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Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker) - Water pollution - Environment - World Development Indicators

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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.

Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker) - Water pollution - Environment - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) Rank Country Value 1 Syria (2004) 0.45 2 Moldova (2006) 0.45 3 Laos (1999) 0.44 4 Rwanda (1999) 0.44 5 Kazakhstan (2003) 0.41 6 Yemen (2006) 0.41 7 Saudi Arabia (2006) 0.39 8 Malawi (2001) 0.39 9 Tonga (2004) 0.34 10 Bahamas (2001) 0.32 11 Panama (2005) 0.32 12 Sudan (2001) 0.29 13 Senegal (2002) 0.29 14 Trinidad and Tobago (2003) 0.29 15 Paraguay (2002) 0.28 16 Botswana (2006) 0.28 17 Ecuador (2005) 0.28 18 Iraq (1998) 0.27 19 Uganda (2002) 0.26 20 Albania (2006) 0.25 21 Bolivia (2001) 0.25 22 Chile (2006) 0.25 23 Tajikistan (2003) 0.23 24 Argentina (2002) 0.23 25 New Zealand (2006) 0.23 26 Luxembourg (2005) 0.23 27 Cyprus (2006) 0.23 28 Ethiopia (2006) 0.23 29 Fiji (2004) 0.23 30 Philippines (2005) 0.23 31 Afghanistan (2002) 0.21 32 Greece (2004) 0.2 33 Zimbabwe (1996) 0.2 34 Colombia (2005) 0.2 35 Kyrgyzstan (2006) 0.2 36 Eritrea (2006) 0.2 37 Norway (2004) 0.2 38 Ukraine (2006) 0.2 39 Sri Lanka (2006) 0.19 40 Mexico (1989) 0.19 41 Lebanon (1998) 0.19 42 Egypt (1997) 0.19 43 Ireland (2005) 0.18 44 Azerbaijan (2006) 0.18 45 Israel (2003) 0.18 46 Jordan (2006) 0.18 47 Dominican Republic (1997) 0.18 48 Netherlands (2005) 0.18 49 Indonesia (2005) 0.18 50 Latvia (2006) 0.18 51 Oman (2006) 0.17 52 Russia (2006) 0.17 53 United Kingdom (2005) 0.17 54 Belgium (2005) 0.17 55 Bulgaria (2006) 0.17 56 Ghana (2003) 0.17 57 Croatia (2006) 0.17 58 Lithuania (2006) 0.17 59 Aruba (1999) 0.16 60 Thailand (2000) 0.16 61 Morocco (2006) 0.16 62 Canada (2002) 0.16 63 Nepal (2002) 0.16 64 Denmark (2005) 0.16 65 South Africa (2006) 0.16 66 Finland (2005) 0.16 67 France (2005) 0.16 68 Poland (2005) 0.16 69 Cambodia (1995) 0.16 70 Turkey (2001) 0.16 71 Malta (2005) 0.16 72 Vietnam (2006) 0.15 73 Hungary (2005) 0.15 74 Estonia (2006) 0.15 75 Portugal (2005) 0.15 76 Romania (2006) 0.15 77 Japan (2005) 0.15 78 Iran (2005) 0.15 79 Spain (2005) 0.15 80 Austria (2005) 0.14 81 Bangladesh (1998) 0.14 82 Sweden (2005) 0.14 83 Slovakia (2005) 0.14 84 Germany (2005) 0.14 85 Madagascar (2006) 0.14 86 United States (2005) 0.14 87 Malaysia (2005) 0.13 88 Lesotho (2006) 0.13 89 Czech Republic (2006) 0.13 90 Slovenia (2006) 0.13 91 Italy (2005) 0.12 92 Qatar (2006) 0.12 93 North Korea (2006) 0.11 94 South Korea (2006) 0.11 95 Singapore (2006) 0.09 96 Mauritius (2005) 0.06 97 Haiti (1997) 0.01

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