Canada vs Mexico: Environment

This page compares Canada 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	Canada	Mexico	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	4.56	66.74	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.55	0.42	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.89	0.63	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.44	1.05	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	22.00	68.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	51.00	308.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	18.00	97.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	21.00	1,426.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	12.90	15.30	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	11.60	19.90	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	14.00	3.64	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	768.06	686.78	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	18.60	5.25	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	133.08	150.68	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	28.85	48.48	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	37.27	27.65	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	31.89	55.82	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	577.97	475.99	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	3.58	2.54	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	40.89	37.18	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	1.35	2.41	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	1.73	18.37	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	30.07	55.92	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	31.85	29.24	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	30.53	87.24	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	31.21	64.33	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.32	0.35	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	6.57	14.99	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.40	1.21	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.80	2.11	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	166.30	127.16	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	0.00	99.66	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.16	0.21	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.58	0.68	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	79.45	155.05	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.22	0.23	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.07	1.33	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.32	0.16	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	89.27	31.50	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	65.82	44.52	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.25	0.10	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	71.72	11.80	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	140.26	58.98	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.11	0.07	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	3.28	-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.