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Ireland vs Spain: Environment

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

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Indicator Ireland Spain Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 77.10 96.76 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.16 0.63 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.64 3.37 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.80 4.00 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 9.00 24.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 41.00 98.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 4.00 18.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 8.00 287.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 14.20 28.10 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 4.00 22.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 6.04 4.51 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 59.68 285.64 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 11.06 5.85 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 18.11 42.81 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.16 12.89 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 4.80 11.48 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2.44 19.48 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 32.57 220.08 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.12 2.14 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 8.32 18.87 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.14 1.54 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -10.30 -6.69 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 1.23 -3.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 7.79 13.35 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 15.58 27.33 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 0.71 -4.09 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.06 0.15 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 8.17 9.58 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.09 0.67 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.09 0.81 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 11.41 95.32 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 0.27 41.12 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.11 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.16 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 7.39 30.93 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.12 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.12 0.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.14 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 7.26 28.60 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.57 25.83 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.23 1.37 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.34 18.90 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -0.07 -51.48 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.