Niue Environment Stats

Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
Pollution > Ozone depleting substance consumption: Consumption of all Ozone-Depleting Substances in ODP metric tons.
Pollution > Ozone depleting substance consumption per million people: Consumption of all Ozone-Depleting Substances in ODP metric tons. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Proportion of land area under protection: Terrestrial areas protected to total surface area, percentage.
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, total.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, rural.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, total.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
Current issues	increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture	2011
Pollution > Ozone depleting substance consumption	0.0	2011	160th out of 164
Pollution > Ozone depleting substance consumption per million people	0.0	2011	159th out of 163
Proportion of land area under protection	9.08%	2012	136th out of 217
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural	100	2011	14th out of 188
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural	98.58	2011	55th out of 190
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural	98.58	2011	65th out of 194

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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Pollution 4	Water 5
Sanitation 3

Niue ranked last for pollution > carbon dioxide 1999 amongst Hot countries in 1999.