Environment in United Kingdom

821 indicators covering environment for United Kingdom.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% 25th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per square 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% 18th
Aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre 0.769 metric tons per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% 30th
Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per square kilometre 2.97 metric tons per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% 52nd
Total fisheries production (metric tons), per square kilometre 3.73 metric tons per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% 53rd
Sawnwood — Import quantity, per square kilometre 25.67 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% 24th
Sawnwood — Import value, per square kilometre 9.35 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% 23rd
Land use hidden — Other areas 39,681 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.7% 72nd
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures 109,233 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% 44th
Land use hidden — Land area 241,930 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 72nd
Land use hidden — Cropland 60,862 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.6% 43rd
Land use hidden — Total area 243,610 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 72nd
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Ratio of Value Added 14.28 2023 down 5.8% 24th
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Ratio of Value Added 14.28 2023 down 5.8% 24th
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index 1.86 2023 up 510.1% 3rd
Share of global forest area 0.1% 2025 up 4.9% 89th
Forest area 3.28 million hectares 2025 up 3.9% 89th
Arable land use per person 0.0882 hectares per person 2023 down 9.7% 119th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.6% 114th
Plywood and LVL — Production 0 m3 2024 129th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 6.9 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 36.0% 21st
Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year 2024 up 155.2% 38th
Dissolving wood pulp — Import value 46,479 1000 USD 2024 up 14.3% 13th
Dissolving wood pulp — Import quantity 44,421 t 2024 up 3.8% 12th
Primary Forest — Area 0 1000 ha 2025 126th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import value 499,724 1000 USD 2024 down 17.1% 17th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity 687,000 t 2024 down 29.1% 16th
Recovered paper — Import value 27,572 1000 USD 2024 down 12.3% 38th
Recovered paper — Import quantity 114,000 t 2024 down 16.2% 36th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 12,600 hectares 2025 down 34.4% 25th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2025 down 36.8% 25th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.4% 2025 down 36.8% 26th
Annual change in forest area 12,600 hectares 2025 down 34.4% 25th
Fibreboard — Export value 36,535 1000 USD 2024 down 23.5% 40th
Fibreboard — Export quantity 40,000 m3 2024 down 64.3% 53rd
Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year 2024 up 176.3% 38th
Forest land — Area 3,278 1000 ha 2025 up 3.9% 101st
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 10.49 % 2025 down 3.8% 236th
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 344 1000 ha 2025 unchanged 153rd
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate -11.93 % change on previous year 2024 down 415.2% 132nd
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 84,801 1000 USD 2024 down 36.0% 16th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 28,986 t 2024 down 75.8% 15th
Other fibreboard — Import value 17,626 1000 USD 2024 up 9.3% 14th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 36,000 m3 2024 down 17.3% 17th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 215,000 m3 2024 up 37.1% 39th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 78,104 1000 USD 2024 up 55.1% 36th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 89.51 % 2025 up 0.5% 7th
Planted Forest — Area 2,934 1000 ha 2025 up 4.4% 22nd
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 3.15 million m3 2024 down 15.2% 25th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 770,827 1000 USD 2024 down 2.8% 14th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 3.79 million t 2024 down 14.8% 9th
Emissions of air pollutants 833,456 tonnes 2022 down 41.9% 31st
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 8.15 % change on previous year 2024 up 103.2% 18th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.1036 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% 56th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 291,000 t 2024 down 39.6% 31st
Graphic papers — Export value 382,056 1000 USD 2024 down 56.1% 28th
Heat Index 35 0.01 2024 unchanged 118th
Wood pulp — Export value 2,457 1000 USD 2024 down 70.5% 55th
Wood pulp — Export quantity 4,523 t 2024 down 65.3% 51st
Newsprint — Export quantity 208,000 t 2024 down 28.8% 11th