Environment in United Kingdom

857 indicators covering environment for United Kingdom.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export value 64,023 1000 USD 2024 up 34.6% 13th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding -6.04 Mt CO2e 2023 up 9.3% 121st
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 29.57 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 21.6% 27th
Share of land covered by forest 13.5% 2025 up 3.9% 151st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Production 0 t 2024 34th
Particle board — Production 1.74 million m3 2024 down 13.0% 17th
Land use 6.09 million hectares 2023 down 3.6% 48th
Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 48th
Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 55th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 13.32 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.3% 17th
Hardboard — Export quantity 7,000 m3 2024 up 36.6% 44th
Hardboard — Export value 7,191 1000 USD 2024 up 49.1% 34th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 10.9 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% 15th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 14,000 t 2024 up 1,512.9% 8th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 12,835 1000 USD 2024 up 784.6% 7th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 406,000 m3 2024 up 45.8% 3rd
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 128,357 1000 USD 2024 up 65.3% 3rd
Other fibreboard — Production 0 m3 2024 38th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 20.18 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 25.4% 23rd
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 2.93 million hectares 2025 up 4.4% 17th
Share using safely managed drinking water 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% 19th
People not using safely managed drinking water sources 122,408 people 2024 up 117.2% 102nd
Drinking water service usage 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% 19th
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 2.93 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 0.2% 79th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.8553 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.6% 157th
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Area 480.17 1000 ha 2024 down 10.6% 24th
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land 2.87 % 2024 down 8.0% 59th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 134,523 1000 USD 2024 up 137.9% 4th
Forest rents 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 186th
Water withdrawals per capita 122.59 cubic meters per person 2023 up 4.5% 130th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 1.79 million t 2024 down 0.8% 30th
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 388.91 2022 up 13.4% 9th
Exported deforestation 32.65 hectares 2023 down 88.4% 99th
Imported deforestation 29,134 hectares 2023 down 33.5% 6th
Deforestation embedded in trade 29,101 hectares 2023 down 33.2% 5th
Consumption-based deforestation per person 4.26 square meters 2023 down 38.4% 83rd
Dissolving wood pulp — Production 0 t 2024 29th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 100.0% 158th
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 4,802 Square kilometres 2024 down 10.6% 21st
Industrial water withdrawal 1.01 billion cubic meters 2023 up 2.5% 51st
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 1,062 t 2016 down 98.3% 36th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 290 1000 USD 2016 down 99.2% 43rd
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Export value 58,268 1000 USD 2024 up 888.8% 9th
Case materials — Production 1.26 million t 2024 down 0.9% 25th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 3,171 t 2016 down 91.5% 29th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 4,795 1000 USD 2016 down 82.7% 25th
Pulpwood, round and split (production) — Production 1.70 million m3 2024 down 12.7% 38th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 17,259 Hectares 2020 up 0.2% 47th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 5,978 Hectares 2020 up 0.1% 36th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 6,024 Hectares 2020 up 0.1% 41st
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,190 Hectares 2020 up 4.3% 82nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 24,193 Hectares 2020 unchanged 72nd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 4,000 t 2024 down 44.4% 23rd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 1,792 1000 USD 2024 down 11.5% 24th
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 4,770 Square kilometres 2023 down 14.4% 21st
Wood residues — Production 665,000 m3 2024 down 22.0% 32nd
Wood chips, particles and residues — Production 2.66 million m3 2024 down 22.0% 30th