Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 31.17 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 3.18 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 19.16 megatons (2020 est.) |
Environment - current issues | deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; loss of pasture land; inadequate supplies of potable water |
Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban |
Total water withdrawal | municipal: 107 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 4 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 5.075 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 2.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,937,354 tons (2012 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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