Russian Federation vs United Kingdom: Environment

This page compares Russian Federation 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	Russian Federation	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	8.78	283.11	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.27	0.67	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.70	2.08	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.96	2.75	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	58.00	11.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	64.00	60.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	33.00	4.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	68.00	53.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	11.50	28.40	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	8.60	42.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	14.00	4.22	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	2,575.65	386.70	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	17.94	5.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	416.94	58.88	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	89.18	22.62	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-11.28	-58.99	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	111.76	10.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	2,009.15	292.42	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	23.35	2.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	87.53	25.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	3.08	2.03	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-15.63	-28.75	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-15.71	-50.30	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	52.57	19.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	60.00	31.55	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-17.53	-49.81	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	1.25	0.09	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	11.27	9.91	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.02	0.26	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.96	0.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	286.72	106.70	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	91.61	66.53	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.69	0.31	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.00	0.19	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	852.29	44.67	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.01	0.34	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	3.57	1.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.66	0.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	249.23	74.58	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	290.63	30.67	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.50	0.08	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	263.09	3.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	210.54	23.72	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.26	0.02	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-1,193.11	-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.