Topic · World Bank · WHO · OECD
Environment
Emissions, energy, forests, water access, and environmental sustainability.
- 5
- Indicators
- 217
- Countries with data
Environment · thin shelf
5 environment indicators on a narrow shelf - Palau tops co2 emissions per capita.
- 5
- environment indicators
- #1
- Palau · CO2 Emissions Per Capita
- narrow
- shelf vs other topics
Each indicator below shows the current top five; open any one for the full world ranking with the data year for every country.
High-income share among 217 countries with environment data
World Bank income-group counts among countries that have at least one ranking row for an indicator in this topic. Segments sum to 217 - coverage shape, not a living-standard ranking.
Reading Environment
This is a narrow environment shelf - only 5 indicators - so each card below carries more weight than on a wide topic. Treat the set as one reading, not 5 unrelated headlines.
Environment currently publishes 5 indicators (CO2 Emissions Per Capita, Electric Power Consumption, Forest Area, Freshwater Withdrawal) from World Bank Open Data. Emissions, energy, forests, water access, and environmental sustainability. Palau currently leads co2 emissions per capita at 82.8.
Among the 217 countries with at least one environment ranking row, high-income economies are a large share of the coverage set. Sparse shelves like this often skew toward reporters that publish on schedule - missing rows are unpublished, never filled.
Cite the year on each full ranking when you reuse a figure. We do not impute or carry forward stale environment values - a blank cell means the source has not published yet.
Source: World Bank Open Data
Nearby shelves by indicator count
Closest topic widths to this 5-indicator shelf (not a fixed roster).
- Infrastructure · 5 indicators
- Education · 6 indicators
- Social · 6 indicators
CO2 Emissions Per Capita
metric tons CO2e| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 82.8 |
| 2 | Qatar | 47.3 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 23.9 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 23.7 |
| 5 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.2 |
Electric Power Consumption
kWh per capitaForest Area
% of land area| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 94.4% |
| 2 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 92.2% |
| 3 | Gabon | 91.2% |
| 4 | Palau | 90.5% |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 90.1% |
Freshwater Withdrawal
% of resources| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 7750.0% |
| 2 | Bahrain | 3877.5% |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 1868.0% |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 1509.9% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 974.2% |
Renewable Energy Consumption
% of total| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 96.3% |
| 2 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 95.4% |
| 3 | Liberia | 92.8% |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.3% |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 90.9% |
Next read: Infrastructure (5 indicators) · full co2 emissions per capita ranking . Reporting years differ by country and indicator; unavailable values are omitted rather than estimated.
What to do with these Environment indicators
A single shelf rarely tells the whole story -- use it as a starting point, not a verdict.
- Open the full co2 emissions per capita ranking to see every country, not just the top rows shown here. CO2 Emissions Per Capita ranking
- Put any two countries side by side across every tracked indicator. Compare countries
- Browse the infrastructure shelf (5 indicators) for the next adjacent topic. Infrastructure
Reporting years differ by country and indicator; unavailable values are omitted rather than estimated.
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