| Environment - current issues | water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural freshwater resources; most of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution and noise pollution in urban areas |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 55.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 201.15 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 142.12 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 9.65 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 1.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 172.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.1% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0.06% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 30.76 million tons (2017 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,460,800 tons (2017 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2017 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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