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Norway vs Switzerland: Environment

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

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Indicator Norway Switzerland Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 15.15 224.98 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 4.26 0.00 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.89 0.00 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 7.15 0.00 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 11.00 10.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 32.00 9.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 8.00 5.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 20.00 20.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 17.80 12.50 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 5.40 12.50 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 7.18 3.75 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 53.76 42.99 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 9.65 4.77 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 8.82 5.94 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.45 0.25 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 18.85 -3.65 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 6.93 2.57 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 40.00 33.73 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 1.07 0.17 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 3.69 2.08 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.14 0.18 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -22.27 -19.33 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -2.87 -20.35 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2.23 1.47 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2.71 4.05 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 10.15 -24.63 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.09 0.04 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 6.06 9.06 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.07 0.05 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.25 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 12.75 14.49 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 2.04 49.30 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.05 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.02 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.60 2.59 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.03 0.06 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.11 0.14 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.03 0.03 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.58 9.67 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.85 4.03 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.27 1.29 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 10.23 0.33 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -15.56 1.24 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.