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Australia vs Canada: Environment

This page compares Australia and Canada across 45 Environment indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Australia Canada Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 3.47 4.56 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.89 0.55 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.71 0.89 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 3.60 1.44 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 66.00 22.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 214.00 51.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 69.00 18.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 766.00 21.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 22.00 12.90 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 33.50 11.60 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 14.10 14.00 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 591.45 768.06 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 21.75 18.60 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 144.58 133.08 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 15.70 28.85 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 3.99 37.27 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 13.48 31.89 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 383.40 577.97 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 6.82 3.58 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 50.81 40.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.03 1.35 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 30.90 1.73 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 28.38 30.07 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 38.62 31.85 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 84.70 30.53 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 38.06 31.21 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.23 0.32 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 8.25 6.57 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.73 1.40 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.48 0.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 100.51 166.30 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 24.89 0.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.10 0.16 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.58 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 163.10 79.45 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.72 0.22 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.64 2.07 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.23 0.32 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 29.86 89.27 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 39.55 65.82 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.16 0.25 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 43.21 71.72 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 34.10 140.26 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.11 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -95.82 3.28 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.