's technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations."
  • Wetlands of intl importance > Area per million: Wetlands of international importance 2002. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Known mammal species per million: Known mammal species (1992-2002). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Areas under protection per million: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Water > Salinisation: Electrical conductivity
    Units: Micro-Siemens/Centimeter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of water bodies; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system.
  • Marine areas under protection per million: Protected marine areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Areas under protection: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003)
  • Biosphere > Reserves area per million: Biosphere reserves area 2002. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Fertiliser > Consumption: Fertilizer consumption per hectare of arable land
    Units: Hundreds Grams/Hectare of Arable Land
  • Urban NO2 concentration: Urban NO2 concentration
    Units: Micrograms/m3
    Units: The values were originally collected at the city level. Each nation varied in terms of the number of cities reported, so this data should be used with some caution. Within each country the values have been normalized by city population for the year 1995, then added together to obtain the total concentration for the given country.
  • Non-wildness: Percent of land area having very high anthropogenic impact
    Units: Percent of Land Area
    Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption > Kt: CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption (kt). Carbon dioxide emissions from liquid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of petroleum-derived fuels as an energy source.
  • Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kg per PPP $ of GDP: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring."
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services > % of total fuel combustion: CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services (% of total fuel combustion). CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services contains all emissions from fuel combustion in households. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 4 b. Commercial and public services includes emissions from all activities of ISIC Divisions 41, 50-52, 55, 63-67, 70-75, 80, 85, 90-93 and 99.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net forest depletion > Current US$: Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Excluding particulate emission damage > % of GNI: Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage."
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Energy depletion > Current US$: Energy depletion is equal to the product of unit resource rents and the physical quantities of energy extracted. It covers crude oil, natural gas, and coal."
  • Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring."
  • Emissions > Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > % of total: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning."
  • Emissions > CO2 intensity > Kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use: Carbon dioxide emissions from solid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of coal as an energy source.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net national savings > Current US$: Net national savings are equal to gross national savings less the value of consumption of fixed capital.
  • Climate change > GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF > Mt of CO2 equivalent: GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF (Mt of CO2 equivalent). GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF refers to changes in atmospheric levels of all greenhouse gases attributable to forest and land-use change activities, including but not limited to (1) emissions and removals of CO2 from decreases or increases in biomass stocks due to forest management, logging, fuelwood collection, etc.; (2) conversion of existing forests and natural grasslands to other land uses; (3) removal of CO2 from the abandonment of formerly managed lands (e.g. croplands and pastures); and (4) emissions and removals of CO2 in soil associated with land-use change and management. For Annex-I countries under the UNFCCC, these data are drawn from the annual GHG inventories submitted to the UNFCCC by each country; for non-Annex-I countries, data are drawn from the most recently submitted National Communication where available. Because of differences in reporting years and methodologies, these data are not generally considered comparable across countries. Data are in million metric tons.
  • Emissions > Agricultural methane emissions > % of total: Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning."
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Particulate emission damage > Current US$: Particulate emissions damage is calculated as the willingness to pay to avoid mortality attributable to particulate emissions.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Particulate emission damage > % of GNI: Particulate emissions damage is calculated as the willingness to pay to avoid mortality attributable to particulate emissions.
  • Water pollution > Wood industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: wood (33). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • Natural gas rents > % of GDP: Natural gas rents (% of GDP). Natural gas rents are the difference between the value of natural gas production at world prices and total costs of production.
  • Water > Phosphorus concentration: Phosphorus concentration
    Units: Milligrams/Liter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.
  • Adjusted net national income > Current US$, % of GDP: Adjusted net national income (current US$). Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Gross savings > % of GNI: Gross savings are the difference between gross national income and public and private consumption, plus net current transfers."
  • Water pollution > Chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: chemicals (35). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • Known breeding bird species: Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Energy depletion > % of GNI: Energy depletion is equal to the product of unit resource rents and the physical quantities of energy extracted. It covers crude oil, natural gas, and coal."
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Consumption of fixed capital > % of GNI: Consumption of fixed capital represents the replacement value of capital used up in the process of production.
  • Climate change > GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF > Mt of CO2 equivalent per million: GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF (Mt of CO2 equivalent). GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF refers to changes in atmospheric levels of all greenhouse gases attributable to forest and land-use change activities, including but not limited to (1) emissions and removals of CO2 from decreases or increases in biomass stocks due to forest management, logging, fuelwood collection, etc.; (2) conversion of existing forests and natural grasslands to other land uses; (3) removal of CO2 from the abandonment of formerly managed lands (e.g. croplands and pastures); and (4) emissions and removals of CO2 in soil associated with land-use change and management. For Annex-I countries under the UNFCCC, these data are drawn from the annual GHG inventories submitted to the UNFCCC by each country; for non-Annex-I countries, data are drawn from the most recently submitted National Communication where available. Because of differences in reporting years and methodologies, these data are not generally considered comparable across countries. Data are in million metric tons. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Water pollution > Paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: paper and pulp (34). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • Marine protected areas > % of territorial waters: Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters). Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.
  • Adjusted savings > Carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI: Carbon dioxide damage is estimated to be $20 per ton of carbon (the unit damage in 1995 U.S. dollars) times the number of tons of carbon emitted.
  • Water pollution > Textile industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: textiles (32). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • CO2 Emissions: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
  • Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change sign date: Signature.
  • Climate change > Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Other greenhouse gas emissions are by-product emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
  • Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > % of total surface area: Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.
  • Biodiversity and protected areas > Terrestrial protected areas > % of total surface area: Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by national authorities.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption > % of total: CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption (% of total). Carbon dioxide emissions from solid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of coal as an energy source.
  • Forest area > % of land area: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption > % of total: CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption (% of total). Carbon dioxide emissions from liquid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of petroleum-derived fuels as an energy source.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net national savings > % of GNI: Net national savings are equal to gross national savings less the value of consumption of fixed capital.
  • Water pollution > Food industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: food and beverages (31). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • PM10 > Country level > Micrograms per cubic meter: Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a countryÂ’s technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Including particulate emission damage > % of GNI: Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide and particulate emissions damage."
  • Water > Suspended solids: Suspended solids
    Units: Natural Log of Milligrams/Liter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, exceptwhere data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. Data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of majorwatersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries. The data in this table was transformed using the natural logarithm.
  • Water pollution > Other industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: other (38 and 39). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption > % of total: CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption (% of total). Carbon dioxide emissions from liquid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of natural gas as an energy source.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services > Million metric tons per million: CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services contains all emissions from fuel combustion in households. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 4 b. Commercial and public services includes emissions from all activities of ISIC Divisions 41, 50-52, 55, 63-67, 70-75, 80, 85, 90-93 and 99. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net forest depletion > % of GNI: Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.
  • Total natural resources rents > % of GDP: Total natural resources rents (% of GDP). Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.
  • Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Agriculture > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002."
  • Water pollution > Metal industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: primary metals (ISIC division 37). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • Organic water pollutant > BOD emissions > Kg per day per worker: Emissions per worker are total emissions of organic water pollutants divided by the number of industrial workers. Organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • Water > Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, rural.
  • Oil rents > % of GDP: Oil rents (% of GDP). Oil rents are the difference between the value of crude oil production at world prices and total costs of production.
  • International agreements > Signed but not ratified: The various international environmental agreements which a country has signed but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name.
  • Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Total > % of internal resources: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002."
  • Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Industry > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for industry are total withdrawals for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002."
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI: Carbon dioxide damage is estimated to be $20 per ton of carbon (the unit damage in 1995 U.S. dollars) times the number of tons of carbon emitted.
  • Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Domestic > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002."
  • Emissions > Industrial methane emissions > % of total: Industrial methane emissions are emissions from the handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels."
  • Water pollution > Clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: stone, ceramics, and glass (36). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from other sectors, excluding residential buildings and commercial and public services > % of total fuel combustion: CO2 emissions from other sectors, excluding residential buildings and commercial and public services (% of total fuel combustion). CO2 emissions from other sectors, less residential buildings and commercial and public services, contains the emissions from commercial/institutional activities, residential, agriculture/forestry, fishing and other emissions not specified elsewhere that are included in the IPCC Source/Sink Categories 1 A 4 and 1 A 5. In the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, the category also includes emissions from autoproducers in the commercial/residential/agricultural sectors that generate electricity and/or heat. The IEA data are not collected in a way that allows the energy consumption to be split by specific end-use and therefore, autoproducers are shown as a separate item (Unallocated Autoproducers).
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Excluding particulate emission damage > Current US$: Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage."
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Mineral depletion > % of GNI: Mineral depletion is equal to the product of unit resource rents and the physical quantities of minerals extracted. It refers to bauxite, copper, iron, lead, nickel, phosphate, tin, zinc, gold, and silver."
  • Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Mineral depletion > Current US$: Mineral depletion is equal to the product of unit resource rents and the physical quantities of minerals extracted. It refers to bauxite, copper, iron, lead, nickel, phosphate, tin, zinc, gold, and silver."
  • Adjusted net national income > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP: Adjusted net national income (constant 2000 US$). Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > % of total fuel combustion: CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total (% of total fuel combustion). CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production is the sum of three IEA categories of CO2 emissions: (1) Main Activity Producer Electricity and Heat which contains the sum of emissions from main activity producer electricity generation, combined heat and power generation and heat plants. Main activity producers (formerly known as public utilities) are defined as those undertakings whose primary activity is to supply the public. They may be publicly or privately owned. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 1 a. For the CO2 emissions from fuel combustion (summary) file, emissions from own on-site use of fuel in power plants (EPOWERPLT) are also included. (2) Unallocated Autoproducers which contains the emissions from the generation of electricity and/or heat by autoproducers. Autoproducers are defined as undertakings that generate electricity and/or heat, wholly or partly for their own use as an activity which supports their primary activity. They may be privately or publicly owned. In the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, these emissions would normally be distributed between industry, transport and "other" sectors. (3) Other Energy Industries contains emissions from fuel combusted in petroleum refineries, for the manufacture of solid fuels, coal mining, oil and gas extraction and other energy-producing industries. This corresponds to the IPCC Source/Sink Categories 1 A 1 b and 1 A 1 c. According to the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, emissions from coke inputs to blast furnaces can either be counted here or in the Industrial Processes source/sink category. Within detailed sectoral calculations, certain non-energy processes can be distinguished. In the reduction of iron in a blast furnace through the combustion of coke, the primary purpose of the coke oxidation is to produce pig iron and the emissions can be considered as an industrial process. Care must be taken not to double count these emissions in both Energy and Industrial Processes. In the IEA estimations, these emissions have been included in this category.
  • Known breeding bird species per million: Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Gabon United Kingdom HISTORY
Adjusted net national income > Constant 2000 US$ $4.09 billion
Ranked 89th.
$2.04 trillion
Ranked 5th. 499 times more than Gabon
Biodiversity > Mammal species, threatened 15
Ranked 62nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
5
Ranked 148th.
CO2 Emissions per 1000 1.11
Ranked 104th.
9.37
Ranked 25th. 8 times more than Gabon
CO2 emissions > Kt 1,223.44 kt
Ranked 148th.
558,461 kt
Ranked 8th. 456 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > Million metric tons 0.7
Ranked 120th.
196.7
Ranked 12th. 281 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > Million metric tons per million 0.439
Ranked 92nd.
3.13
Ranked 38th. 7 times more than Gabon

Current issues deforestation; poaching continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target and move toward a domestic goal of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government reduced the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015
Ecological footprint 2.06
Ranked 72nd.
4.7
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Gabon

Endangered species > Mammal species > Number 13
Ranked 65th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
5
Ranked 139th.
Forest area > Sq. km > Per capita 157.35 km² per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 333 times more than United Kingdom
0.472 km² per 1,000 people
Ranked 163th.

Marine fish catch 41,470 tons
Ranked 67th.
711,809 tons
Ranked 18th. 17 times more than Gabon
Marine fish catch per 1000 34.68 tons
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
12.13 tons
Ranked 41st.
Proportion of land area under protection 19.94%
Ranked 68th.
27.91%
Ranked 36th. 40% more than Gabon

Total renewable water resources 164 cu km
Ranked 6th. 2% more than United Kingdom
160.6 cu km
Ranked 7th.
Water > Severe water stress 0.0
Ranked 118th.
21
Ranked 51st.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural 87.89
Ranked 136th.
100
Ranked 14th. 14% more than Gabon

National parks > Number of parks 13
Ranked 6th.
15
Ranked 10th. 15% more than Gabon
Emissions > CO2 emissions > Metric tons per capita 1.43
Ranked 116th.
8.84
Ranked 39th. 6 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions > Metric tons per capita 1.65
Ranked 120th.
7.93
Ranked 39th. 5 times more than Gabon

Biodiversity > Bird species, threatened 5
Ranked 165th. 25% more than United Kingdom
4
Ranked 174th.
Carbon efficiency 1.01 CO2 emissions/$ GDP
Ranked 79th.
1.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP
Ranked 69th. 16% more than Gabon
CO2 emissions > Kt per 1000 0.93 kt
Ranked 126th.
9.38 kt
Ranked 31st. 10 times more than Gabon

Endangered species > Bird species 5
Ranked 140th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
2
Ranked 172nd.

Adjusted net national income > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $2,823.70
Ranked 44th.
$33,876.64
Ranked 9th. 12 times more than Gabon
National parks > Proportion of country area 10%
Ranked 2nd. 22% more than United Kingdom
8.2%
Ranked 2nd.
Total renewable water resources per million 188.04 cu km
Ranked 3rd. 71 times more than United Kingdom
2.67 cu km
Ranked 18th.
SO2 emissions per populated area 110 thousand metric tons/squ
Ranked 119th.
5,370 thousand metric tons/squ
Ranked 7th. 49 times more than Gabon
Biodiversity > Fish species, threatened 62
Ranked 24th. 44% more than United Kingdom
43
Ranked 45th.
Climate change > CO2 emissions > Kt 2,574.23
Ranked 136th.
493,504.86
Ranked 11th. 192 times more than Gabon

CO2 emissions > Kt > Per capita 0.912 kt per 1,000 people
Ranked 130th.
9.37 kt per 1,000 people
Ranked 35th. 10 times more than Gabon

Endangered species > Fish species > Number 21
Ranked 56th.
34
Ranked 26th. 62% more than Gabon
Water > Percent of water resources used 0.0848%
Ranked 86th.
8.84%
Ranked 55th. 104 times more than Gabon

Endangered species > Higher plant species > Number 108
Ranked 26th. 8 times more than United Kingdom
14
Ranked 79th.

NOx emissions per populated area 0.11 thousand metric tons/squ
Ranked 119th.
2.76 thousand metric tons/squ
Ranked 4th. 25 times more than Gabon
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 7.27 mls/litre
Ranked 84th.
10.4 mls/litre
Ranked 14th. 43% more than Gabon
Climate change > CO2 emissions > Kt per 1000 1.65
Ranked 120th.
7.93
Ranked 39th. 5 times more than Gabon

Forest area > Sq. km 217,750 km²
Ranked 27th. 8 times more than United Kingdom
28,450 km²
Ranked 90th.

Climate change > CO2 emissions > Kg per 2000 US$ of GDP $0.27
Ranked 150th. 27% more than United Kingdom
$0.21
Ranked 165th.

Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural 32.89
Ranked 161st.
100
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Gabon

Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kt 2,033.52
Ranked 134th.
539,175.92
Ranked 9th. 265 times more than Gabon

Water > Availability 176.37 thousand cubic metres
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than United Kingdom
3.1 thousand cubic metres
Ranked 68th.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural 41.3
Ranked 180th.
100
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Gabon

Biodiversity > Plant species > Higher, threatened 120
Ranked 28th. 8 times more than United Kingdom
15
Ranked 91st.
Threatened species 20
Ranked 93th. 18% more than United Kingdom
17
Ranked 104th.
Adjusted net national income > Current US$ per capita $4,758.87
Ranked 63th.
$33,451.41
Ranked 17th. 7 times more than Gabon

Biodiversity > Number 3.04
Ranked 75th.
3.55
Ranked 65th. 17% more than Gabon

Adjusted net national income > Current US$ $7.59 billion
Ranked 114th.
$2.10 trillion
Ranked 7th. 277 times more than Gabon

Protected area 2.8%
Ranked 102nd.
20.5%
Ranked 11th. 7 times more than Gabon
Biodiversity > GEF benefits index for biodiversity > 0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum 3.04
Ranked 77th.
3.55
Ranked 66th. 17% more than Gabon

Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kg per 2000 US$ of GDP $0.34
Ranked 152nd. 10% more than United Kingdom
$0.31
Ranked 155th.

Freshwater > Renewable internal freshwater resources > Total > Billion cubic meters 164
Ranked 43th. 13% more than United Kingdom
145
Ranked 46th.

Acidification 0.0
Ranked 88th.
45.75%
Ranked 10th.
Emissions > Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent 2,040
Ranked 114th.
39,400
Ranked 33th. 19 times more than Gabon

Freshwater > Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita > Cubic meters 113,247.23
Ranked 6th. 48 times more than United Kingdom
2,361.3
Ranked 92nd.

Pollution > PM10, country level > Micrograms per cubic meter 6.77
Ranked 178th.
12.78
Ranked 163th. 89% more than Gabon

Wetlands of intl importance > Area 1,080 thousand hectares
Ranked 16th. 26% more than United Kingdom
855 thousand hectares
Ranked 17th.
Biodiversity and protected areas > Terrestrial protected areas > Number 22
Ranked 126th.
778
Ranked 27th. 35 times more than Gabon
CO2 emissions > Kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.15 kg/PPP$
Ranked 135th.
0.34 kg/PPP$
Ranked 77th. 2 times more than Gabon

Proportion of land and marine area under protection 19.15%
Ranked 60th.
23.37%
Ranked 44th. 22% more than Gabon

Endangered species protection 70%
Ranked 70th.
100%
Ranked 16th. 43% more than Gabon
Climate change > CO2 emissions from other sectors, excluding residential buildings and commercial and public services > Million metric tons 0.03
Ranked 110th.
4.54
Ranked 30th. 151 times more than Gabon

Biodiversity > GEF benefits index for biodiversity > 0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum per million 2.05
Ranked 43th. 35 times more than United Kingdom
0.0578
Ranked 154th.

Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban 95.34
Ranked 137th.
100
Ranked 20th. 5% more than Gabon

Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Rural 30.45%
Ranked 146th.
100%
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Gabon

Emissions > Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 420
Ranked 120th.
65,480
Ranked 13th. 156 times more than Gabon

Wildness 72.79%
Ranked 8th. 347 times more than United Kingdom
0.21%
Ranked 99th.
Biosphere > Reserves area 15 thousand hectares
Ranked 81st.
30 thousand hectares
Ranked 79th. Twice as much as Gabon
Forest area > Sq. km per 1000 157.85 km²
Ranked 3rd. 334 times more than United Kingdom
0.472 km²
Ranked 161st.

Threatened species > Mammal 12
Ranked 67th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
4
Ranked 136th.
Known mammal species 190
Ranked 44th. 4 times more than United Kingdom
50
Ranked 134th.
Climate change > CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services > Million metric tons 0.22
Ranked 120th.
75.86
Ranked 10th. 345 times more than Gabon

Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Total > Billion cubic meters 0.12
Ranked 122nd.
9.54
Ranked 46th. 80 times more than Gabon

Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 970
Ranked 115th.
147,199
Ranked 6th. 152 times more than Gabon
Breeding birds threatened 1.07%
Ranked 111th. 23% more than United Kingdom
0.87%
Ranked 119th.
Climate change > CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption > Kt per 1000 0.0
Ranked 157th.
1.89
Ranked 32nd.

Climate change > CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption > Kt per 1000 1.35
Ranked 99th.
2.81
Ranked 58th. 2 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption > Kt per 1000 0.233
Ranked 82nd.
3.12
Ranked 21st. 13 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption > Kt 363.03
Ranked 102nd.
194,251.99
Ranked 7th. 535 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption > Kt 0.0
Ranked 157th.
117,677.7
Ranked 16th.

Climate change > Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 9
Ranked 86th.
229.5
Ranked 37th. 26 times more than Gabon

Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > Number 5
Ranked 91st.
149
Ranked 7th. 30 times more than Gabon
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban 33.28
Ranked 175th.
100
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Gabon

Emissions > Other greenhouse gas emissions > HFC > PFC and SF6 > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0.0
Ranked 104th.
14,030
Ranked 10th.

Urban SO2 concentration 109.48 micrograms/m3
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than United Kingdom
21.96 micrograms/m3
Ranked 102nd.
Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Consumption of fixed capital > Current US$ $1.71 billion
Ranked 89th.
$368.16 billion
Ranked 6th. 215 times more than Gabon

Marine areas under protection 2
Ranked 75th.
95
Ranked 3rd. 48 times more than Gabon
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection 8.87%
Ranked 60th.
16.61%
Ranked 35th. 87% more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Including particulate emission damage > Current US$ $440.17 million
Ranked 77th.
$105.29 billion
Ranked 10th. 239 times more than Gabon

Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 per 1000 0.811
Ranked 84th.
2.51
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Gabon
Emissions > PM10 > Country level > Micrograms per cubic meter 7.52
Ranked 172nd.
15.49
Ranked 154th. 2 times more than Gabon

Wetlands of intl importance > Area per million 840.26 thousand hectares
Ranked 2nd. 58 times more than United Kingdom
14.41 thousand hectares
Ranked 55th.
Known mammal species per million 147.82
Ranked 6th. 175 times more than United Kingdom
0.843
Ranked 141st.
Areas under protection per million 2.28
Ranked 84th.
9.72
Ranked 45th. 4 times more than Gabon
Water > Salinisation 777.5
Ranked 55th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
368.06
Ranked 101st.
Marine areas under protection per million 1.52
Ranked 25th.
1.59
Ranked 22nd. 5% more than Gabon
Areas under protection 3
Ranked 135th.
579
Ranked 18th. 193 times more than Gabon
Biosphere > Reserves area per million 11.67 thousand hectares
Ranked 56th. 23 times more than United Kingdom
0.506 thousand hectares
Ranked 83th.
Fertiliser > Consumption 12.31 hundred grams/hectare
Ranked 133th.
3,325.35 hundred grams/hectare
Ranked 17th. 270 times more than Gabon
Urban NO2 concentration 54.6 micrograms/m3
Ranked 60th.
64.47 micrograms/m3
Ranked 32nd. 18% more than Gabon
Non-wildness 0.15%
Ranked 131st.
32.05%
Ranked 5th. 214 times more than Gabon
Climate change > CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption > Kt 2,101.19
Ranked 129th.
174,897.57
Ranked 17th. 83 times more than Gabon

Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kg per PPP $ of GDP $0.10
Ranked 158th.
$0.25
Ranked 96th. 3 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services > % of total fuel combustion 10.09%
Ranked 45th.
17.12%
Ranked 17th. 70% more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net forest depletion > Current US$ 0.0
Ranked 110th.
0.0
Ranked 121st.

Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Excluding particulate emission damage > % of GNI 3.56%
Ranked 84th.
3.91%
Ranked 81st. 10% more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Energy depletion > Current US$ $4.24 billion
Ranked 50th.
$57.72 billion
Ranked 12th. 14 times more than Gabon

Emissions > CO2 emissions > Kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP $0.11
Ranked 157th.
$0.26
Ranked 99th. 2 times more than Gabon

Emissions > Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > % of total 57.14%
Ranked 111th. 9% more than United Kingdom
52.2%
Ranked 114th.

Emissions > CO2 intensity > Kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use 1.1
Ranked 107th.
2.55
Ranked 47th. 2 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net national savings > Current US$ $4.32 billion
Ranked 56th.
$31.06 billion
Ranked 29th. 7 times more than Gabon

Climate change > GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF > Mt of CO2 equivalent -500.876
Ranked 92nd. 123 times more than United Kingdom
-4.079
Ranked 17th.

Emissions > Agricultural methane emissions > % of total 4.41%
Ranked 119th.
50.71%
Ranked 51st. 11 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Particulate emission damage > Current US$ 0.0
Ranked 144th.
$99.83 million
Ranked 55th.

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.0
Ranked 155th.
0.0
Ranked 156th.

Water pollution > Wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.87%
Ranked 6th. 72% more than United Kingdom
4%
Ranked 9th.

Natural gas rents > % of GDP 0.176%
Ranked 48th.
0.238%
Ranked 45th. 35% more than Gabon

Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.29 mls/litre
Ranked 85th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
0.09 mls/litre
Ranked 125th.
Adjusted net national income > Current US$, % of GDP 40.37%
Ranked 151st.
85.86%
Ranked 54th. 2 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Gross savings > % of GNI 48.8%
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
14.8%
Ranked 97th.

Water pollution > Chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.94%
Ranked 78th.
17.52%
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Gabon

Known breeding bird species 156
Ranked 110th.
229
Ranked 58th. 47% more than Gabon
Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Energy depletion > % of GNI 34.33%
Ranked 12th. 16 times more than United Kingdom
2.14%
Ranked 49th.

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Consumption of fixed capital > % of GNI 13.86%
Ranked 23th. 2% more than United Kingdom
13.65%
Ranked 28th.

Climate change > GHG net emissions/removals by LUCF > Mt of CO2 equivalent per million -475.768
Ranked 93th. 7209 times more than United Kingdom
-0.066
Ranked 7th.

Water pollution > Paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 6%
Ranked 86th.
48.03%
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Gabon

Marine protected areas > % of territorial waters 2.38%
Ranked 89th.
18.21%
Ranked 28th. 8 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.15% of GNI
Ranked 151st.
0.18% of GNI
Ranked 141st. 20% more than Gabon

Water pollution > Textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.21%
Ranked 101st.
5.24%
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Gabon

CO2 Emissions 1,454.6
Ranked 129th.
558,225
Ranked 7th. 384 times more than Gabon
Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change sign date June 12, 1992 June 12, 1992
Climate change > Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 14
Ranked 97th.
14,291
Ranked 11th. 1021 times more than Gabon

Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > % of total surface area 4.86%
Ranked 34th. 7% more than United Kingdom
4.56%
Ranked 38th.
Biodiversity and protected areas > Terrestrial protected areas > % of total surface area 16.54%
Ranked 63th.
22.35%
Ranked 37th. 35% more than Gabon
Climate change > CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption > % of total 0.0
Ranked 157th.
23.85%
Ranked 46th.

Forest area > % of land area 84.51% of land area
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than United Kingdom
11.76% of land area
Ranked 142nd.

Climate change > CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption > % of total 81.62%
Ranked 76th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
35.44%
Ranked 157th.

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net national savings > % of GNI 34.94%
Ranked 11th. 30 times more than United Kingdom
1.15%
Ranked 108th.

Water pollution > Food industry > % of total BOD emissions 79.66%
Ranked 4th. 131 times more than United Kingdom
0.61%
Ranked 33th.

PM10 > Country level > Micrograms per cubic meter 6.37 mcg/m³
Ranked 180th.
15.06 mcg/m³
Ranked 169th. 2 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Including particulate emission damage > % of GNI 3.56%
Ranked 81st.
3.9%
Ranked 78th. 10% more than Gabon

Water > Suspended solids 6.26 mls/litre
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
2.26 mls/litre
Ranked 137th.
Water pollution > Other industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.19%
Ranked 79th.
15.38%
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption > % of total 14.1%
Ranked 80th.
39.36%
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from residential buildings and commercial and public services > Million metric tons per million 0.138
Ranked 83th.
1.21
Ranked 13th. 9 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.0
Ranked 102nd.
0.0
Ranked 113th.

Total natural resources rents > % of GDP 50.57%
Ranked 6th. 33 times more than United Kingdom
1.53%
Ranked 110th.

Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Agriculture > % of total freshwater withdrawal 41.67%
Ranked 106th. 14 times more than United Kingdom
2.94%
Ranked 131st.

Water pollution > Metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.37%
Ranked 41st.
8.97%
Ranked 7th. 41% more than Gabon

Organic water pollutant > BOD emissions > Kg per day per worker 0.26 kg per day per worker
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
0.12 kg per day per worker
Ranked 31st.

Water > Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural 30.45
Ranked 146th.
100
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Gabon

Oil rents > % of GDP 47.91%
Ranked 5th. 39 times more than United Kingdom
1.23%
Ranked 50th.

International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements none of the selected agreements
Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Total > % of internal resources 0.07%
Ranked 144th.
6.58%
Ranked 74th. 94 times more than Gabon
Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Industry > % of total freshwater withdrawal 8.33%
Ranked 69th.
75.37%
Ranked 5th. 9 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.11%
Ranked 150th.
0.16%
Ranked 139th. 45% more than Gabon

Freshwater > Annual freshwater withdrawals > Domestic > % of total freshwater withdrawal 50%
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
21.7%
Ranked 48th.

Emissions > Industrial methane emissions > % of total 79.9%
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
35.66%
Ranked 43th.

Water pollution > Clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.12%
Ranked 80th.
0.26%
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Gabon

Climate change > CO2 emissions from other sectors, excluding residential buildings and commercial and public services > % of total fuel combustion 1.38%
Ranked 89th. 34% more than United Kingdom
1.02%
Ranked 97th.

Adjusted savings > Adjusted net savings > Excluding particulate emission damage > Current US$ $440.17 million
Ranked 78th.
$105.39 billion
Ranked 10th. 239 times more than Gabon

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Mineral depletion > % of GNI 0.01%
Ranked 67th.
0.0
Ranked 126th.

Adjusted savings > Adjusted savings > Mineral depletion > Current US$ $729,344.19
Ranked 79th.
0.0
Ranked 155th.

Adjusted net national income > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP 35.32%
Ranked 106th.
88.86%
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Gabon
Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > % of total fuel combustion 32.11%
Ranked 90th.
44.4%
Ranked 50th. 38% more than Gabon

Known breeding bird species per million 121.37
Ranked 10th. 31 times more than United Kingdom
3.86
Ranked 131st.

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