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26 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Cent. African Rep.. Each tile carries the annual series and the latest known value for each country, sorted from highest to lowest. Hover a chart to read a given year, open a tile for the full page.

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Countries compared
8Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Cent. African Rep.
Period covered
1961 - 2025the widest in this category
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26 indicators

CO₂ per capitaEN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · t CO2e
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States13.62 t CO2e2024
  • China9.32 t CO2e2024
  • Germany6.94 t CO2e2024
  • Netherlands6.6 t CO2e2024
  • Italy5.08 t CO2e2024
  • Spain4.51 t CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom4.22 t CO2e2024
  • Cent. African Rep.0.06 t CO2e2024
Total CO₂EN.GHG.CO2.MT.CE.AR5 · Mt CO2e
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China13,125 Mt CO2e2024
  • United States4,632.17 Mt CO2e2024
  • Germany579.94 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy299.23 Mt CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom292.42 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain220.08 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands118.79 Mt CO2e2024
  • Cent. African Rep.0.34 Mt CO2e2024
Total methaneEN.GHG.CH4.MT.CE.AR5 · Mt CO2e
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China1,485.34 Mt CO2e2024
  • United States843.36 Mt CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom58.88 Mt CO2e2024
  • Germany55.51 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy44.9 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain42.81 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands17.05 Mt CO2e2024
  • Cent. African Rep.8.25 Mt CO2e2024
Total N₂OEN.GHG.N2O.MT.CE.AR5 · Mt CO2e
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China423.62 Mt CO2e2024
  • United States215.6 Mt CO2e2024
  • Germany30.05 Mt CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom25.62 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain18.87 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy12.93 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands7.91 Mt CO2e2024
  • Cent. African Rep.4.38 Mt CO2e2024
Energy per capitaEG.USE.PCAP.KG.OE · kg
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States6,361.45 kg2024
  • Netherlands3,415.76 kg2024
  • China2,850.94 kg2023
  • Germany2,824.59 kg2024
  • Spain2,303.61 kg2024
  • Italy2,231.2 kg2024
  • United Kingdom2,069.38 kg2024
Forest areaAG.LND.FRST.ZS · %
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain37.19%2023
  • Cent. African Rep.35.66%2023
  • United States33.87%2023
  • Italy32.89%2023
  • Germany32.68%2023
  • China24.03%2023
  • United Kingdom13.29%2023
  • Netherlands11.06%2023
Total forest areaAG.LND.FRST.K2 · km²
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States3.1 m km²2023
  • China2.26 m km²2023
  • Cent. African Rep.222,130 km²2023
  • Spain185,850 km²2023
  • Germany114,190 km²2023
  • Italy97,276 km²2023
  • United Kingdom32,154 km²2023
  • Netherlands3,723.04 km²2023
Electricity accessEG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany100%2024
  • United Kingdom100%2024
  • Italy100%2024
  • Spain100%2024
  • Netherlands100%2024
  • United States100%2024
  • China100%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.18.2%2024
Renewable energyEG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · %
19902022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.90.9%2022
  • Spain19%2021
  • Germany17.6%2021
  • Italy17.5%2021
  • China15.2%2021
  • United Kingdom12.2%2021
  • Netherlands12.2%2021
  • United States10.9%2021
Renewable electricityEG.ELC.RNEW.ZS · %
19902021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.96.47%2021
  • Spain47.01%2021
  • Italy40.97%2021
  • United Kingdom40.2%2021
  • Germany39.83%2021
  • Netherlands33.13%2021
  • China28.43%2021
  • United States20.27%2021
Fossil electricityEG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · %
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China64.4%2023
  • United States59.3%2023
  • Italy54.23%2023
  • Netherlands47.96%2023
  • Germany43.2%2023
  • United Kingdom37.06%2023
  • Spain27.29%2023
  • Cent. African Rep.3.53%2021
Nuclear electricityEG.ELC.NUCL.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain18.94%2024
  • United States17.74%2024
  • United Kingdom14.22%2024
  • China4.55%2023
  • Netherlands2.89%2024
  • Germany1.41%2023
  • Italy0%2021
  • Cent. African Rep.0%2021
Climate disastersEN.CLC.MDAT.ZS
2009

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China7.952009
  • Spain0.732009
  • United States0.212009
  • Cent. African Rep.0.182009
  • Germany0.032009
  • United Kingdom0.032009
  • Italy0.012009
  • Netherlands02009
Agricultural landAG.LND.AGRI.ZS · %
19612023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom70.31%2023
  • China55.43%2023
  • Netherlands53.55%2023
  • Spain49.58%2023
  • Germany47.47%2023
  • United States46.08%2023
  • Italy44.26%2023
  • Cent. African Rep.9.1%2023
Freshwater withdrawalsER.H2O.FWTL.ZS · %
19702022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands74.86%2022
  • Spain26.1%2022
  • Germany24.11%2022
  • China20.21%2022
  • Italy18.51%2022
  • United States15.77%2022
  • United Kingdom5.81%2022
  • Cent. African Rep.0.05%2022
Cereal yieldAG.YLD.CREL.KG · kg/ha
19612024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States8,413.5 kg/ha2024
  • United Kingdom7,137.9 kg/ha2023
  • Germany7,007.3 kg/ha2023
  • Netherlands6,805.7 kg/ha2024
  • China6,418.1 kg/ha2023
  • Italy5,059.4 kg/ha2023
  • Spain3,785.9 kg/ha2024
  • Cent. African Rep.878.1 kg/ha2023
PM2.5 pollutionEN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · µg/m³
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.33.29 µg/m³2023
  • China31.99 µg/m³2023
  • Italy14.29 µg/m³2023
  • Spain10.08 µg/m³2023
  • United Kingdom9.46 µg/m³2023
  • Germany8.81 µg/m³2023
  • Netherlands8.59 µg/m³2023
  • United States6.97 µg/m³2023
Hydro electricityEG.ELC.HYRO.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.96.18%2021
  • Italy20.2%2024
  • Spain14.18%2024
  • China13.47%2023
  • United States5.83%2024
  • Germany5.66%2024
  • United Kingdom2.75%2024
  • Netherlands0.07%2024
Coal electricityEG.ELC.COAL.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China61.34%2023
  • Germany23.53%2024
  • United States15.69%2024
  • Netherlands8.16%2024
  • Italy1.76%2024
  • Spain1.2%2024
  • United Kingdom0.94%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.0%2021
Gas electricityEG.ELC.NGAS.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy43.75%2024
  • United States41.97%2024
  • Netherlands35.76%2024
  • United Kingdom30.5%2024
  • Spain18.18%2024
  • Germany17.48%2024
  • China2.97%2023
  • Cent. African Rep.0%2021
Oil electricityEG.ELC.PETR.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.3.53%2021
  • Spain3.17%2024
  • Italy3.16%2024
  • Netherlands1.09%2024
  • Germany0.96%2024
  • United States0.67%2024
  • United Kingdom0.6%2024
  • China0.1%2023
Energy importsEG.IMP.CONS.ZS · %
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands87.02%2023
  • Italy79.6%2023
  • Spain76.98%2023
  • Germany70.49%2023
  • United Kingdom44.04%2023
  • China23.96%2023
  • United States-9%2023
Electricity per capitaEG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC · kWh
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States12,839 kWh2024
  • China6,523.72 kWh2023
  • Netherlands6,386.37 kWh2024
  • Germany6,109.09 kWh2024
  • Spain5,196.11 kWh2024
  • Italy5,136.68 kWh2024
  • United Kingdom4,194.89 kWh2024
Protected areasER.PTD.TOTL.ZS · %
20132025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom42.1%2025
  • Germany40%2025
  • Netherlands29.8%2025
  • Spain22.1%2025
  • United States15.8%2025
  • Italy14.8%2025
  • Cent. African Rep.14.8%2025
  • China14.7%2025
PrecipitationAG.LND.PRCP.MM · mm
19612022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.1,343 mm2022
  • United Kingdom1,220 mm2022
  • Italy832 mm2022
  • Netherlands778 mm2022
  • United States715 mm2022
  • Germany700 mm2022
  • China645 mm2022
  • Spain636 mm2022
Renewable water / capitaER.H2O.INTR.PC · m³
19612022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.27,658 m³2022
  • United States8,437.22 m³2022
  • Italy3,092.5 m³2022
  • Spain2,327.04 m³2022
  • United Kingdom2,143.83 m³2022
  • China1,991.89 m³2022
  • Germany1,286.4 m³2022
  • Netherlands621.43 m³2022

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