deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Paris Agreement
particulate matter emissions: 42.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 0.71 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 4.48 megatons (2020 est.)
municipal: 31 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 1 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 550 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
7.315 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands
agricultural land: 75.1% (2018 est.)
arable land: 6.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 68.3% (2018 est.)
forest: 15.1% (2018 est.)
other: 9.8% (2018 est.)
urban population: 42% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 3.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
degree of risk: high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever
municipal solid waste generated annually: 726,957 tons (2011 est.)
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