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Environment > Water pollution > Organic water pollutant > BOD emissions > Kg per day: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Emissions of 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.".

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 1.89 million 2005
2 Russia 1.39 million 2006
3 Japan 1.12 million 2005
4 Germany 954,218.5 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 923,654.5 2005
5 Indonesia 764,028.2 2005
6 France 578,173.1 2005
7 Ukraine 537,407.9 2006
8 United Kingdom 521,716.1 2005
9 Vietnam 500,481.5 2006
10 Italy 475,760.3 2005
11 Spain 379,728.4 2005
12 Mexico 370,809.9 1989
13 Poland 364,548.7 2005
14 Thailand 333,763.1 2000
15 Canada 310,282.4 2002
High income OECD countries average (profile) 303,739.61 2004
16 Bangladesh 303,022.4 1998
17 Sri Lanka 266,108.7 2006
18 Romania 228,075.4 2006
19 Malaysia 208,441.2 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 203,508.24 2005
20 South Africa 191,580.5 2006
Eurozone average (profile) 178,587.12 2005
21 Turkey 177,718.4 2001
European Union average (profile) 176,450.61 2005
22 Argentina 155,535.5 2002
23 Czech Republic 146,529.2 2006
24 Netherlands 122,051.5 2005
25 Hungary 115,074.5 2005
26 Portugal 105,041.3 2005
27 Bulgaria 101,206.1 2006
28 Philippines 97,900.45 2005
29 Belgium 97,883.09 2005
30 Sweden 97,621.99 2005
31 Madagascar 92,769.68 2006
32 Chile 92,501 2006
33 Dominican Republic 88,639.52 1997
34 Colombia 86,991.84 2005
35 Austria 84,768.54 2005
36 Morocco 80,426.7 2006
37 Finland 61,565.71 2005
38 New Zealand 61,353.92 2007
39 Denmark 60,522.31 2005
40 Greece 58,639.65 2004
41 Slovakia 51,427.5 2005
42 Norway 50,535.34 2004
43 Ecuador 44,747.97 2005
44 Israel 42,828.59 2003
45 Lithuania 42,625.47 2006
46 Croatia 41,825.77 2006
47 Sudan 38,567.33 2001
48 Singapore 35,301.48 2006
49 Ireland 34,145.55 2005
50 Malawi 32,671.69 2001
51 Zimbabwe 29,285.35 1996
52 Latvia 29,258.18 2006
53 Slovenia 28,156.87 2006
54 Jordan 27,207.61 2006
55 Nepal 26,807.81 2002
56 Ethiopia 26,759.02 2006
57 Moldova 21,124.79 2006
58 Azerbaijan 18,835.52 2006
59 Uganda 17,472.72 2002
60 Estonia 16,443.14 2006
61 Tajikistan 16,111.62 2003
62 Ghana 15,418.78 2003
63 Lesotho 15,320.09 2006
64 Lebanon 14,701.49 1998
65 Panama 13,718.65 2005
66 Kyrgyzstan 11,831.94 2006
67 Bolivia 11,539.16 2001
68 Paraguay 10,813.62 2002
69 Cyprus 7,851.71 2006
70 Iraq 7,654.79 1998
71 Trinidad and Tobago 7,624.17 2003
72 Rwanda 7,064.81 1999
73 Saudi Arabia 6,775.29 2006
74 Oman 6,631.22 2006
75 Senegal 6,620.54 2002
76 Fiji 5,911.82 2004
77 Botswana 5,016.04 2006
78 Syria 4,545.26 2004
79 Malta 4,232.36 2005
80 Luxembourg 3,829.56 2005
81 Qatar 3,725.54 2006
82 Albania 3,588.3 2006
83 Eritrea 2,774.93 2006
84 Kazakhstan 1,740.41 2003
85 Cambodia 1,456.28 1995
86 The Bahamas 884.86 2001
87 Laos 505.9 1999
88 Tonga 366.54 2004
89 Mauritius 351.39 2005
90 Aruba 306.76 1999
91 Haiti 45.6 1997

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