Environment Statistics

These snapshots provide data about the environment and other related statistics at a point in time that will allow comparison between countries. For up to date data, time series, downloadable data, and additional information, please visit original sources. UNSD is not responsible for the quality, completeness / availability, and validity of data obtained from other data providers. Original sources should be cited when Environment Statistics Country Snapshot data are referenced. A list of sources and corresponding URLs are shown below.

Data Sources

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Database
Fish catch, Change in fish catch from previous year, Agricultural land, Arable land as a % of agric. land, Permanent crops as a % of agric. land, Permanent meadows and pastures as a % of agric. land, Change in agricultural land area since 1990, Forest area, and Change in forest area since 1990 data are extracted from FAO.
FAOSTAT: http://faostat.fao.org/

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Number of threatened species data are extracted from the IUCN.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/

UNdata
GDP growth rate from previous year, and GDP per capita (at current prices) data are retrieved from the UNdata portal.
http://data.un.org/

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects
All 'per capita' variables use population data obtained from this source. Population and Population growth rate from previous year data are also retrieved from this source.
http://www.un.org/esa/population/

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat
SO₂ emissions, SO₂ per capita emissions, NO_x emissions, NO_x per capita emissions, CO₂ emissions, CO₂ emissions per capita, GHG emissions and GHG per capita are obtained from the UNFCCC
http://unfccc.int/ghg_emissions_data/items/3800.php

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Demographic Statistics Yearbook
Total area data are extracted from this source.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Energy Statistics Database
Energy consumption, Energy consumption per capita, Energy use intensity (MJ per USD constant 2011 PPP GDP) and Renewable electricity production figures are extracted from the UNSD Energy Statistics Database.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy/default.htm

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Environment Statistics Database
Total population served by municipal waste collection, Municipal waste collected, Hazardous waste generated per capita, Proportion of hazardous waste treated or disposed, Proportion of municipal waste recycled, Renewable freshwater resources per capita, Proportion of wastewater treated and Proportion of freshwater abstracted data are extracted from the UNSD Environment Statistics Database (note: database also includes data from OECD and Eurostat).
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/qindicators.htm

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicators Global Database
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected are extracted from the SDG database.
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Database
% value added - agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing; and % value added - mining, manufacturing, utilities are obtained from the National Accounts Main Aggregates Database, according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC).
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/introduction.asp

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* For further information on data retrieved from sources, please visit the original data provider.