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Brazil vs United States: Environment

This page compares Brazil and United States 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 States Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 25.26 36.82 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.49 0.50 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.74 1.48 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.23 1.98 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 155.00 87.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 360.00 283.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 97.00 43.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 1,346.00 688.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 30.60 12.90 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 29.40 15.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2.32 13.62 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 1,299.18 5,912.62 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 6.13 17.38 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 621.19 843.36 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 107.92 149.52 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 83.21 -3.07 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 48.17 155.72 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 491.47 4,632.16 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 8.60 33.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 169.13 215.60 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 3.82 9.94 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 116.57 -3.46 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 100.11 -4.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 146.31 137.66 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 471.81 257.35 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 116.61 -7.05 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.24 0.21 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 12.18 7.81 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.69 5.54 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.06 9.47 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 219.29 1,678.56 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 68.14 3.34 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.39 2.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.79 3.59 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 56.49 1,488.46 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.92 5.58 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.59 20.68 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.43 2.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 42.32 557.85 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 84.69 443.92 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.37 1.54 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 33.69 418.87 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 27.01 300.82 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.78 0.31 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 751.47 -921.79 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.