Canada vs United Kingdom: Environment

This page compares Canada 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	Canada	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	4.56	283.11	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.55	0.67	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.89	2.08	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.44	2.75	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	22.00	11.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	51.00	60.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	18.00	4.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	21.00	53.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	12.90	28.40	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	11.60	42.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	14.00	4.22	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	768.06	386.70	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	18.60	5.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	133.08	58.88	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	28.85	22.62	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	37.27	-58.99	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	31.89	10.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	577.97	292.42	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	3.58	2.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	40.89	25.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	1.35	2.03	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	1.73	-28.75	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	30.07	-50.30	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	31.85	19.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	30.53	31.55	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	31.21	-49.81	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.32	0.09	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	6.57	9.91	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.40	0.26	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.80	0.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	166.30	106.70	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	0.00	66.53	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.16	0.31	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.58	0.19	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	79.45	44.67	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.22	0.34	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.07	1.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.32	0.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	89.27	74.58	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	65.82	30.67	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.25	0.08	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	71.72	3.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	140.26	23.72	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	-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.