France vs India: Environment

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

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Indicator	France	India	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	126.86	483.68	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.82	0.43	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.26	1.45	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	2.08	1.88	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	19.00	92.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	75.00	290.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	13.00	99.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	65.00	527.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	28.80	7.70	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	36.70	4.50	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	4.00	2.17	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	378.12	4,371.17	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	5.52	3.01	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	66.98	861.61	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	18.44	135.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-19.96	39.61	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	19.13	258.48	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	274.45	3,153.83	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	2.47	17.63	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	30.15	283.50	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	1.85	18.93	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-43.04	122.56	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-28.78	222.92	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	23.10	200.37	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	42.25	572.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-28.71	425.04	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.10	0.91	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	9.60	48.39	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.20	8.28	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.45	37.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	119.18	344.35	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	78.21	100.00	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.19	1.01	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.19	2.40	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	22.11	1,506.83	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.24	24.80	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.14	7.48	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.13	5.84	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	56.34	210.24	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	37.11	689.15	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.10	4.39	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	3.31	108.12	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	16.88	112.00	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.01	0.16	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-38.85	-485.47	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.