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Brazil vs Mexico: Environment

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

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Indicator Brazil Mexico Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 25.26 66.74 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.49 0.42 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.74 0.63 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.23 1.05 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 155.00 68.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 360.00 308.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 97.00 97.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 1,346.00 1,426.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 30.60 15.30 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 29.40 19.90 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2.32 3.64 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 1,299.18 686.78 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 6.13 5.25 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 621.19 150.68 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 107.92 48.48 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 83.21 27.65 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 48.17 55.82 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 491.47 475.99 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 8.60 2.54 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 169.13 37.18 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 3.82 2.41 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 116.57 18.37 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 100.11 55.92 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 146.31 29.24 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 471.81 87.24 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 116.61 64.33 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.24 0.35 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 12.18 14.99 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.69 1.21 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.06 2.11 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 219.29 127.16 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 68.14 99.66 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.39 0.21 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.79 0.68 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 56.49 155.05 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.92 0.23 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.59 1.33 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.43 0.16 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 42.32 31.50 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 84.69 44.52 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.37 0.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 33.69 11.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 27.01 58.98 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.78 0.07 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 751.47 -201.94 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.