Canada vs India: Environment

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

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Indicator	Canada	India	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	4.56	483.68	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.55	0.43	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.89	1.45	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.44	1.88	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	22.00	92.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	51.00	290.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	18.00	99.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	21.00	527.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	12.90	7.70	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	11.60	4.50	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	14.00	2.17	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	768.06	4,371.17	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	18.60	3.01	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	133.08	861.61	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	28.85	135.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	37.27	39.61	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	31.89	258.48	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	577.97	3,153.83	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	3.58	17.63	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	40.89	283.50	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	1.35	18.93	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	1.73	122.56	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	30.07	222.92	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	31.85	200.37	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	30.53	572.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	31.21	425.04	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.32	0.91	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	6.57	48.39	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.40	8.28	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.80	37.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	166.30	344.35	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	0.00	100.00	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.16	1.01	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.58	2.40	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	79.45	1,506.83	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.22	24.80	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.07	7.48	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.32	5.84	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	89.27	210.24	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	65.82	689.15	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.25	4.39	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	71.72	108.12	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	140.26	112.00	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.11	0.16	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	3.28	-485.47	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.