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Estonia vs Latvia: Environment

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

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Indicator Estonia Latvia Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 32.07 30.27 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.29 2.27 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.32 7.96 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.61 10.23 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 11.00 13.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 4.00 6.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 1.00 1.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 2.00 1.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 21.60 18.80 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 20.50 18.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 7.76 3.65 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 14.13 11.64 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 10.30 6.24 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 1.63 2.07 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.54 0.55 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -57.22 -61.70 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.13 0.72 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 10.65 6.81 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.05 0.04 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 1.68 2.33 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.06 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -4.31 -7.27 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -69.02 -57.74 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 1.49 2.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 0.84 1.09 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -73.41 -65.30 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.39 0.22 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 6.15 11.60 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.06 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.13 0.18 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.43 2.92 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 0.00 89.01 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.03 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.98 1.06 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.03 0.03 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.03 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.55 1.27 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.26 0.62 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.08 0.19 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.24 0.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 1.78 3.23 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.