India vs Pakistan: Environment

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

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Indicator	India	Pakistan	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	483.68	321.07	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.43	0.24	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.45	0.21	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.88	0.45	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	92.00	33.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	290.00	117.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	99.00	24.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	527.00	20.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	7.70	19.10	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	4.50	15.20	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	2.17	0.81	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	4,371.17	525.88	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	3.01	2.09	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	861.61	250.90	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	135.23	24.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	39.61	153.83	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	258.48	25.75	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	3,153.83	203.99	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	17.63	1.64	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	283.50	59.45	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	18.93	2.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	122.56	154.11	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	222.92	178.43	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	200.37	52.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	572.27	203.87	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	425.04	210.77	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.91	0.50	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	48.39	43.00	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	8.28	1.22	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	37.74	9.39	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	344.35	47.48	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)	1.01	0.05	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.40	0.40	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1,506.83	56.23	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	24.80	0.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	7.48	0.88	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	5.84	0.33	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	210.24	20.82	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	689.15	43.45	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	4.39	0.20	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	108.12	12.41	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	112.00	5.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.16	0.01	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-485.47	28.29	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.