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Canada vs Japan: Environment

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

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Indicator Canada Japan Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 4.56 341.54 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.55 0.87 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.89 11.57 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.44 12.44 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 22.00 50.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 51.00 166.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 18.00 29.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 21.00 75.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 12.90 29.70 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 11.60 15.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 14.00 7.84 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 768.06 1,063.34 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 18.60 8.58 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 133.08 50.87 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 28.85 5.74 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 37.27 -25.78 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 31.89 54.28 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 577.97 972.27 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 3.58 2.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 40.89 16.53 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.35 2.47 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 1.73 -43.17 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 30.07 -17.94 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 31.85 5.32 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 30.53 38.90 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 31.21 -16.35 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.32 0.21 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 6.57 12.84 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.40 0.93 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.80 1.04 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 166.30 174.90 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 0.00 76.76 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.16 0.65 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.58 0.46 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 79.45 432.37 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.22 2.63 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.07 1.83 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.32 0.44 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 89.27 103.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 65.82 161.04 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.25 0.32 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 71.72 3.50 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 140.26 41.96 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.11 0.02 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 3.28 -50.71 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.