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Environment in East Asia & Pacific: how the countries rank

Emissions, renewable energy, forests, farmland and water use. 15 indicators for the 37 economies of East Asia & Pacific, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

CO₂ per person7.35 tEast Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 4.69 tGHG per person9.06 tEast Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 6.36 tGHG emissions21,426.8 MtEast Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 53,206.4 MtCO₂ emissions17,388.8 MtEast Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 39,632.7 MtMethane2,697.1 MtEast Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 9,536.5 MtRenewable energy14.8%East Asia & Pacific, 2020 · world 19.7%Renewable power25.9%East Asia & Pacific, 2021 · world 27.8%PM2.5 exposure27.3 µg/m³East Asia & Pacific, 2023 · world 32.9 µg/m³
CO₂ per person
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0.02.55.07.510199520002005201020152020East Asia & Pacific7.35 tWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
GHG per person
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0.05.01015199520002005201020152020East Asia & Pacific9.06 tWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 37 economies, environment

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its environment profile.

37 shown
CountryCO₂ per personGHG per personGHG emissionsCO₂ emissionsMethaneRenewable energyRenewable powerPM2.5 exposure
Palau82.84 t#1 · 202486.68 t#1 · 20241.5 Mt#24 · 20241.5 Mt#23 · 20240.0 Mt#30 · 20240.9%#33 · 20224.6%#29 · 20214.9 µg/m³#24 · 2023
Brunei20.24 t#2 · 202425.64 t#3 · 202411.9 Mt#18 · 20249.4 Mt#18 · 20241.8 Mt#19 · 20240.0%#37 · 20210.0%#35 · 20217.6 µg/m³#18 · 2023
New Caledonia17.08 t#3 · 202418.39 t#5 · 20245.4 Mt#20 · 20245.0 Mt#20 · 20240.2 Mt#24 · 20249.6%#21 · 202222.5%#15 · 2021—
Australia14.10 t#4 · 202421.75 t#4 · 2024591.5 Mt#5 · 2024383.4 Mt#6 · 2024144.6 Mt#3 · 202412.3%#17 · 202126.7%#11 · 20216.4 µg/m³#22 · 2023
South Korea11.36 t#5 · 202412.91 t#7 · 2024668.2 Mt#4 · 2024588.0 Mt#4 · 202444.7 Mt#10 · 20243.6%#27 · 20216.7%#25 · 202121.9 µg/m³#8 · 2023
Singapore9.75 t#6 · 202412.60 t#8 · 202476.1 Mt#14 · 202458.9 Mt#11 · 20244.8 Mt#17 · 20241.1%#32 · 20214.0%#30 · 202115.1 µg/m³#13 · 2023
China9.32 t#7 · 202411.03 t#9 · 202415,536.1 Mt#1 · 202413,124.7 Mt#1 · 20241,485.3 Mt#1 · 202415.2%#15 · 202128.4%#10 · 202132.0 µg/m³#3 · 2023
Malaysia8.32 t#8 · 20249.34 t#10 · 2024332.2 Mt#8 · 2024296.0 Mt#7 · 202426.3 Mt#13 · 20247.5%#23 · 202117.0%#18 · 202115.9 µg/m³#12 · 2023
Mongolia7.85 t#9 · 202429.61 t#2 · 2024104.4 Mt#11 · 202427.7 Mt#15 · 202464.5 Mt#8 · 20243.0%#28 · 202110.9%#23 · 202142.7 µg/m³#1 · 2023
Japan7.84 t#10 · 20248.58 t#11 · 20241,063.3 Mt#3 · 2024972.3 Mt#2 · 202450.9 Mt#9 · 20248.8%#22 · 202121.1%#16 · 202111.5 µg/m³#16 · 2023
New Zealand6.01 t#11 · 202414.71 t#6 · 202477.8 Mt#13 · 202431.8 Mt#13 · 202434.4 Mt#11 · 202428.9%#8 · 202181.5%#1 · 20216.9 µg/m³#20 · 2023
Hong Kong4.60 t#12 · 20245.36 t#14 · 202440.3 Mt#17 · 202434.6 Mt#12 · 20244.9 Mt#16 · 20240.4%#36 · 20210.8%#33 · 2021—
Vietnam4.27 t#13 · 20245.79 t#13 · 2024584.3 Mt#6 · 2024430.8 Mt#5 · 2024116.5 Mt#4 · 202424.2%#12 · 202141.2%#8 · 202124.8 µg/m³#5 · 2023
Thailand3.96 t#14 · 20245.89 t#12 · 2024422.4 Mt#7 · 2024283.8 Mt#8 · 202481.1 Mt#5 · 202419.0%#14 · 202119.9%#17 · 202123.5 µg/m³#6 · 2023
French Polynesia3.46 t#15 · 20243.84 t#17 · 20241.1 Mt#25 · 20241.0 Mt#24 · 20240.1 Mt#27 · 20247.0%#24 · 202223.7%#13 · 2021—
Laos3.35 t#16 · 20245.35 t#15 · 202441.5 Mt#16 · 202426.1 Mt#16 · 202412.3 Mt#15 · 202449.2%#5 · 202263.3%#2 · 202126.0 µg/m³#4 · 2023
Indonesia2.87 t#17 · 20244.67 t#16 · 20241,323.8 Mt#2 · 2024812.2 Mt#3 · 2024429.5 Mt#2 · 202420.2%#13 · 202115.5%#21 · 202120.8 µg/m³#10 · 2023
Macao2.53 t#18 · 20242.65 t#22 · 20241.8 Mt#23 · 20241.7 Mt#21 · 20240.0 Mt#28 · 202411.0%#20 · 2022——
North Korea2.50 t#19 · 20243.44 t#18 · 202491.3 Mt#12 · 202466.2 Mt#10 · 202420.1 Mt#14 · 202414.7%#16 · 202163.1%#3 · 202121.8 µg/m³#9 · 2023
Tonga1.63 t#20 · 20242.81 t#21 · 20240.3 Mt#29 · 20240.2 Mt#29 · 20240.1 Mt#26 · 20242.3%#29 · 202214.2%#22 · 20214.7 µg/m³#26 · 2023
Fiji1.62 t#21 · 20242.96 t#19 · 20242.8 Mt#21 · 20241.5 Mt#22 · 20240.8 Mt#21 · 202428.4%#9 · 202260.1%#4 · 20216.4 µg/m³#21 · 2023
Samoa1.60 t#22 · 20242.39 t#23 · 20240.5 Mt#28 · 20240.3 Mt#26 · 20240.1 Mt#25 · 202435.9%#7 · 202249.1%#7 · 20214.6 µg/m³#27 · 2023
Philippines1.50 t#23 · 20242.30 t#24 · 2024266.6 Mt#9 · 2024174.1 Mt#9 · 202469.3 Mt#7 · 202428.0%#10 · 202122.6%#14 · 202122.2 µg/m³#7 · 2023
Cambodia1.10 t#24 · 20242.83 t#20 · 202449.8 Mt#15 · 202419.4 Mt#17 · 202426.7 Mt#12 · 202452.4%#3 · 202156.4%#5 · 202119.4 µg/m³#11 · 2023
Vanuatu0.87 t#25 · 20241.93 t#26 · 20240.6 Mt#26 · 20240.3 Mt#28 · 20240.3 Mt#22 · 202425.0%#11 · 202225.2%#12 · 20217.0 µg/m³#19 · 2023
Kiribati0.59 t#26 · 20240.86 t#29 · 20240.1 Mt#30 · 20240.1 Mt#30 · 20240.0 Mt#31 · 202441.9%#6 · 202216.4%#19 · 20213.9 µg/m³#30 · 2023
Myanmar0.58 t#27 · 20242.16 t#25 · 2024117.8 Mt#10 · 202431.4 Mt#14 · 202472.7 Mt#6 · 202462.9%#1 · 202150.8%#6 · 202135.1 µg/m³#2 · 2023
Papua New Guinea0.52 t#28 · 20241.02 t#28 · 202410.8 Mt#19 · 20245.5 Mt#19 · 20243.7 Mt#18 · 202454.6%#2 · 202240.0%#9 · 202114.1 µg/m³#14 · 2023
Timor-Leste0.50 t#29 · 20241.39 t#27 · 20241.9 Mt#22 · 20240.7 Mt#25 · 20241.0 Mt#20 · 202411.4%#19 · 20220.4%#34 · 202112.0 µg/m³#15 · 2023
Solomon Islands0.38 t#30 · 20240.76 t#30 · 20240.6 Mt#27 · 20240.3 Mt#27 · 20240.3 Mt#23 · 202450.1%#4 · 20226.6%#26 · 20219.8 µg/m³#17 · 2023
Marshall Islands0.00 t#31 · 20240.11 t#36 · 20240.0 Mt#36 · 20240.0 Mt#34 · 20240.0 Mt#35 · 202412.2%#18 · 20222.4%#32 · 20214.1 µg/m³#29 · 2023
Northern Mariana Islands0.00 t#32 · 20240.09 t#37 · 20240.0 Mt#34 · 20240.0 Mt#35 · 20240.0 Mt#34 · 20240.5%#34 · 2022—2.7 µg/m³#33 · 2023
American Samoa0.00 t#33 · 20240.19 t#33 · 20240.0 Mt#33 · 20240.0 Mt#33 · 20240.0 Mt#33 · 20240.4%#35 · 20223.9%#31 · 20214.3 µg/m³#28 · 2023
Guam0.00 t#34 · 20240.11 t#35 · 20240.0 Mt#32 · 20240.0 Mt#31 · 20240.0 Mt#32 · 20246.7%#25 · 20224.8%#28 · 20213.5 µg/m³#32 · 2023
Micronesia0.00 t#35 · 20240.54 t#31 · 20240.1 Mt#31 · 20240.0 Mt#32 · 20240.0 Mt#29 · 20242.0%#30 · 20224.9%#27 · 20213.5 µg/m³#31 · 2023
Nauru0.00 t#36 · 20240.12 t#34 · 20240.0 Mt#37 · 20240.0 Mt#36 · 20240.0 Mt#37 · 20241.9%#31 · 20229.8%#24 · 20214.8 µg/m³#25 · 2023
Tuvalu0.00 t#37 · 20240.43 t#32 · 20240.0 Mt#35 · 20240.0 Mt#37 · 20240.0 Mt#36 · 20245.2%#26 · 202215.8%#20 · 20215.2 µg/m³#23 · 2023
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

CO₂ per person37 countries
  1. 1Palau82.84 t2024
  2. 2Brunei20.24 t2024
  3. 3New Caledonia17.08 t2024
Lowest
  1. 37Tuvalu0.00 t2024
  2. 36Nauru0.00 t2024
  3. 35Micronesia0.00 t2024
Median country 2.50 t · group 7.35 t
GHG per person37 countries
  1. 1Palau86.68 t2024
  2. 2Mongolia29.61 t2024
  3. 3Brunei25.64 t2024
Lowest
  1. 37Northern Mariana Islands0.09 t2024
  2. 36Marshall Islands0.11 t2024
  3. 35Guam0.11 t2024
Median country 2.96 t · group 9.06 t
GHG emissions37 countries
  1. 1China15,536.1 Mt2024
  2. 2Indonesia1,323.8 Mt2024
  3. 3Japan1,063.3 Mt2024
Lowest
  1. 37Nauru0.0 Mt2024
  2. 36Marshall Islands0.0 Mt2024
  3. 35Tuvalu0.0 Mt2024
Median country 10.8 Mt · group 21,426.8 Mt
CO₂ emissions37 countries
  1. 1China13,124.7 Mt2024
  2. 2Japan972.3 Mt2024
  3. 3Indonesia812.2 Mt2024
Lowest
  1. 37Tuvalu0.0 Mt2024
  2. 36Nauru0.0 Mt2024
  3. 35Northern Mariana Islands0.0 Mt2024
Median country 5.5 Mt · group 17,388.8 Mt
Methane37 countries
  1. 1China1,485.3 Mt2024
  2. 2Indonesia429.5 Mt2024
  3. 3Australia144.6 Mt2024
Lowest
  1. 37Nauru0.0 Mt2024
  2. 36Tuvalu0.0 Mt2024
  3. 35Marshall Islands0.0 Mt2024
Median country 1.8 Mt · group 2,697.1 Mt
Renewable energy37 countries
  1. 1Myanmar62.9%2021
  2. 2Papua New Guinea54.6%2022
  3. 3Cambodia52.4%2021
Lowest
  1. 37Brunei0.0%2021
  2. 36Hong Kong0.4%2021
  3. 35American Samoa0.4%2022
Median country 11.4% · group 14.8%
Renewable power35 countries
  1. 1New Zealand81.5%2021
  2. 2Laos63.3%2021
  3. 3North Korea63.1%2021
Lowest
  1. 35Brunei0.0%2021
  2. 34Timor-Leste0.4%2021
  3. 33Hong Kong0.8%2021
Median country 17.0% · group 25.9%
PM2.5 exposure33 countries
  1. 1Mongolia42.7 µg/m³2023
  2. 2Myanmar35.1 µg/m³2023
  3. 3China32.0 µg/m³2023
Lowest
  1. 33Northern Mariana Islands2.7 µg/m³2023
  2. 32Guam3.5 µg/m³2023
  3. 31Micronesia3.5 µg/m³2023
Median country 9.8 µg/m³ · group 27.3 µg/m³
Forest cover35 countries
  1. 1Micronesia92.1%2024
  2. 2Palau90.8%2024
  3. 3Solomon Islands89.8%2024
Lowest
  1. 35Nauru0.0%2023
  2. 34Kiribati1.3%2024
  3. 33Mongolia9.1%2024
Median country 52.3% · group 27.3%
Farmland36 countries
  1. 1Tuvalu100.0%2024
  2. 2Mongolia68.8%2024
  3. 3Tonga48.5%2024
Lowest
  1. 36Singapore0.9%2024
  2. 35Northern Mariana Islands2.3%2024
  3. 34Brunei2.9%2024
Median country 18.9% · group 46.8%
Arable land34 countries
  1. 1Thailand30.8%2024
  2. 2Tonga30.3%2024
  3. 3Cambodia23.3%2024
Lowest
  1. 34New Caledonia0.3%2024
  2. 33Northern Mariana Islands0.3%2024
  3. 32Palau0.7%2024
Median country 3.7% · group 8.7%
Protected areas36 countries
  1. 1Palau98.0%2025
  2. 2New Caledonia96.0%2025
  3. 3French Polynesia87.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 36Tuvalu0.0%2025
  2. 35Nauru0.0%2025
  3. 34Micronesia0.0%2025
Median country 5.6% · group 22.0%
Water withdrawals20 countries
  1. 1South Korea45.0%2022
  2. 2Singapore33.3%2022
  3. 3Thailand25.5%2022
Lowest
  1. 20Papua New Guinea0.0%2022
  2. 19Fiji0.3%2022
  3. 18Brunei1.1%2022
Median country 7.4% · group 12.1%
Freshwater per person23 countries
  1. 1Papua New Guinea78,505 m³2022
  2. 2New Zealand64,349 m³2022
  3. 3Solomon Islands57,229 m³2022
Lowest
  1. 23Singapore106 m³2022
  2. 22Nauru847 m³2022
  3. 21South Korea1,255 m³2022
Median country 7,240 m³ · group 4,306 m³
Cereal yield24 countries
  1. 1New Caledonia11,650 kg/ha2024
  2. 2New Zealand9,102 kg/ha2024
  3. 3South Korea6,544 kg/ha2024
Lowest
  1. 24Vanuatu636 kg/ha2024
  2. 23Mongolia1,251 kg/ha2024
  3. 22Micronesia1,716 kg/ha2024
Median country 3,694 kg/ha · group 5,430 kg/ha
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