water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; waterborne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation
party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Law of the Sea
particulate matter emissions: 30.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 28.28 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 18.68 megatons (2020 est.)
municipal: 902.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 1.145 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 6.61 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
77.15 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
temperate, with rainfall concentrated in summer; long, bitter winters
agricultural land: 21.8% (2018 est.)
arable land: 19.5% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0.4% (2018 est.)
forest: 46% (2018 est.)
other: 32.2% (2018 est.)
urban population: 62.6% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 0.85% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
widespread lack of access: due to low food consumption levels, poor dietary diversity, and economic downturn - a large portion of the population suffers from low levels of food consumption and very poor dietary diversity; the economic constraints, particularly resulting from the global impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have increased the population’s vulnerability to food insecurity; the food gap is estimated at about 860,000 mt in the 2020/21 marketing year (November/October); if this gap is not adequately covered through commercial imports and/or food aid, households could experience a harsh lean period, particularly from August until October, when the 2021 main season grain crops are expected to be available for consumption (2021)
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