Environment in Bangladesh

2,084 indicators covering environment for Bangladesh.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Production 0 t 2024 76th
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 1.76 kg/ha 2024 down 5.9% 99th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 70,740 t 2024 up 72.9% 30th
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 159.03 t 2024 up 256.8% 97th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 45.8% 2024 up 11.4% 86th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 741.0% 2024 up 76.8% 22nd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 97.4% 2024 up 8.6% 55th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 194.9% 2024 up 56.2% 47th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 down 66.5% 52nd
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre 0.1155 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 81.2% 87th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0 t per square kilometre 2023 97th
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 15,506 t 2024 down 2.2% 32nd
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 1,997 t 2024 up 25.1% 38th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 12,085 t 2024 down 10.6% 17th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 1,416 t 2024 up 92.9% 70th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 82,800 t 2024 up 34.3% 36th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 8 t 2024 down 11.1% 45th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2017 down 6.1% 119th
Forest land — Share in Land area 14.4 % 2024 down 0.6% 174th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.2% 25th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 64.7% 29th
Other land — Area 1,744 1000 ha 2024 down 14.3% 117th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.31 g/Int$ 2024 down 29.5% 137th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 617,479 TJ 2024 up 4.4% 13th
Fuelwood — Energy production 281,714 TJ 2024 up 3.2% 22nd
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 6 t 2024 down 94.2% 127th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 3 1000 USD 2024 down 97.3% 132nd
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.067 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 58.6% 1st
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 134th
Recovered paper — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 202nd
Recovered paper — Export quantity 5 t 2024 up 66.7% 206th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 617,479 TJ 2024 up 4.4% 14th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 172nd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 180th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 608,375 TJ 2024 up 4.4% 11th
Municipal water withdrawal 3.60 billion cubic meters 2023 unchanged 27th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 262,893 TJ 2024 up 3.3% 17th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 608,375 TJ 2024 up 4.4% 11th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 384 t 2024 down 54.4% 169th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 585 1000 USD 2024 down 46.0% 173rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 2.55 Mt CO2e 2024 up 19.5% 10th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 2.27 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 145.2% 15th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 2.53 t per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% 18th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 2.25 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 145.6% 15th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 2.5 t per square kilometre 2023 up 40.8% 19th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 69.25 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 up 5.8% 3rd
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate 65.65 % change on previous year 2024 up 399.2% 4th
Charcoal — Energy production 10,130 TJ 2024 up 2.8% 36th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 6 t 2024 down 94.2% 115th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 3 1000 USD 2024 down 97.3% 116th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 464 m3 2024 up 1,557.1% 70th
Wood fuel — Import value 73 1000 USD 2024 up 630.0% 81st
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 17,253 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.1% 92nd
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 2.27 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 145.5% 16th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 2.53 t per square kilometre 2023 up 41.1% 18th
Land use hidden — Forest 18,834 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% 100th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 1,581 Square kilometres 2023 up 27.9% 67th
Wood residues — Import quantity 5 m3 2024 down 93.2% 155th
Wood residues — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 180th
Industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 0.0103 m3 per person 2024 up 296.1% 124th