Environment in Australia

3,641 indicators covering environment for Australia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.0% 2024 up 10.7% 143rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 38.1% 2024 down 11.0% 132nd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 30.9% 2024 up 35.9% 121st
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 28.4% 2024 down 4.2% 139th
Coal rents 0.8% 2021 down 66.6% 8th
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 59,634 t 2017 up 83.8% 13th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 11,060 t 2017 up 52.3% 14th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 3,672 t 2017 up 57.9% 39th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.0192 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% 52nd
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 44,581 t 2017 up 99.0% 9th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 770,165 t 2024 up 139.7% 10th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2017 78th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 27.05 % change on previous year 2024 up 88.2% 41st
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 0 t 2017 95th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 321 t 2017 down 29.3% 33rd
Forest land — Share in Land area 17.37 % 2024 up 0.9% 165th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.7% 78th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.0% 75th
Other land — Area 266,387 1000 ha 2024 up 16.0% 8th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.47 g/Int$ 2017 up 53.1% 55th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 181,445 TJ 2024 up 4.2% 41st
Fuelwood — Energy production 70,408 TJ 2024 down 15.1% 65th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 279 t 2024 down 90.7% 81st
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 133 1000 USD 2024 down 92.9% 89th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% 120th
Asses — Stocks 1,869 An 2023 down 6.5% 98th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 26,605 kg 2023 down 6.5% 101st
Asses — Manure left on pasture 26,605 kg 2023 down 6.5% 101st
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 5,321 kg 2023 down 6.5% 101st
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 7,982 kg 2023 down 6.5% 101st
Asses — Manure management 0 kg 2023 104th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 0 kg 2023 104th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 0 kg 2023 104th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 0 kg 2023 104th
Veneer sheets — Production 115,000 m3 2024 down 5.7% 35th
Recovered paper — Export value 159,330 1000 USD 2024 down 24.8% 13th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 1.03 million t 2024 down 27.3% 14th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 204,982 TJ 2024 up 2.0% 40th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 4,255 t 2024 up 85.0% 33rd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 6,064 1000 USD 2024 up 103.1% 32nd
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 161,847 TJ 2024 up 2.8% 37th
Municipal water withdrawal 2.04 billion cubic meters 2023 down 52.1% 38th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 65,606 TJ 2024 down 19.3% 52nd
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 167,601 TJ 2024 down 1.6% 38th
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2023 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 0 %LSU 2023 110th
Asses — Stocks 934.5 LSU 2023 down 6.5% 96th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 111,694 t 2024 up 13.3% 10th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 118,418 1000 USD 2024 down 18.8% 13th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 2.79 Mt CO2e 2024 up 20.7% 9th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0278 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 32.8% 89th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0358 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% 83rd
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0268 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 34.6% 85th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0348 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% 83rd
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 6.41 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 up 7.5% 181st
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate -3.63 % change on previous year 2024 down 159.0% 86th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 278 t 2024 up 175.2% 70th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 130 1000 USD 2024 up 73.3% 75th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 458 m3 2024 up 50.2% 73rd