Environment in Northern America 1,154 indicators covering environment for Northern America. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change 2025 down 167.7% 30th Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change 2025 down 121.4% 24th Temperature change 2.49 °C 2025 up 85.0% 4th Standard Deviation 0.466 °C 2025 unchanged 5th Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t 2024 down 10.7% 7th Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t 2024 down 15.6% 7th Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t 2024 up 1.5% 6th Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t 2024 down 19.3% 6th Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 13.43 % 2024 down 5.2% 18th Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 25,911 1000 ha 2024 down 7.2% 9th Inland waters — Area 176,906 1000 ha 2024 up 10.7% 3rd Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 15.57 % 2024 up 0.9% 25th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 59.68 % 2024 up 0.8% 22nd Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 285,609 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% 14th Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.7 % 2024 up 12.9% 28th Permanent crops — Area 3,353 1000 ha 2024 up 11.1% 25th Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 39.62 % 2024 down 1.4% 10th Arable land — Area 189,620 1000 ha 2024 down 2.3% 12th Cropland — Area per capita 0.5 ha/cap 2024 down 9.1% 3rd Cropland — Share in Land area 10.52 % 2024 down 1.1% 20th Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 40.32 % 2024 down 1.2% 11th Cropland — Area 192,972 1000 ha 2024 down 2.1% 12th Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 895.27 USD_PPP/ha 2024 up 8.1% 12th Agricultural land — Share in Land area 26.09 % 2024 up 0.1% 27th Agricultural land — Area 478,582 1000 ha 2024 down 0.9% 13th Agriculture — Area 493,252 1000 ha 2024 down 0.5% 13th Land area — Area 1.83 million 1000 ha 2024 down 1.0% 11th Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% 6th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ 2024 up 1.3% 5th Pesticides (total) — Import value 3.44 million 1000 USD 2024 up 30.7% 10th Pesticides (total) — Export value 5.02 million 1000 USD 2024 up 16.7% 8th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.16 million t 2024 down 5.9% 11th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap 2024 up 1.1% 3rd Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 26.46 kg/ha 2024 up 10.8% 6th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 5.11 million t 2024 up 8.5% 5th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 2.66 million t 2024 down 8.1% 23rd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t 2024 up 2.0% 5th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha 2024 up 4.2% 7th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap 2024 down 5.0% 2nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 34.16 g/Int$ 2024 down 4.8% 4th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 2.65 million t 2024 up 105.4% 13th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 4.83 million t 2024 up 0.4% 6th Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 119.35 USD 2024 up 3.5% 14th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 25.03 kg/ha 2024 up 2.5% 8th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 12.54 kg/cap 2024 down 6.5% 4th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 8.59 million t 2024 up 115.9% 8th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 11.27 g/Int$ 2024 down 6.4% 6th Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 35.70 million m3 2024 down 18.4% 9th Other industrial roundwood — Production 13.48 million m3 2024 down 21.2% 13th Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 236.22 million m3 2024 down 1.4% 4th Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 2.86 million m3 2024 down 78.0% 17th Wood charcoal — Production 875,911 t 2024 down 10.8% 17th Wood pulp — Import value 4.90 million 1000 USD 2024 up 30.7% 7th Wood pulp — Import quantity 6.81 million t 2024 up 12.7% 7th Pulp for paper — Import value 4.60 million 1000 USD 2024 up 30.4% 7th Pulp for paper — Import quantity 6.53 million t 2024 up 10.8% 7th Total fibre furnish — Import value 4.92 million 1000 USD 2024 up 31.0% 7th Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 428,112 1000 USD 2024 up 27.6% 8th Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 53,658 t 2024 down 61.7% 15th Page 1 of 20 Next →