Water pollution, chemical industry (% of total BOD emissions) - Water pollution - Environment - World Development Indicators



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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.
Water pollution, chemical industry (% of total BOD emissions) - Water pollution - Environment - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Aruba (1999)41
2Luxembourg (2005)37.01
3Iraq (1998)29.91
4Afghanistan (2002)27.95
5Senegal (2002)23.83
6Trinidad and Tobago (2003)21.38
7Azerbaijan (2006)18.73
8Belgium (2005)17.28
9Colombia (2005)17.27
10Ireland (2005)17.25
11Qatar (2006)17.19
12Paraguay (2002)16.72
13Oman (2006)16.27
14Malaysia (2005)16.21
15Argentina (2002)15.82
16Israel (2003)15.04
17Ghana (2003)15.01
18France (2005)14.98
19Netherlands (2005)14.84
20Jordan (2006)14.74
21Egypt (1997)13.88
22Chile (2006)13.65
23United Kingdom (2005)13.54
24Thailand (2000)13.16
25Philippines (2005)13.15
26United States (2005)13.13
27Bolivia (2001)13.09
28Indonesia (2005)13.04
29Ecuador (2005)12.82
30Iran (2005)12.82
31Denmark (2005)12.42
32Madagascar (2006)12.38
33North Korea (2006)12.05
34South Korea (2006)12.05
35Germany (2005)12.04
36Russia (2006)11.93
37Slovenia (2006)11.86
38South Africa (2006)11.44
39Singapore (2006)11.42
40Mexico (1989)11.28
41Japan (2005)11.22
42Poland (2005)11.14
43Zimbabwe (1996)10.97
44Czech Republic (2006)10.89
45Spain (2005)10.85
46Canada (2002)10.64
47Ethiopia (2006)10.61
48Hungary (2005)10.5
49Italy (2005)10.47
50Ukraine (2006)10.34
51Greece (2004)10.27
52Malta (2005)10.24
53Sweden (2005)9.91
54Turkey (2001)9.77
55Cambodia (1995)9.61
56Croatia (2006)9.54
57Eritrea (2006)9.51
58Cyprus (2006)9.41
59Austria (2005)9.23
60Sri Lanka (2006)8.96
61Slovakia (2005)8.83
62Morocco (2006)8.69
63New Zealand (2006)8.58
64Finland (2005)8.58
65Estonia (2006)8.42
66Kyrgyzstan (2006)8.39
67Bahamas (2001)8.28
68Uganda (2002)7.91
69Bulgaria (2006)7.63
70Lithuania (2006)7.57
71Norway (2004)7.51
72Nepal (2002)7.25
73Panama (2005)7
74Sudan (2001)6.98
75Vietnam (2006)6.77
76Romania (2006)6.73
77Portugal (2005)6.63
78Lebanon (1998)5.97
79Latvia (2006)5.59
80Tajikistan (2003)5.1
81Fiji (2004)3.67
82Malawi (2001)3.66
83Bangladesh (1998)2.96
84Dominican Republic (1997)2.34
85Lesotho (2006)1.2
86Botswana (2006)0
87Albania (2006)0
88Saudi Arabia (2006)0
89Moldova (2006)0
90Kazakhstan (2003)0
91Rwanda (1999)0
92Mauritius (2005)0
93Tonga (2004)0
94Haiti (1997)0
95Laos (1999)0
96Yemen (2006)0
97Syria (2004)0
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