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25Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1988
1 Iceland 1989
2 Norway 1986
3 Australia 1987
4 Canada 1986
5 Ireland 1988
6 Sweden 1986
7 Switzerland 1987
8 Japan 1988
9 Netherlands 1988
10 France 1987
11 Finland 1986
12 United States 1986
13 Spain 1988
14 Denmark 1988
15 Austria 1987
16 United Kingdom 1987
17 Belgium 1988
18 Luxembourg 1988
19 New Zealand 1987
20 Italy 1988
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 1988
23 Israel 1992
24 Greece 1988
25 Singapore 1989
26 Korea (Republic of) 1992
27 Slovenia 1992
28 Cyprus 1992
29 Portugal 1988
30 Brunei Darussalam 1990
31 Barbados 1992
32 Czech Republic 1993
33 Kuwait 1992
34 Malta 1988
35 Qatar 1996
36 Hungary 1988
37 Poland 1990
38 Argentina 1990
39 United Arab Emirates 1989
40 Chile 1990
41 Bahrain 1990
42 Slovakia 1993
43 Lithuania 1995
44 Estonia 1996
45 Latvia 1995
46 Uruguay 1989
47 Croatia 1992
48 Costa Rica 1991
49 Bahamas 1993
50 Seychelles 1993
51 Cuba 1992
52 Mexico 1987
53 Bulgaria 1990
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1992
55 Tonga 1998
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1990
57 Antigua and Barbuda 1992
58 Oman 1999
59 Trinidad and Tobago 1989
60 Romania 1993
61 Saudi Arabia 1993
62 Panama 1989
63 Malaysia 1989
64 Belarus 1986
65 Mauritius 1992
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993
67 Russian Federation 1986
68 Albania 1999
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 1994
70 Brazil 1990
71 Dominica 1993
72 Saint Lucia 1993
73 Kazakhstan 1998
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1988
75 Colombia 1990
76 Ukraine 1986
77 Samoa 1992
78 Thailand 1989
79 Dominican Republic 1993
80 Belize 1997
81 China 1989
82 Grenada 1993
83 Armenia 1999
84 Turkey 1991
85 Suriname 1997
86 Jordan 1989
87 Peru 1989
88 Lebanon 1993
89 Ecuador 1990
90 Philippines 1991
91 Tunisia 1989
92 Fiji 1989
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1996
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1990
95 Paraguay 1992
96 Georgia 1996
97 Guyana 1993
98 Azerbaijan 1996
99 Sri Lanka 1989
100 Maldives 1988
101 Jamaica 1993
102 Cape Verde 2001
103 El Salvador 1992
104 Algeria 1992
105 Viet Nam 1994
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 1992
108 Syrian Arab Republic 1989
109 Turkmenistan 1993
110 Nicaragua 1993
111 Moldova 1996
112 Egypt 1988
113 Uzbekistan 1993
114 Mongolia 1996
115 Honduras 1993
116 Kyrgyzstan 2000
117 Bolivia 1994
118 Guatemala 1987
119 Gabon 1994
120 Vanuatu 1994
121 South Africa 1990
122 Tajikistan 1996
123 Sao Tome and Principe 2001
124 Botswana 1991
125 Namibia 1993
126 Morocco 1995
127 Equatorial Guinea 1988
128 India 1991
129 Solomon Islands 1993
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1998
131 Cambodia 2001
132 Myanmar 1993
133 Bhutan 2004
134 Comoros 1994
135 Ghana 1989
136 Pakistan 1992
137 Mauritania 1994
138 Lesotho 1994
139 Congo 1994
140 Bangladesh 1990
141 Swaziland 1992
142 Nepal 1994
143 Madagascar 1996
144 Cameroon 1989
145 Papua New Guinea 1992
146 Haiti 2000
147 Sudan 1993
148 Kenya 1988
149 Djibouti 1999
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 1992
152 Togo 1991
153 Yemen 1996
154 Uganda 1988
155 Gambia 1990
156 Senegal 1993
157 Eritrea 2005
158 Nigeria 1988
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 1993
160 Guinea 1992
161 Rwanda 2001
162 Angola 2000
163 Benin 1993
164 Malawi 1991
165 Zambia 1990
166 Côte d'Ivoire 1993
167 Burundi 1997
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1994
169 Ethiopia 1994
170 Chad 1989
171 Central African Republic 1993
172 Mozambique 1994
173 Mali 1994
174 Niger 1992
175 Guinea-Bissau 2002
176 Burkina Faso 1989
177 Sierra Leone 2001

Source :
UN (United Nations) 2007a. “Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General.” New York. [http://untreaty.un.org]. Accessed July 2007.