Environment in Germany

4,421 indicators covering environment for Germany.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.81 kg/ha 2024 down 0.3% 69th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 185,288 t 2024 up 3.5% 8th
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 433,306 t 2024 down 4.3% 4th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -61.1% 2024 down 15.6% 198th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -42.7% 2024 down 85.0% 183rd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -54.5% 2024 down 30.5% 200th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF -45.4% 2024 down 66.8% 191st
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 down 87.4% 50th
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre 28.36 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 17.1% 5th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.2323 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% 21st
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 45,174 t 2024 down 2.0% 15th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 17,695 t 2024 up 37.2% 7th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 10,730 t 2024 down 17.0% 18th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 14,422 t 2024 down 19.3% 14th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 102,102 t 2024 up 98.3% 34th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 9 t 2024 down 40.0% 39th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 25.76 % change on previous year 2024 up 1,117.9% 44th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 2,124 t 2024 down 2.2% 9th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 195 t 2024 down 3.5% 42nd
Forest land — Share in Land area 32.84 % 2024 up 0.2% 127th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.5% 17th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.3% 16th
Other land — Area 5,190 1000 ha 2024 up 1.2% 83rd
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.93 g/Int$ 2024 up 10.7% 82nd
Solid biofuels — Energy production 526,553 TJ 2024 up 3.5% 14th
Fuelwood — Energy production 480,420 TJ 2024 up 3.3% 11th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 1.17 million t 2024 up 5.9% 13th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 974,999 1000 USD 2024 up 22.9% 12th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% 57th
Veneer sheets — Production 112,492 m3 2024 up 15.2% 36th
Recovered paper — Export value 302,961 1000 USD 2024 down 24.1% 7th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 1.74 million t 2024 down 29.6% 9th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 1.01 million TJ 2024 up 5.9% 9th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 12,739 t 2024 down 85.9% 14th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 23,237 1000 USD 2024 down 79.3% 12th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 405,130 TJ 2024 up 2.0% 13th
Municipal water withdrawal 9.55 billion cubic meters 2023 down 13.3% 12th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 355,782 TJ 2024 up 2.7% 11th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 489,441 TJ 2024 down 13.8% 13th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 192,000 t 2024 down 14.0% 4th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 320,156 1000 USD 2024 down 17.7% 4th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 0.6217 Mt CO2e 2024 down 48.1% 35th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 7.14 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 20.4% 7th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 9.83 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% 6th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 6.75 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 21.6% 7th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 9.35 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.5% 6th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 8.81 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 35.0% 163rd
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate -2.38 % change on previous year 2024 up 86.0% 75th
Charcoal — Energy production 973.5 TJ 2024 unchanged 67th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 1.07 million t 2024 up 3.8% 13th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 828,906 1000 USD 2024 up 23.0% 12th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 115,651 m3 2024 down 85.1% 14th
Wood fuel — Import value 23,267 1000 USD 2024 down 57.5% 8th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 57,095 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% 64th
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 8.25 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 20.8% 6th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 10.85 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.7% 6th
Land use hidden — Forest 114,190 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% 47th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 57,095 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% 11th
Wood residues — Import quantity 946,641 m3 2024 down 64.5% 4th
Wood residues — Import value 45,339 1000 USD 2024 down 56.6% 2nd