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Belgium vs Portugal: Environment

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

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Indicator Belgium Portugal Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 386.30 115.48 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.25 0.48 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 4.23 0.81 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 5.48 1.29 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 8.00 17.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 19.00 88.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 3.00 15.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 3.00 144.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 16.40 23.00 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 18.60 17.20 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 7.31 3.32 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 107.82 53.17 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 9.09 4.97 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 11.74 11.40 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.98 5.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -28.41 14.37 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 10.39 3.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 86.65 35.56 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 4.42 0.40 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 7.45 2.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.33 0.27 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -0.71 -23.48 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -23.30 -7.75 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2.21 1.81 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 6.62 4.92 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -25.19 -18.93 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.16 0.15 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 11.22 8.45 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.15 0.13 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.28 0.30 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 23.90 17.07 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 91.95 16.01 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.06 0.05 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.03 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 12.59 4.62 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.06 0.05 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.23 0.15 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.05 0.06 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 20.01 3.44 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 13.71 4.56 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.04 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.68 0.96 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 6.01 2.04 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -0.36 -2.24 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.