Brazil vs United Kingdom: Environment

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

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Indicator	Brazil	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	25.26	283.11	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.49	0.67	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.74	2.08	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	2.23	2.75	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	155.00	11.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	360.00	60.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	97.00	4.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	1,346.00	53.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	30.60	28.40	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	29.40	42.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	2.32	4.22	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	1,299.18	386.70	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	6.13	5.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	621.19	58.88	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	107.92	22.62	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	83.21	-58.99	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	48.17	10.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	491.47	292.42	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	8.60	2.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	169.13	25.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	3.82	2.03	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	116.57	-28.75	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	100.11	-50.30	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	146.31	19.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	471.81	31.55	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	116.61	-49.81	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.24	0.09	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	12.18	9.91	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.69	0.26	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	4.06	0.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	219.29	106.70	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	68.14	66.53	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.39	0.31	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.79	0.19	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	56.49	44.67	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.92	0.34	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	3.59	1.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.43	0.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	42.32	74.58	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	84.69	30.67	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.37	0.08	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	33.69	3.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	27.01	23.72	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.78	0.02	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	751.47	-6.04	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.