| Environment - current issues | areas of high air pollution from motor vehicles and industry; water pollution from agricultural runoff and disposal of untreated industrial waste and sewage; poor management of water resources; soil erosion; increasing levels of soil salinity |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 40.05 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 5.31 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 4.87 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 647 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 407.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 10.44 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 1.12% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0.54% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,787,400 tons (2013 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
