France vs United States: Environment

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

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Indicator	France	United States	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	126.86	36.82	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.82	0.50	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.26	1.48	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	2.08	1.98	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	19.00	87.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	75.00	283.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	13.00	43.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	65.00	688.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	28.80	12.90	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	36.70	15.80	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	4.00	13.62	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	378.12	5,912.62	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	5.52	17.38	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	66.98	843.36	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	18.44	149.52	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-19.96	-3.07	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	19.13	155.72	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	274.45	4,632.16	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	2.47	33.89	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	30.15	215.60	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	1.85	9.94	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-43.04	-3.46	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-28.78	-4.89	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	23.10	137.66	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	42.25	257.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-28.71	-7.05	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.10	0.21	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	9.60	7.81	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.20	5.54	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.45	9.47	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	119.18	1,678.56	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	78.21	3.34	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.19	2.00	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.19	3.59	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	22.11	1,488.46	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.24	5.58	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.14	20.68	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.13	2.00	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	56.34	557.85	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	37.11	443.92	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.10	1.54	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	3.31	418.87	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	16.88	300.82	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.01	0.31	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-38.85	-921.79	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.