Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker), Ethiopia

Emissions per worker are total emissions of organic water pollutants divided by the number of industrial workers. 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. Source: World Bank and UNIDOs industry database.

This series runs for 17 years from 1990 to 2007, with 18 valid data points. The maximum value of 0.24 occurs for 2007. The minimum value of 0.21 occurs for 1997. It has a median of 0.22, a time-weighted average of 0.22 and a standard deviation of 0.01.