India vs United Kingdom: Environment

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

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Indicator	India	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	483.68	283.11	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.43	0.67	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.45	2.08	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.88	2.75	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	92.00	11.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	290.00	60.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	99.00	4.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	527.00	53.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	7.70	28.40	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	4.50	42.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	2.17	4.22	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	4,371.17	386.70	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	3.01	5.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	861.61	58.88	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	135.23	22.62	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	39.61	-58.99	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	258.48	10.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	3,153.83	292.42	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	17.63	2.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	283.50	25.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	18.93	2.03	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	122.56	-28.75	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	222.92	-50.30	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	200.37	19.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	572.27	31.55	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	425.04	-49.81	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.91	0.09	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	48.39	9.91	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	8.28	0.26	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	37.74	0.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	344.35	106.70	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	100.00	66.53	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.01	0.31	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.40	0.19	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1,506.83	44.67	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	24.80	0.34	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	7.48	1.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	5.84	0.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	210.24	74.58	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	689.15	30.67	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	4.39	0.08	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	108.12	3.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	112.00	23.72	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.16	0.02	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-485.47	-6.04	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.