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[Geography] Surface area (square km)
[Geography] Land area (sq. km)
[Geography] Agricultural land (% of land area)
[Geography] Forest area (sq. km)
[Geography] Forest area (% of land area)
[Geography] Coastline (km)
[Geography] Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
[Geography] Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius)
[Geography] Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
[Geography] % of those who think that water shortage is the most important environmental problem for their country
[Geography] % of those who think that water shortage is the most important environmental problem for them and their family
[Geography] % of those who think that using up natural resources is the most important environmental problem for their country
[Geography] % of those who think that using up natural resources is the most important environmental problem for them and their family
[Biodiversity] Bird species, threatened
[Biodiversity] Fish species, threatened
[Biodiversity] Mammal species, threatened
[Biodiversity] Plant species (higher), threatened
[Biodiversity] Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
[Biodiversity] Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)
[Biodiversity] % of those who think that gene modification is very dangerous for the environment
[Biodiversity] % of those who think that genetically modified foods are the most important environmental problem for their country
[Biodiversity] % of those who think that genetically modified foods are the most important environmental problem for them and their family
[Animals, environment and mankind] % of those who think that human beings developed from animals
[Animals, environment and mankind] % of those who think that animal testing is right
[Animals, environment and mankind] % of those who think that modern life harms the environment
[Animals, environment and mankind] % of those who think that environmental problems have a direct effect on their everyday life
[Animals, environment and mankind] % of those who think that people worry too much about human progress harming the environment
[Animals, environment and mankind] % of those who think that there are more important things in life than environment
[Animals, environment and mankind] % of those who think that modern science will solve our environmental problems
[Environment and economy] % of those who would cut standard of living for the environment
[Environment and economy] % of those who would pay much higher prices for the environment
[Environment and economy] % of those who agree to an increase in taxes for the environment (5 choices)
[Environment and economy] % of those who think that economic growth harms the environment
[Environment and economy] % of those who think that people prioritize the environment too much over the economy
[Environment and economy] % of those who think that economic growth is nexessary to protect the environment
[Environment and economy] % of those who would accept a reduction in the size of their country's protected nature areas
[Environment and economy] % of those who think that economic progress will slow down unless we look after the environment
[Environment and economy] % of those who would spend more money and time for the environment
[Environmental protection] Environmental Performance Index (world ranking)
[Environmental protection] Degree of concern about environmental issues
[Environmental protection] Degree of knowledge about the causes of environmental problems
[Environmental protection] % of those who find it hard to know whether the way they live is helpful or harmful to the environment
[Environmental protection] Degree of knowledge about the solutions of environmental problems
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that it is too difficult for them to do about the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who cut back car driving for the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who often reduce the energy or fuel you use at home for environmental reasons
[Environmental protection] % of those who often save or re-use water for environmental reasons
[Environmental protection] % of those who often avoid buying certain products for environmental reasons
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that they cannot protect the environment without cooperation
[Environmental protection] % of those who belong to environmental organization
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that the environment is the most important issue for their country
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that the government should regulate ordinary people for the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that the best way of getting people to protect the environment is heavy fines
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that the government should regulate businesses for the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who would like to see more government spending in the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who agree that the government is responsible for imposing strict laws to make industry do less damage to the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that the best way of getting business and industry to protect the environment is heavy fines
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that the government is successful in environmental protection
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that their country does too little to protect the world environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that international cooperation is necessary for the environment (5 choices)
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that richer countries should make more effort to protect the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who think that international bodies should have the right to enforce solutions to protect the environment
[Environmental protection] % of those who have contributed to environmental groups in the last 5 years
[Environmental protection] % of those who have signed a petition about an environmental issue in the last 5 years
[Environmental protection] % of those who have taken part in a protest or demonstration about an environmental issue in the last 5 years
[CO2 and climate change] CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes)
[CO2 and climate change] CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes)
[CO2 and climate change] CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP)
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that the worldfs climate has not been changing
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that the worldfs climate has been changing mostly due to natural processes
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that the worldfs climate has been changing about equally due to natural processes and human activity
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that the worldfs climate has been changing mostly due to human activity
[CO2 and climate change] Estimate of the impacts of climate change for the world (0-10 scale)
[CO2 and climate change] Estimate of the impacts of climate change for the country (0-10 scale)
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that global warming is very dangerous for the environment
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that global climate change is a major threat to their country
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that climate change is the most important environmental problem for their country
[CO2 and climate change] % of those whose neighbourhood was affected much by extreme weather events
[CO2 and climate change] % of those willing to change much about how to live and work to help reduce the effects of global climate change
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that making choices that help reduce the effects of global climate change is very important to be a good citizen
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that their country is dealing well with global climate change
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that the United States is dealing well with global climate change
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that the United Nations is dealing well with global climate change
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that the European Union is dealing well with global climate change
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that actions taken by the international community to address global climate change will mostly benefit their country's economy
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who think that actions taken by the international community to address global climate change will mostly harm their country's economy
[CO2 and climate change] % of those who are confident of actions taken by the international community to address global climate change
[Energy] Coal supply per capita (kg)
[Energy] Crude oil supply per capita (kg)
[Energy] Natural gas supply per capita (million J)
[Energy] Primary energy sufficiency ratio
[Energy] Renewable energy, % of primary energy supply
[Energy] % of those who think that their country should prioritize solar, wind or water power in order to meet its future energy needs
[Energy] % of those who think that their country should prioritize nuclear power in order to meet its future energy needs
[Energy] % of those who think that their country should prioritize fuels made from crops in order to meet its future energy needs
[Energy] Electric power supply per capita (kWh)
[Energy] Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, % of total
[Energy] Electricity production from hydroelectric sources, % of total
[Nuclear and radioactivity] Electricity production from nuclear sources, % of total
[Nuclear and radioactivity] % of those who think that radioactivity results to death
[Nuclear and radioactivity] % of those who think that all radioactivity is made by humans
[Nuclear and radioactivity] % of those who strongly feel the danger of a nuclear accident
[Nuclear and radioactivity] % of those who think that nuclear power station is very dangerous for the environment
[Nuclear and radioactivity] % of those who think that nuclear waste is the most important environmental problem for their country
[Nuclear and radioactivity] % of those who think that nuclear waste is the most important environmental problem for them and their family
[Nuclear and radioactivity] % of those who think that the spread of nuclear weapons is a major threat to their country
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that air pollution is the most important environmental problem for their country
[Environmental pollution] % of those whose neighbourhood was affected much by air pollution
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that air pollution caused by cars is very dangerous for the environment
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that air pollution caused by industry is very dangerous for the environment
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that water pollution is the most important environmental problem for their country
[Environmental pollution] % of those whose neighbourhood was affected much by water pollution
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that water pollution is very dangerous for the environment
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that chemicals and pesticides is the most important environmental problem for their country
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that chemicals and pesticides is the most important environmental problem for them and their family
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that pesticides and chemicals are very dangerous for the environment
[Environmental pollution] % of those who think that many claims of environmental threats are exaggerated
[Waste and cleanness] Municipal waste (kg per capita)
[Waste and cleanness] Municipal waste, % of recycling
[Waste and cleanness] Proportion of population using safely-managed sanitation services (%)
[Waste and cleanness] % of those who think that domestic waste disposal is the most important environmental problem for their country
[Waste and cleanness] % of those who think that domestic waste disposal is the most important environmental problem for them and their family
[Waste and cleanness] % of those who always sort things for recycling
Period:
2017-2021
Area:
World
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Major advanced countries
\n
Nordic and major advanced countries
\n
OECD members
\n
EU27
\n
EU+Japan
\n
Europe
\n
ASIA
\n
TPP
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Latin America
\n
Africa
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48 countries/ areas
Highlight:
(No highlight)
Japan
Nordic and Japan
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Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Republic of Korea
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Moldova
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkiye
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
1
Austria
834
2020
2
United States
811
2018
3
Norway
799
2021
4
Luxembourg
794
2021
5
Denmark
786
2021
6
Belgium
761
2021
7
New Zealand
756
2018
8
Switzerland
704
2021
9
Israel
657
2021
10
Germany
647
2021
11
Ireland
645
2020
12
Iceland
614
2020
13
Finland
609
2021
14
Czech Republic
571
2021
15
France
561
2021
16
Greece
524
2019
17
Portugal
516
2021
18
Netherlands
515
2021
19
Slovenia
511
2021
20
Slovakia
497
2021
21
Australia
496
2019
22
Italy
487
2020
23
Lithuania
483
2021
24
Spain
473
2021
25
Argentina
464
2019
25
United Kingdom
464
2021
27
Latvia
461
2021
28
Croatia
439
2021
29
Chile
436
2018
30
Republic of Korea
435
2020
31
Sweden
418
2021
32
Hungary
416
2021
33
Belarus
415
2021
33
Turkiye
415
2020
35
Bulgaria
408
2020
36
Estonia
394
2021
37
Poland
358
2021
38
Japan
330
2020
39
Costa Rica
313
2021
40
Romania
301
2021
41
Ukraine
267
2019
42
Georgia
258
2020
43
Moldova
251
2021
44
Azerbaijan
250
2021
45
Colombia
242
2018
46
Armenia
175
2021
47
China
151
2017
48
Saudi Arabia
71
2020
No data for 190 countries.
Afghanistan/ Albania/ Algeria/ American Samoa/ Andorra/ Angola/ Anguilla/ Antigua and Barbuda/ Aruba/ Bahamas/ Bahrain/ Bangladesh/ Barbados/ Belize/ Benin/ Bermuda/ Bhutan/ Bolivia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Botswana/ Brazil/ British Virgin Islands/ Brunei Darussalam/ Burkina Faso/ Burundi/ Cambodia/ Cameroon/ Canada/ Cape Verde/ Cayman Islands/ Central African Republic/ Chad/ Channel Islands/ Comoros/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Republic of Congo/ Cook Islands/ Cote dIvoire/ Cuba/ Curacao/ Cyprus/ Djibouti/ Dominica/ Dominican Republic/ Ecuador/ Egypt/ El Salvador/ Equatorial Guinea/ Eritrea/ Eswatini/ Ethiopia/ Faeroe Islands/ Falkland Islands (Malvinas)/ Fiji/ French Guiana/ French Polynesia/ Gabon/ Gambia/ Ghana/ Gibraltar/ Greenland/ Grenada/ Guadeloupe/ Guam/ Guatemala/ Guernsey/ Guinea/ Guinea-Bissau/ Guyana/ Haiti/ Holy See (Vatican City)/ Honduras/ Hong Kong, China/ India/ Indonesia/ Iran/ Iraq/ Jamaica/ Jersey/ Jordan/ Kazakhstan/ Kenya/ Kiribati/ North Korea/ Kosovo/ Kuwait/ Kyrgyzstan/ Laos/ Lebanon/ Lesotho/ Liberia/ Libya/ Liechtenstein/ Macao, China/ North Macedonia/ Madagascar/ Malawi/ Malaysia/ Maldives/ Mali/ Malta/ Man, Isle of/ Marshall Islands/ Martinique/ Mauritania/ Mauritius/ Mayotte/ Mexico/ Micronesia, Federated States of/ Monaco/ Mongolia/ Montenegro/ Montserrat/ Morocco/ Mozambique/ Myanmar (Burma)/ Namibia/ Nauru/ Nepal/ Netherlands Antilles/ New Caledonia/ Nicaragua/ Niger/ Nigeria/ Niue/ Northern Mariana Islands/ Oman/ Pakistan/ Palau/ Palestinian Territory/ Panama/ Papua New Guinea/ Paraguay/ Peru/ Philippines/ Pitcairn/ Puerto Rico/ Qatar/ Reunion/ Russian Federation/ Rwanda/ St. Helena/ St. Kitts and Nevis/ St. Lucia/ St. Martin (French part)/ St. Pierre et Miquelon/ St. Vincent and the Grenadines/ Samoa/ San Marino/ Sao Tome and Principe/ Senegal/ Serbia/ Seychelles/ Sierra Leone/ Singapore/ Sint Maarten (Dutch part)/ Solomon Islands/ Somalia/ South Africa/ South Sudan/ Sri Lanka/ Sudan/ Suriname/ Syrian Arab Republic/ Taiwan/ Tajikistan/ Tanzania/ Thailand/ Timor-Leste/ Togo/ Tokelau/ Tonga/ Trinidad and Tobago/ Tunisia/ Turkmenistan/ Turks and Caicos Islands/ Tuvalu/ Uganda/ United Arab Emirates/ Uruguay/ Uzbekistan/ Vanuatu/ Venezuela/ Viet Nam/ Virgin Islands/ Wallis and Futuna Islands/ Western Sahara/ Yemen/ Zambia/ Zimbabwe
Source
OECD Data Explorer: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment
Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data
47
Regression equation
Y = 0.002449 X +
5.268
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.417
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data
48
Regression equation
Y = 117.636318 X
-18053.474
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.760
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.578
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data
48
Regression equation
Y = 0.013026 X +
72.609
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.360
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data
48
Regression equation
Y = -0.000157 X +
1.637
Correlation coefficient (r)
-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.008
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data
48
Regression equation
Y = 0.004329 X +
7.592
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.036