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Environment

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Last updated: October 29, 2026

Sections in Environment
  1. Environmental issues
  2. International environmental agreements
  3. Climate
  4. Land use
  5. Urbanization
  6. Carbon dioxide emissions
  7. Particulate matter emissions
  8. Waste and recycling
  9. Total water withdrawal
  10. Total renewable water resources

Environment

Environmental issues:73

deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents; air pollution from industrial and power plants; loss of biodiversity
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International environmental agreements:74

party to:Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, 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, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:none of the selected agreements
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Source note [74]

Climate:75

mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
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Source note [75]

Land use:76

agricultural land:38.1% (2023 est.)
arable land:21.6% (2023 est.)
permanent crops:3.2% (2023 est.)
permanent pasture:13.4% (2023 est.)
forest:34.3% (2023 est.)
other:27.5% (2023 est.)
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Source note [76]

Urbanization:77

urban population:64.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization:1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
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Source note [77]

Carbon dioxide emissions:78

total emissions:3.392 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke:566,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids:2.734 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas:93,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
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Source note [78]

Particulate matter emissions:79

16.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
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Source note [79]

Waste and recycling:80

municipal solid waste generated annually:1.087 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled:20.5% (2022 est.)
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Total water withdrawal:81

municipal:221 million cubic meters (2022)
industrial:11 million cubic meters (2022)
agricultural:565 million cubic meters (2022)
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Source note [81]

Total renewable water resources:82

30.2 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
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  1. Environmental issues. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  2. International environmental agreements. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  3. Climate. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  4. Land use. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  5. Urbanization. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  6. Carbon dioxide emissions. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  7. Particulate matter emissions. Reference edition; observation: 2019. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  8. Waste and recycling. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  9. Total water withdrawal. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  10. Total renewable water resources. Reference edition; observation: 2022. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-09 11:53:33 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
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