Environment in Greenland

825 indicators covering environment for Greenland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita 0.15 kg/cap 2024 up 7.1% 136th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 11 t 2024 down 35.3% 182nd
Wood charcoal — Import value 13 1000 USD 2024 down 50.0% 184th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 23.92 t 2024 up 44.0% 204th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.2% 2024 up 40.0% 146th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 53,909.1% 2024 up 23.6% 1st
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 150.0% 2024 up 9.8% 32nd
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 979.1% 2024 up 23.5% 4th
Coal rents 0.0% 2020 71st
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 9 t 2024 up 12.5% 187th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 1 t 2024 unchanged 186th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 1 t 2024 unchanged 172nd
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 6 t 2024 up 20.0% 168th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 78th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 95th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 1 t 2024 97th
Forest land — Share in Land area 0 % 2024 248th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2023 down 100.0% 151st
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 100.0% 152nd
Other land — Area 40,802 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% 27th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 0 t 2024 141st
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 141st
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 134th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 338 t 2024 up 61.0% 175th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 1,461 1000 USD 2024 up 98.8% 146th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 300.0% 153rd
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 60.0% 157th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 1.64 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 10.1% 200th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 0 t 2024 126th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 124th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 90 m3 2024 up 210.3% 105th
Wood fuel — Import value 95 1000 USD 2024 up 375.0% 76th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 0 Square kilometres 2023 177th
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 148th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 148th
Land use hidden — Forest 2.2 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 190th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 2.2 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 149th
Wood residues — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 186th
Wood residues — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 180th
Wood residues — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 132nd
Wood residues — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 130th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 29 m3 2024 down 44.2% 174th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 95.7% 201st
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste 0.0011 Mt CO2e 2024 up 10.0% 64th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 494 m3 2024 129th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import value 98 1000 USD 2024 133rd
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import quantity 494 m3 2024 129th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import value 98 1000 USD 2024 133rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 29 m3 2024 up 163.6% 163rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 1 1000 USD 2024 down 66.7% 190th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 158th
Wood chips and particles — Import quantity 12 m3 2024 up 500.0% 141st
Wood chips and particles — Import value 32 1000 USD 2024 up 3,100.0% 120th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 157th
Particle board — Import quantity 56 m3 2024 up 460.0% 209th
Particle board — Import value 102 1000 USD 2024 up 277.8% 191st
Exposure to air pollution from human sources 0.83 micrograms per cubic meter 2024 down 35.2% 236th
Exposure to outdoor air pollution 1.1 µg/m³ 2024 down 38.9% 241st
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 118th