Environment in United Kingdom

821 indicators covering environment for United Kingdom.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Veneer sheets — Export value 5,233 1000 USD 2024 down 61.3% 64th
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 3,908 m3 2024 up 45.9% 70th
Newsprint — Export value 171,798 1000 USD 2024 down 23.3% 9th
Wood charcoal — Export value 2,672 1000 USD 2024 down 56.4% 51st
F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes 9.77 Mt CO2e 2024 down 31.8% 26th
Pulp for paper — Export value 3,071 1000 USD 2024 down 65.1% 55th
Pulp for paper — Export quantity 5,016 t 2024 down 62.9% 54th
Wood charcoal — Export quantity 2,000 t 2024 down 81.8% 61st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import value 6,587 1000 USD 2024 down 46.1% 32nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import quantity 8,000 t 2024 down 48.1% 33rd
Printing and writing papers — Export value 210,258 1000 USD 2024 down 67.5% 29th
Printing and writing papers — Export quantity 83,000 t 2024 down 56.3% 35th
Carbon intensity of GDP 0.079 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 down 41.0% 148th
Other fibreboard — Export quantity 8,000 m3 2024 down 26.5% 30th
Other fibreboard — Export value 8,461 1000 USD 2024 up 27.8% 25th
Wood charcoal — Import value 60,357 1000 USD 2024 up 8.9% 9th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 99,000 t 2024 down 16.2% 10th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Production 187,670 t 2024 down 33.9% 17th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 down 97.1% 63rd
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF -50.3% 2024 down 67.7% 194th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -28.8% 2024 down 25.5% 185th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -49.8% 2024 down 91.0% 188th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -59.0% 2024 down 18.3% 196th
Forest land — Share in Land area 13.5 % 2024 up 4.2% 177th
Other land — Area 3,820 1000 ha 2024 up 9.2% 92nd
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 1,153 1000 USD 2024 down 83.5% 55th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 1,336 t 2024 down 88.9% 57th
Recovered paper — Export value 767,756 1000 USD 2024 down 2.1% 2nd
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 134th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 3.79 million t 2024 down 14.7% 2nd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 39,712 1000 USD 2024 down 26.0% 4th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 10,000 t 2024 down 50.4% 18th
Municipal water withdrawal 6.23 billion cubic meters 2023 up 12.7% 17th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 588,233 1000 USD 2024 up 57.8% 2nd
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 397,000 t 2024 up 68.9% 2nd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 1.56 Mt CO2e 2024 down 16.1% 21st
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 9.46 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 24.3% 158th
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year 2024 up 115.1% 42nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 1,000 t 2024 down 91.7% 54th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 380 1000 USD 2024 down 94.6% 57th
Wood fuel — Import value 107,054 1000 USD 2024 up 669.0% 1st
Wood fuel — Import quantity 340,000 m3 2024 up 490.2% 5th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 3,440 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 118th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 28,714 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.6% 17th
Land use hidden — Forest 32,154 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.2% 81st
Wood residues — Import value 11,019 1000 USD 2024 up 247.8% 16th
Wood residues — Import quantity 49,000 m3 2024 up 360.5% 25th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 8.42 billion billion cubic meters 2022 up 5.0% 53rd
Household and sanitary papers — Production 714,000 t 2024 down 7.0% 16th
Graphic papers — Production 599,330 t 2024 down 61.2% 26th
Pulp for paper — Production 229,000 t 2024 down 3.4% 43rd
Wood residues — Export value 3,039 1000 USD 2024 down 81.6% 24th
Wood residues — Export quantity 20,000 m3 2024 down 95.5% 31st
Wood fuel — Export quantity 5,000 m3 2024 down 98.1% 44th
Wood fuel — Export value 2,720 1000 USD 2024 down 73.7% 33rd
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 14.35 2022 up 5.0% 77th
Printing and writing papers — Production 149,365 t 2024 down 61.2% 42nd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 15,084 1000 USD 2024 up 15.2% 35th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 64,000 m3 2024 up 34.0% 33rd
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal 388.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2022 up 13.4% 9th