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ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE
| Country | Annual internal renewable water resource | Annual fresh water withdrawals | Average annual rate of deforestation (%) (c) | Printing and writing paper consumed | Carbon dioxide emissions | Sulphur-dioxide emissions | ||||
| (cubic meters per capita) (a) | As % of water resources | Per capita (cubic meters) | (kilograms per capita) | Total (millions of metric tons) | Share of world total (%) | Per capita (metric tons) | per capita (kilograms) | |||
| 2000 | 1987-97 (b) | 1987-97 (b) | 1980-90 | 1990-95 | 1997 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995-97 | |
| BANGLADESH | 813 | 13.9 | 134 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - |
| BHUTAN | 44728 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | (.) | 0.2 | - |
| INDIA | 1244 | 39.7 | 588 | -1.1 | 0 | 2.2 | 999 | 4.2 | 1.1 | - |
| MALDIVES | 105 | 11.2 | 17 | - | - | 3.8 | 0.3 | (.) | 1.1 | - |
| NEPAL | 8282 | 14.6 | 1397 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 | (.) | 0.1 | - |
| PAKISTAN | 542 | 183.6 | 1269 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 94.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | - |
| SRI LANKA | 2656 | 19.5 | 573 | 1 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 7.1 | (.) | 0.4 | - |
Note : a= These annual
averages disguise large seasonal, inter annual & large term variation.
b= Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified
in the column heading .nual averages disguise large seasonal, inter annual,
and long term variations.
c= A positive number indicates a loss of forest area, a negative number
a gain.
Source : Human Development Report : 2000, UNDP, OUP,
New Delhi, 2000.