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Indonesia vs South Africa: Environment

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

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Indicator Indonesia South Africa Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 148.58 52.11 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.44 0.09 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 6.37 0.11 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 8.82 0.20 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 161.00 54.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 366.00 153.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 212.00 33.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 977.00 428.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 12.00 9.60 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 5.20 12.90 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2.87 6.88 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 1,323.78 569.81 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 4.67 8.90 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 429.54 93.23 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 54.41 25.44 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 205.66 23.99 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 59.67 19.98 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 812.20 440.17 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 5.08 2.92 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 64.15 19.05 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 3.79 0.85 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 88.13 16.55 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 291.60 39.97 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 49.56 12.82 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 88.40 25.85 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 402.08 40.08 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.66 1.20 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 17.88 23.75 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.38 0.40 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.05 1.31 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 151.73 44.48 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 95.57 100.00 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.46 0.06 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.92 0.19 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 350.52 232.55 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.52 0.93 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.76 0.67 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.01 0.25 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 31.28 22.67 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 186.07 48.35 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.75 0.17 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 283.20 40.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 27.97 70.85 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.06 0.23 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 297.90 -56.71 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.