26 World Bank indicators, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China. Each tile shows the annual series since 1960 and the latest known value for each country. Hover a chart to read a given year.
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Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft...
Forest area
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France32.48%2023
Germany32.68%2023
United Kingdom13.29%2023
Italy32.89%2023
Spain37.19%2023
Netherlands11.06%2023
United States33.87%2023
China24.03%2023
Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production...
Total forest area
AG.LND.FRST.K2 · km²
Latest known value by country
France175,032 km²2023
Germany114,190 km²2023
United Kingdom32,154 km²2023
Italy97,276 km²2023
Spain185,850 km²2023
Netherlands3,723.04 km²2023
United States3.1 m km²2023
China2.26 m km²2023
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and...
Electricity access
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France100%2024
Germany100%2024
United Kingdom100%2024
Italy100%2024
Spain100%2024
Netherlands100%2024
United States100%2024
China100%2024
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity.
Renewable energy
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France16.2%2021
Germany17.6%2021
United Kingdom12.2%2021
Italy17.5%2021
Spain19%2021
Netherlands12.2%2021
United States10.9%2021
China15.2%2021
Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.
Renewable electricity
EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France22.8%2021
Germany39.83%2021
United Kingdom40.2%2021
Italy40.97%2021
Spain47.01%2021
Netherlands33.13%2021
United States20.27%2021
China28.43%2021
Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.
Fossil electricity
EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France7.44%2023
Germany43.2%2023
United Kingdom37.06%2023
Italy54.23%2023
Spain27.29%2023
Netherlands47.96%2023
United States59.3%2023
China64.4%2023
The share of electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production.
Nuclear electricity
EG.ELC.NUCL.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France66.8%2024
Germany1.41%2023
United Kingdom14.22%2024
Italy0%2021
Spain18.94%2024
Netherlands2.89%2024
United States17.74%2024
China4.55%2023
The share of electricity production from nuclear sources of total electricity production.
Climate disasters
EN.CLC.MDAT.ZS
Latest known value by country
France0.012009
Germany0.032009
United Kingdom0.032009
Italy0.012009
Spain0.732009
Netherlands02009
United States0.212009
China7.952009
Droughts, floods and extreme temperatures is the annual average percentage of the population that is affected by natural disasters classified as either droughts, floods, or extreme temperature events.
Agricultural land
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France52.5%2023
Germany47.47%2023
United Kingdom70.31%2023
Italy44.26%2023
Spain49.58%2023
Netherlands53.55%2023
United States46.08%2023
China55.43%2023
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures.
Freshwater withdrawals
ER.H2O.FWTL.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France12.21%2022
Germany24.11%2022
United Kingdom5.81%2022
Italy18.51%2022
Spain26.1%2022
Netherlands74.86%2022
United States15.77%2022
China20.21%2022
Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins.
Cereal yield
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · kg/ha
Latest known value by country
France6,280.8 kg/ha2024
Germany7,007.3 kg/ha2023
United Kingdom7,137.9 kg/ha2023
Italy5,059.4 kg/ha2023
Spain3,785.9 kg/ha2024
Netherlands6,805.7 kg/ha2024
United States8,413.5 kg/ha2024
China6,418.1 kg/ha2023
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains.
PM2.5 pollution
EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · µg/m³
Latest known value by country
France8.23 µg/m³2023
Germany8.81 µg/m³2023
United Kingdom9.46 µg/m³2023
Italy14.29 µg/m³2023
Spain10.08 µg/m³2023
Netherlands8.59 µg/m³2023
United States6.97 µg/m³2023
China31.99 µg/m³2023
Population-weighted exposure to ambient PM2.5 pollution is defined as the average level of exposure of a nation's population to concentrations of suspended particles measuring less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic...
Hydro electricity
EG.ELC.HYRO.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France13.6%2024
Germany5.66%2024
United Kingdom2.75%2024
Italy20.2%2024
Spain14.18%2024
Netherlands0.07%2024
United States5.83%2024
China13.47%2023
The share of electricity production from hydroelectric sources of total electricity production.
Coal electricity
EG.ELC.COAL.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France0.36%2024
Germany23.53%2024
United Kingdom0.94%2024
Italy1.76%2024
Spain1.2%2024
Netherlands8.16%2024
United States15.69%2024
China61.34%2023
The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production.
Gas electricity
EG.ELC.NGAS.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France3.11%2024
Germany17.48%2024
United Kingdom30.5%2024
Italy43.75%2024
Spain18.18%2024
Netherlands35.76%2024
United States41.97%2024
China2.97%2023
The share of electricity production from natural gas sources of total electricity production.
Oil electricity
EG.ELC.PETR.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France1.23%2024
Germany0.96%2024
United Kingdom0.6%2024
Italy3.16%2024
Spain3.17%2024
Netherlands1.09%2024
United States0.67%2024
China0.1%2023
The share of electricity production from oil sources of total electricity production.
Energy imports
EG.IMP.CONS.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France47.13%2023
Germany70.49%2023
United Kingdom44.04%2023
Italy79.6%2023
Spain76.98%2023
Netherlands87.02%2023
United States-9%2023
China23.96%2023
Net energy imports are estimated as gross imports less gross exports, both measured in tons of oil equivalents (toe).
Electricity per capita
EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC · kWh
Latest known value by country
France6,447.21 kWh2024
Germany6,109.09 kWh2024
United Kingdom4,194.89 kWh2024
Italy5,136.68 kWh2024
Spain5,196.11 kWh2024
Netherlands6,386.37 kWh2024
United States12,839 kWh2024
China6,523.72 kWh2023
Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Protected areas
ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
France36.7%2025
Germany40%2025
United Kingdom42.1%2025
Italy14.8%2025
Spain22.1%2025
Netherlands29.8%2025
United States15.8%2025
China14.7%2025
Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural...
Precipitation
AG.LND.PRCP.MM · mm
Latest known value by country
France867 mm2022
Germany700 mm2022
United Kingdom1,220 mm2022
Italy832 mm2022
Spain636 mm2022
Netherlands778 mm2022
United States715 mm2022
China645 mm2022
Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country.
Renewable water / capita
ER.H2O.INTR.PC · m³
Latest known value by country
France2,933.22 m³2022
Germany1,286.4 m³2022
United Kingdom2,143.83 m³2022
Italy3,092.5 m³2022
Spain2,327.04 m³2022
Netherlands621.43 m³2022
United States8,437.22 m³2022
China1,991.89 m³2022
Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country.
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