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Australia vs South Africa: Environment

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

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Indicator Australia South Africa Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 3.47 52.11 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.89 0.09 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.71 0.11 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 3.60 0.20 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 66.00 54.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 214.00 153.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 69.00 33.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 766.00 428.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 22.00 9.60 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 33.50 12.90 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 14.10 6.88 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 591.45 569.81 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 21.75 8.90 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 144.58 93.23 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 15.70 25.44 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 3.99 23.99 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 13.48 19.98 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 383.40 440.17 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 6.82 2.92 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 50.81 19.05 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.03 0.85 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 30.90 16.55 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 28.38 39.97 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 38.62 12.82 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 84.70 25.85 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 38.06 40.08 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.23 1.20 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 8.25 23.75 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.73 0.40 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.48 1.31 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 100.51 44.48 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 24.89 100.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.10 0.06 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.19 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 163.10 232.55 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.72 0.93 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.64 0.67 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.23 0.25 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 29.86 22.67 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 39.55 48.35 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.16 0.17 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 43.21 40.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 34.10 70.85 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.23 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -95.82 -56.71 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.