Turkiye vs United Kingdom: Environment

This page compares Turkiye 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	Turkiye	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	110.87	283.11	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.53	0.67	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	2.05	2.08	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	2.59	2.75	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	22.00	11.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	148.00	60.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	18.00	4.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	135.00	53.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	7.00	28.40	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	5.70	42.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	5.38	4.22	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	579.51	386.70	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	6.78	5.59	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	78.59	58.88	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	20.79	22.62	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	57.95	-58.99	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	54.44	10.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	460.03	292.42	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	6.27	2.52	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	31.97	25.62	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	1.73	2.03	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	52.73	-28.75	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	156.22	-50.30	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	19.40	19.23	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	46.39	31.55	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	196.48	-49.81	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.35	0.09	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	21.61	9.91	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.15	0.26	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.18	0.74	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	99.29	106.70	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	100.00	66.53	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.12	0.31	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.34	0.19	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	140.91	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)	0.58	1.12	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.20	0.10	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	72.69	74.58	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	75.02	30.67	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.12	0.08	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	9.63	3.35	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	15.55	23.72	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.00	0.02	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)	-69.38	-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.