Canada vs United States: Environment

This page compares Canada 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	Canada	United States	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	4.56	36.82	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.55	0.50	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.89	1.48	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.44	1.98	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	22.00	87.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	51.00	283.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	18.00	43.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	21.00	688.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	12.90	12.90	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	11.60	15.80	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	14.00	13.62	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	768.06	5,912.62	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	18.60	17.38	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	133.08	843.36	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	28.85	149.52	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	37.27	-3.07	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	31.89	155.72	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	577.97	4,632.16	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	3.58	33.89	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	40.89	215.60	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	1.35	9.94	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	1.73	-3.46	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	30.07	-4.89	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	31.85	137.66	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	30.53	257.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	31.21	-7.05	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	7.81	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.40	5.54	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.80	9.47	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	166.30	1,678.56	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	0.00	3.34	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.16	2.00	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.58	3.59	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	79.45	1,488.46	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.22	5.58	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.07	20.68	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.32	2.00	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	89.27	557.85	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	65.82	443.92	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.25	1.54	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	71.72	418.87	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	140.26	300.82	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.11	0.31	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	3.28	-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.