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26 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Malaysia. 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
8United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Malaysia
Period covered
1961 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
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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
  • Malaysia8.32 t CO2e2024
  • South Africa6.88 t CO2e2024
  • Netherlands6.6 t CO2e2024
  • Italy5.08 t CO2e2024
  • Spain4.51 t CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom4.22 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
  • South Africa440.17 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy299.23 Mt CO2e2024
  • Malaysia295.95 Mt CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom292.42 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain220.08 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands118.79 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
  • South Africa93.23 Mt CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom58.88 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy44.9 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain42.81 Mt CO2e2024
  • Malaysia26.26 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands17.05 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
  • United Kingdom25.62 Mt CO2e2024
  • South Africa19.05 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain18.87 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy12.93 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands7.91 Mt CO2e2024
  • Malaysia7.45 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
  • Malaysia3,008.82 kg2023
  • China2,850.94 kg2023
  • Spain2,303.61 kg2024
  • Italy2,231.2 kg2024
  • United Kingdom2,069.38 kg2024
  • South Africa1,938.51 kg2023
Forest areaAG.LND.FRST.ZS · %
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Malaysia57.72%2023
  • Spain37.19%2023
  • United States33.87%2023
  • Italy32.89%2023
  • China24.03%2023
  • South Africa13.97%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
  • Malaysia189,636 km²2023
  • Spain185,850 km²2023
  • South Africa169,409 km²2023
  • Italy97,276 km²2023
  • United Kingdom32,154 km²2023
  • Netherlands3,723.04 km²2023
Electricity accessEG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom100%2024
  • Italy100%2024
  • Spain100%2024
  • Netherlands100%2024
  • United States100%2024
  • China100%2024
  • Malaysia100%2024
  • South Africa90.2%2024
Renewable energyEG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · %
19902021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain19%2021
  • Italy17.5%2021
  • China15.2%2021
  • United Kingdom12.2%2021
  • Netherlands12.2%2021
  • United States10.9%2021
  • South Africa9.7%2021
  • Malaysia7.5%2021
Renewable electricityEG.ELC.RNEW.ZS · %
19902021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain47.01%2021
  • Italy40.97%2021
  • United Kingdom40.2%2021
  • Netherlands33.13%2021
  • China28.43%2021
  • United States20.27%2021
  • Malaysia17%2021
  • South Africa6.45%2021
Fossil electricityEG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · %
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa85.14%2023
  • Malaysia81.57%2022
  • China64.4%2023
  • United States59.3%2023
  • Italy54.23%2023
  • Netherlands47.96%2023
  • United Kingdom37.06%2023
  • Spain27.29%2023
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
  • South Africa3.73%2023
  • Netherlands2.89%2024
  • Italy0%2021
  • Malaysia0%2021
Climate disastersEN.CLC.MDAT.ZS
2009

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China7.952009
  • South Africa1.812009
  • Spain0.732009
  • United States0.212009
  • Malaysia0.12009
  • United Kingdom0.032009
  • Italy0.012009
  • Netherlands02009
Agricultural landAG.LND.AGRI.ZS · %
19612023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa79.42%2023
  • United Kingdom70.31%2023
  • China55.43%2023
  • Netherlands53.55%2023
  • Spain49.58%2023
  • United States46.08%2023
  • Italy44.26%2023
  • Malaysia26.09%2023
Freshwater withdrawalsER.H2O.FWTL.ZS · %
19702022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands74.86%2022
  • South Africa47.12%2022
  • Spain26.1%2022
  • China20.21%2022
  • Italy18.51%2022
  • United States15.77%2022
  • United Kingdom5.81%2022
  • Malaysia1.16%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
  • Netherlands6,805.7 kg/ha2024
  • China6,418.1 kg/ha2023
  • Italy5,059.4 kg/ha2023
  • South Africa4,562 kg/ha2024
  • Spain3,785.9 kg/ha2024
  • Malaysia3,523.7 kg/ha2023
PM2.5 pollutionEN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · µg/m³
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China31.99 µg/m³2023
  • South Africa27.72 µg/m³2023
  • Malaysia15.87 µg/m³2023
  • Italy14.29 µg/m³2023
  • Spain10.08 µg/m³2023
  • United Kingdom9.46 µg/m³2023
  • Netherlands8.59 µg/m³2023
  • United States6.97 µg/m³2023
Hydro electricityEG.ELC.HYRO.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy20.2%2024
  • Malaysia16.53%2023
  • Spain14.18%2024
  • China13.47%2023
  • United States5.83%2024
  • South Africa2.91%2023
  • United Kingdom2.75%2024
  • Netherlands0.07%2024
Coal electricityEG.ELC.COAL.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa81.6%2023
  • China61.34%2023
  • Malaysia45.02%2023
  • United States15.69%2024
  • Netherlands8.16%2024
  • Italy1.76%2024
  • Spain1.2%2024
  • United Kingdom0.94%2024
Gas electricityEG.ELC.NGAS.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy43.75%2024
  • United States41.97%2024
  • Netherlands35.76%2024
  • Malaysia34.94%2023
  • United Kingdom30.5%2024
  • Spain18.18%2024
  • China2.97%2023
  • South Africa0%2021
Oil electricityEG.ELC.PETR.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa3.54%2023
  • Spain3.17%2024
  • Italy3.16%2024
  • Netherlands1.09%2024
  • Malaysia1.06%2023
  • 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
  • United Kingdom44.04%2023
  • China23.96%2023
  • Malaysia-0.58%2022
  • United States-9%2023
  • South Africa-12.51%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
  • Spain5,196.11 kWh2024
  • Italy5,136.68 kWh2024
  • Malaysia5,083.71 kWh2023
  • United Kingdom4,194.89 kWh2024
  • South Africa3,247.15 kWh2023
Protected areasER.PTD.TOTL.ZS · %
20132025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom42.1%2025
  • Netherlands29.8%2025
  • Spain22.1%2025
  • United States15.8%2025
  • Italy14.8%2025
  • China14.7%2025
  • South Africa12.9%2025
  • Malaysia8.4%2025
PrecipitationAG.LND.PRCP.MM · mm
19612022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Malaysia2,875 mm2022
  • United Kingdom1,220 mm2022
  • Italy832 mm2022
  • Netherlands778 mm2022
  • United States715 mm2022
  • China645 mm2022
  • Spain636 mm2022
  • South Africa495 mm2022
Renewable water / capitaER.H2O.INTR.PC · m³
19612022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Malaysia16,717 m³2022
  • United States8,437.22 m³2022
  • Italy3,092.5 m³2022
  • Spain2,327.04 m³2022
  • United Kingdom2,143.83 m³2022
  • China1,991.89 m³2022
  • South Africa718.2 m³2022
  • Netherlands621.43 m³2022

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