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Ethiopia vs Kenya: Environment

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

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Indicator Ethiopia Kenya Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 114.04 95.27 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.00 0.20 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.00 0.21 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.00 0.41 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 35.00 45.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 16.00 99.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 40.00 32.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 107.00 382.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 17.00 13.90 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 17.00 11.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 0.15 0.38 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 192.70 102.84 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 1.46 1.82 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 131.63 64.93 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 13.56 3.40 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 166.37 168.33 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 3.27 4.12 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 19.36 21.64 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 1.59 0.63 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 41.70 16.11 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.63 0.52 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 174.92 106.72 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 188.58 167.40 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 35.52 14.29 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 87.11 50.02 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 785.25 234.64 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.17 0.21 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 27.31 24.39 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.63 0.41 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 12.61 3.41 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 7.55 10.38 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 100.00 100.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.07 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 1.25 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.09 0.12 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.03 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.47 2.07 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 6.55 3.65 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.05 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 18.30 7.97 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.00 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.22 0.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 123.03 46.85 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.