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Poland vs Spain: Environment

This page compares Poland 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 Poland Spain Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 119.79 96.76 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.53 0.63 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.06 3.37 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.59 4.00 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 13.00 24.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 8.00 98.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 4.00 18.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 16.00 287.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 39.60 28.10 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 38.10 22.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 7.55 4.51 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 348.20 285.64 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 9.52 5.85 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 43.10 42.81 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 5.21 12.89 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -63.24 11.48 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 17.10 19.48 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 276.06 220.08 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 4.66 2.14 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 24.17 18.87 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.91 1.54 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -1.03 -6.69 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -32.19 -3.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 14.96 13.35 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 20.04 27.33 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -25.69 -4.09 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.42 0.15 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 17.96 9.58 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.00 0.67 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.31 0.81 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 68.61 95.32 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 99.97 41.12 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.11 0.11 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.22 0.16 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 112.75 30.93 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.90 0.12 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.59 0.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.14 0.14 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 40.62 28.60 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 25.00 25.83 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.11 0.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 14.09 1.37 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 10.46 18.90 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.01 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -35.83 -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.