China vs United Kingdom: Environment

This page compares China 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	China	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	150.26	283.11	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.53	0.67	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	4.35	2.08	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	4.88	2.75	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	94.00	11.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	207.00	60.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	78.00	4.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	713.00	53.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	15.60	28.40	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	14.70	42.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	9.32	4.22	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	15,536.12	386.70	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	11.03	5.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	1,485.34	58.88	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	195.67	22.62	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	43.72	-58.99	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	1,396.17	10.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	13,124.73	292.42	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	38.52	2.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	423.62	25.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	31.69	2.03	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	62.71	-28.75	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	318.45	-50.30	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	249.49	19.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	498.98	31.55	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	443.63	-49.81	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.71	0.09	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	34.81	9.91	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	9.31	0.26	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	32.75	0.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	928.70	106.70	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	100.00	66.53	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	4.14	0.31	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	5.54	0.19	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	6,577.95	44.67	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	64.79	0.34	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	23.15	1.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	5.73	0.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	586.64	74.58	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2,793.02	30.67	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	3.90	0.08	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	736.76	3.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	821.58	23.72	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.93	0.02	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-1,346.50	-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.