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26 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Egypt, North Korea. 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, Egypt, North Korea
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
  • Netherlands6.6 t CO2e2024
  • Italy5.08 t CO2e2024
  • Spain4.51 t CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom4.22 t CO2e2024
  • Egypt2.5 t CO2e2024
  • North Korea2.5 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
  • Italy299.23 Mt CO2e2024
  • United Kingdom292.42 Mt CO2e2024
  • Egypt291.64 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain220.08 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands118.79 Mt CO2e2024
  • North Korea66.24 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
  • Egypt57.53 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy44.9 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain42.81 Mt CO2e2024
  • North Korea20.12 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
  • Egypt19.37 Mt CO2e2024
  • Spain18.87 Mt CO2e2024
  • Italy12.93 Mt CO2e2024
  • Netherlands7.91 Mt CO2e2024
  • North Korea1.69 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
  • Spain2,303.61 kg2024
  • Italy2,231.2 kg2024
  • United Kingdom2,069.38 kg2024
  • Egypt928.39 kg2023
  • North Korea664.87 kg2023
Forest areaAG.LND.FRST.ZS · %
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • North Korea49.55%2023
  • Spain37.19%2023
  • United States33.87%2023
  • Italy32.89%2023
  • China24.03%2023
  • United Kingdom13.29%2023
  • Netherlands11.06%2023
  • Egypt0.05%2023
Total forest areaAG.LND.FRST.K2 · km²
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States3.1 m km²2023
  • China2.26 m km²2023
  • Spain185,850 km²2023
  • Italy97,276 km²2023
  • North Korea59,664 km²2023
  • United Kingdom32,154 km²2023
  • Netherlands3,723.04 km²2023
  • Egypt449.8 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
  • Egypt100%2024
  • North Korea61.4%2024
Renewable energyEG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · %
19902021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain19%2021
  • Italy17.5%2021
  • China15.2%2021
  • North Korea14.7%2021
  • United Kingdom12.2%2021
  • Netherlands12.2%2021
  • United States10.9%2021
  • Egypt6.1%2021
Renewable electricityEG.ELC.RNEW.ZS · %
19902021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • North Korea63.08%2021
  • Spain47.01%2021
  • Italy40.97%2021
  • United Kingdom40.2%2021
  • Netherlands33.13%2021
  • China28.43%2021
  • United States20.27%2021
  • Egypt12.2%2021
Fossil electricityEG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · %
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Egypt87.24%2023
  • China64.4%2023
  • United States59.3%2023
  • Italy54.23%2023
  • Netherlands47.96%2023
  • United Kingdom37.06%2023
  • North Korea37.03%2022
  • 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
  • Netherlands2.89%2024
  • Italy0%2021
  • Egypt0%2021
  • North Korea0%2021
Climate disastersEN.CLC.MDAT.ZS
2009

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China7.952009
  • North Korea2.52009
  • Spain0.732009
  • United States0.212009
  • United Kingdom0.032009
  • Egypt0.012009
  • 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
  • United States46.08%2023
  • Italy44.26%2023
  • North Korea21.55%2023
  • Egypt4.08%2023
Freshwater withdrawalsER.H2O.FWTL.ZS · %
19702022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Egypt7,750%2022
  • Netherlands74.86%2022
  • Spain26.1%2022
  • China20.21%2022
  • Italy18.51%2022
  • United States15.77%2022
  • North Korea12.92%2022
  • United Kingdom5.81%2022
Cereal yieldAG.YLD.CREL.KG · kg/ha
19612024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States8,413.5 kg/ha2024
  • Egypt7,402.2 kg/ha2023
  • United Kingdom7,137.9 kg/ha2023
  • Netherlands6,805.7 kg/ha2024
  • China6,418.1 kg/ha2023
  • Italy5,059.4 kg/ha2023
  • Spain3,785.9 kg/ha2024
  • North Korea3,609.8 kg/ha2024
PM2.5 pollutionEN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · µg/m³
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Egypt43.15 µg/m³2023
  • China31.99 µg/m³2023
  • North Korea21.78 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

  • North Korea62.78%2023
  • Italy20.2%2024
  • Spain14.18%2024
  • China13.47%2023
  • Egypt7.19%2023
  • United States5.83%2024
  • United Kingdom2.75%2024
  • Netherlands0.07%2024
Coal electricityEG.ELC.COAL.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China61.34%2023
  • North Korea33.61%2023
  • United States15.69%2024
  • Netherlands8.16%2024
  • Italy1.76%2024
  • Spain1.2%2024
  • United Kingdom0.94%2024
  • Egypt0%2021
Gas electricityEG.ELC.NGAS.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Egypt75.82%2023
  • Italy43.75%2024
  • United States41.97%2024
  • Netherlands35.76%2024
  • United Kingdom30.5%2024
  • Spain18.18%2024
  • China2.97%2023
  • North Korea0%2021
Oil electricityEG.ELC.PETR.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Egypt11.42%2023
  • Spain3.17%2024
  • Italy3.16%2024
  • North Korea2.94%2023
  • Netherlands1.09%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
  • United Kingdom44.04%2023
  • China23.96%2023
  • Egypt20.26%2023
  • North Korea4.9%2022
  • 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
  • Spain5,196.11 kWh2024
  • Italy5,136.68 kWh2024
  • United Kingdom4,194.89 kWh2024
  • Egypt1,492.9 kWh2023
  • North Korea788.59 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
  • Egypt11.6%2025
  • North Korea1.3%2025
PrecipitationAG.LND.PRCP.MM · mm
19612022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom1,220 mm2022
  • North Korea1,054 mm2022
  • Italy832 mm2022
  • Netherlands778 mm2022
  • United States715 mm2022
  • China645 mm2022
  • Spain636 mm2022
  • Egypt18.1 mm2022
Renewable water / capitaER.H2O.INTR.PC · m³
19612022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States8,437.22 m³2022
  • Italy3,092.5 m³2022
  • North Korea2,544.74 m³2022
  • Spain2,327.04 m³2022
  • United Kingdom2,143.83 m³2022
  • China1,991.89 m³2022
  • Netherlands621.43 m³2022
  • Egypt8.88 m³2022

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