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Portugal vs Spain: Environment

This page compares Portugal 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 Portugal Spain Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 115.48 96.76 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.48 0.63 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.81 3.37 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.29 4.00 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 17.00 24.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 88.00 98.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 15.00 18.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 144.00 287.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 23.00 28.10 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 17.20 22.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 3.32 4.51 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 53.17 285.64 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 4.97 5.85 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 11.40 42.81 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 5.10 12.89 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 14.37 11.48 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 3.80 19.48 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 35.56 220.08 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.40 2.14 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2.89 18.87 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.27 1.54 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -23.48 -6.69 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -7.75 -3.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 1.81 13.35 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 4.92 27.33 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -18.93 -4.09 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.15 0.15 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 8.45 9.58 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.13 0.67 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.30 0.81 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 17.07 95.32 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 16.01 41.12 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.05 0.11 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.03 0.16 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.62 30.93 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.05 0.12 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.15 0.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.06 0.14 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.44 28.60 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.56 25.83 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.04 0.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.96 1.37 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.04 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) -2.24 -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.