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Australia vs New Zealand: Environment

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

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Indicator Australia New Zealand Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 3.47 19.75 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.89 1.06 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.71 2.22 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 3.60 3.29 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 66.00 67.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 214.00 48.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 69.00 9.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 766.00 21.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 22.00 33.40 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 33.50 30.60 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 14.10 6.02 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 591.45 77.84 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 21.75 14.72 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 144.58 34.40 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 15.70 3.78 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 3.99 -7.09 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 13.48 2.15 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 383.40 31.81 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 6.82 0.25 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 50.81 10.04 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.03 0.14 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 30.90 12.41 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 28.38 8.39 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 38.62 9.33 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 84.70 29.69 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 38.06 27.34 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.23 0.14 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 8.25 6.49 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.73 0.12 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.48 0.08 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 100.51 15.07 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 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.08 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 163.10 4.11 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.72 0.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.64 0.15 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.23 0.03 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 29.86 3.29 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 39.55 5.83 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.16 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 43.21 0.67 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 34.10 0.61 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -95.82 -20.51 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.