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France vs Italy: Environment

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

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Indicator France Italy Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 126.86 199.46 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.82 1.13 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.26 2.68 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.08 3.82 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 19.00 19.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 75.00 72.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 13.00 9.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 65.00 122.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 28.80 21.50 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 36.70 14.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 4.00 5.08 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 378.12 371.17 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 5.52 6.30 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 66.98 44.90 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 18.44 15.57 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -19.96 -12.27 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 19.13 19.25 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 274.45 299.23 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2.47 1.41 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 30.15 12.93 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.85 1.37 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -43.04 -48.81 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -28.78 -26.45 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 23.10 7.96 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 42.25 21.92 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -28.71 -29.77 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.10 0.15 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 9.60 14.66 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.20 0.87 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.45 2.28 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 119.18 104.70 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 78.21 94.78 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.19 0.20 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.19 0.35 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 22.11 69.16 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.24 0.30 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.14 0.93 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.13 0.07 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 56.34 56.91 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 37.11 35.12 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.10 0.06 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.31 4.49 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 16.88 13.53 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.01 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -38.85 -54.39 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.