Environment in Germany

4,421 indicators covering environment for Germany.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of forest area within protected areas 28.9% 2025 unchanged 66th
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 28.9% 2025 unchanged 64th
Italy — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 1.40 million 1000 USD 2018 down 19.2% 1st
United States of America — Forest products (export/import) — Export 1.14 million 1000 USD 2018 up 6.7% 4th
Biogasoline — Energy production 16,616 TJ 2024 down 12.6% 10th
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste 99.36 Index 2024 up 2.7% 28th
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 1.24 million m3 2018 up 2.2% 11th
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 49,362 t 2018 up 393.6% 3rd
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 37,860 1000 USD 2018 up 43.1% 3rd
Biodiesel — Energy consumption 110.4 TJ 2024 down 99.9% 45th
Total FAO — Fibreboard — Export Quantity 3.32 million m3 2018 down 27.3% 1st
Wood pellets — Production 3.70 million t 2024 up 78.1% 4th
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 46,998 1000 USD 2018 up 8.3% 10th
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Black liquor — Energy production 27,469 TJ 2024 down 15.5% 13th
South Africa — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 23,216 1000 USD 2018 down 66.0% 12th
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 473,363 m3 2018 down 45.6% 8th
Total FAO — Fibreboard — Export Value 1.98 million 1000 USD 2018 down 12.2% 1st
Hazardous pesticides — Export quantity 70.29 t 2024 down 94.2% 31st
Hazardous pesticides — Export value 703.98 1000 USD 2024 down 92.5% 24th
Japan — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 22,075 1000 USD 2018 down 31.4% 12th
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Value -1,223 1000 USD 2018 down 106.1% 115th
Others (adjustment) — Fibreboard — Export Quantity -627,125 m3 2018 down 265.6% 123rd
Disinfectants, etc — Export quantity 164,460 t 2006 up 176.1% 1st
Rail lines density (total route in km per 100 square km of land area) 9.3 km 2021 down 1.1% 5th
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 200,250 t 2018 down 2.7% 3rd
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 192,330 1000 USD 2018 down 17.8% 3rd
Others (adjustment) — Fibreboard — Export Value 11,190 1000 USD 2018 down 79.8% 5th
Insecticides – Pyrethroids — Agricultural Use 146 t 2024 up 9.0% 21st
Unspecified Area — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 38 t 2018 down 91.6% 79th
Unspecified Area — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 378 1000 USD 2018 down 83.5% 48th
Urea and ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) — Export value 27,826 1000 USD 2024 down 26.8% 9th
Urea and ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) — Export quantity 120,790 t 2024 down 18.0% 10th
Ozone (O₃) concentration 55 ppb 2015 down 1.8% 92nd
Salts of Pentachlorophenol — Import quantity 2,679 t 2024 down 9.8% 7th
Salts of Pentachlorophenol — Import value 7,846 1000 USD 2024 down 41.2% 9th
Insecticides – Organo-phosphates — Agricultural Use 8 t 2024 down 93.9% 59th
Black liquor — Energy consumption 27,469 TJ 2024 down 15.5% 13th
Russian Federation — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 89,736 t 2018 up 45.4% 7th
Russian Federation — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 70,275 1000 USD 2018 up 44.8% 8th
Switzerland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 461,784 t 2018 down 40.0% 1st
Switzerland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 338,725 1000 USD 2018 down 64.4% 1st
India — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 191,179 1000 USD 2018 up 11.2% 11th
Coastal protection 62.19 2025 unchanged 121st
FDI inflows to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Value US$ 0 million USD 2022 down 100.0% 71st
Insecticides - nes — Agricultural Use 17,411 t 2024 up 40.1% 1st
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export quantity 0 t 2016 down 100.0% 38th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2016 down 100.0% 37th
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Export 3.78 million m3 2018 down 31.0% 6th
Superphosphates, other — Import quantity 892.23 t 2024 up 127.0% 43rd
Superphosphates, other — Import value 261.6 1000 USD 2024 up 238.7% 50th
Unspecified Area — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 56,763 1000 USD 2018 down 71.2% 14th
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Area 554 1000 ha 2024 up 40.5% 37th
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land 3.34 % 2024 up 41.5% 54th
FDI inflows to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Value US$, 2015 0 million USD 2022 down 100.0% 70th
FDI inflows to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total FDI 0 % 2022 down 100.0% 70th
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Export 317,977 1000 USD 2018 down 42.4% 6th
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Production 601,415 t 2024 up 71.8% 1st
Biodiesel — Energy production 132,480 TJ 2024 up 7.4% 6th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Forest 1.29 million 1000 USD 2018 down 25.3% 2nd