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Austria vs Germany: Environment

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

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Indicator Austria Germany Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 110.66 238.35 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.00 0.81 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.00 1.18 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.00 1.99 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 13.00 12.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 13.00 34.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 5.00 7.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 38.00 51.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 29.60 39.20 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 29.60 40.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 6.32 6.94 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 71.00 674.36 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 7.74 8.07 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 8.21 55.51 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.41 8.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -39.04 -61.14 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 5.10 39.70 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 58.03 579.94 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.46 4.36 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 3.21 30.05 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.25 2.25 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -25.87 -54.47 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -11.45 -45.42 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 1.96 19.46 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 5.21 33.97 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -5.74 -42.73 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.14 0.16 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 10.93 10.29 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.15 1.04 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.64 2.87 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 20.00 138.04 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 85.05 89.17 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.09 0.39 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.20 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 9.95 171.40 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.10 1.32 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.20 1.31 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.08 0.28 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 6.67 118.92 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 9.55 84.70 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.07 0.22 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.76 9.52 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 6.71 26.55 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.02 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 7.32 59.89 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.