Japan vs United Kingdom: Environment

This page compares Japan 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	Japan	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	341.54	283.11	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.87	0.67	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	11.57	2.08	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	12.44	2.75	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	50.00	11.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	166.00	60.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	29.00	4.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	75.00	53.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	29.70	28.40	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	15.10	42.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	7.84	4.22	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	1,063.34	386.70	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	8.58	5.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	50.87	58.88	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	5.74	22.62	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-25.78	-58.99	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	54.28	10.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	972.27	292.42	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	2.89	2.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	16.53	25.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	2.47	2.03	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-43.17	-28.75	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-17.94	-50.30	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	5.32	19.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	38.90	31.55	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-16.35	-49.81	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.21	0.09	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	12.84	9.91	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.93	0.26	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.04	0.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	174.90	106.70	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	76.76	66.53	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.65	0.31	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.46	0.19	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	432.37	44.67	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.63	0.34	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.83	1.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.44	0.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	103.80	74.58	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	161.04	30.67	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.32	0.08	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	3.50	3.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	41.96	23.72	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.02	0.02	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-50.71	-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.