Environment in United States

784 indicators covering environment for United States.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 227,593 m3 2024 up 65.9% 12th
Newsprint — Export value 66,301 1000 USD 2024 down 80.2% 14th
Wood charcoal — Export value 16,969 1000 USD 2024 up 6.1% 23rd
F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes 221.49 Mt CO2e 2024 up 17.8% 2nd
Pulp for paper — Export value 5.37 million 1000 USD 2024 up 10.2% 2nd
Pulp for paper — Export quantity 6.45 million t 2024 down 9.4% 3rd
Wood charcoal — Export quantity 15,983 t 2024 down 27.4% 34th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import value 87,652 1000 USD 2024 up 3.0% 6th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import quantity 138,635 t 2024 down 30.6% 5th
Printing and writing papers — Export value 1.18 million 1000 USD 2024 down 45.9% 13th
Printing and writing papers — Export quantity 1.03 million t 2024 down 51.0% 13th
Carbon intensity of GDP 0.18 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 down 30.9% 54th
Other fibreboard — Export quantity 158,739 m3 2024 down 29.0% 6th
Other fibreboard — Export value 41,200 1000 USD 2024 down 23.6% 7th
Wood charcoal — Import value 96,385 1000 USD 2024 up 105.5% 6th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 134,950 t 2024 up 53.4% 4th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Production 919,000 t 2024 down 47.4% 5th
Coal rents 0.2% 2021 down 71.3% 27th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF -4.9% 2024 down 211.6% 158th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -3.5% 2024 down 336.2% 153rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -7.1% 2024 down 235.1% 156th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -3.1% 2024 up 33.1% 151st
Forest land — Share in Land area 33.78 % 2024 down 0.3% 120th
Other land — Area 171,003 1000 ha 2024 up 2.1% 10th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 5.22 million 1000 USD 2024 up 13.8% 2nd
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 6.26 million t 2024 down 7.2% 2nd
Recovered paper — Export value 2.46 million 1000 USD 2024 down 22.0% 1st
Veneer sheets — Production 2.20 million m3 2024 up 449.3% 3rd
Recovered paper — Export quantity 12.05 million t 2024 down 37.0% 1st
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 22,932 1000 USD 2024 up 112.1% 13th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 34,337 t 2024 up 186.1% 3rd
Municipal water withdrawal 58.39 billion cubic meters 2023 down 2.5% 2nd
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 589,423 1000 USD 2024 up 55.1% 1st
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 428,197 t 2024 up 43.2% 1st
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 6.84 Mt CO2e 2024 up 8.6% 5th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 6.97 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 17.3% 176th
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate -2.56 % change on previous year 2024 up 37.6% 78th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 6.11 million t 2024 down 4.9% 2nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 5.13 million 1000 USD 2024 up 16.5% 2nd
Wood fuel — Import value 21,789 1000 USD 2024 up 95.8% 10th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 67,247 m3 2024 down 55.9% 20th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 2.82 million Square kilometres 2023 down 0.4% 5th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 275,210 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.7% 3rd
Land use hidden — Forest 3.10 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% 5th
Wood residues — Import value 32,845 1000 USD 2024 up 52.0% 6th
Wood residues — Import quantity 153,129 m3 2024 down 3.5% 16th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 444.29 billion billion cubic meters 2022 up 3.6% 3rd
Household and sanitary papers — Production 7.14 million t 2024 up 6.1% 3rd
Graphic papers — Production 6.58 million t 2024 down 62.0% 4th
Pulp for paper — Production 35.90 million t 2024 down 26.9% 1st
Wood residues — Export value 13,373 1000 USD 2024 down 17.9% 11th
Wood residues — Export quantity 23,403 m3 2024 down 42.7% 26th
Wood fuel — Export quantity 1,048 m3 2024 down 99.7% 61st
Wood fuel — Export value 1,618 1000 USD 2024 down 92.1% 39th
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 28.16 2022 up 3.6% 58th
Printing and writing papers — Production 6.26 million t 2024 down 59.2% 3rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 16,428 1000 USD 2024 down 44.7% 32nd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 273,290 m3 2024 down 39.2% 17th
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal 48.35 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2022 up 22.2% 67th
Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 93.6% 106th