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Denmark vs Poland: Environment

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

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Indicator Denmark Poland Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 148.67 119.79 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 3.92 0.53 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 8.65 1.06 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 12.57 1.59 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 10.00 13.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 26.00 8.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 2.00 4.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 2.00 16.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 16.40 39.60 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 23.80 38.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 4.28 7.55 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 38.26 348.20 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 6.40 9.52 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 8.07 43.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.81 5.21 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -16.69 -63.24 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 1.56 17.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 25.57 276.06 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.14 4.66 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 4.37 24.17 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.91 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -35.71 -1.03 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -44.56 -32.19 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 3.62 14.96 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 6.34 20.04 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -51.23 -25.69 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.07 0.42 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 9.07 17.96 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.13 1.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.29 3.31 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 11.26 68.61 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 56.91 99.97 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.11 0.11 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.22 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.18 112.75 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.14 1.90 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.12 0.59 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.14 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.70 40.62 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.27 25.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.11 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.50 14.09 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.54 10.46 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -0.94 -35.83 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.