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Environment in South Asia: how the countries rank

Emissions, renewable energy, forests, farmland and water use. 15 indicators for the 6 economies of South Asia, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

CO₂ per person1.98 tSouth Asia, 2024 · world 4.69 tGHG per person2.79 tSouth Asia, 2024 · world 6.36 tGHG emissions4,675.5 MtSouth Asia, 2024 · world 53,206.4 MtCO₂ emissions3,320.7 MtSouth Asia, 2024 · world 39,632.7 MtMethane965.0 MtSouth Asia, 2024 · world 9,536.5 MtRenewable energy36.9%South Asia, 2020 · world 19.7%Renewable power19.3%South Asia, 2021 · world 27.8%PM2.5 exposure55.2 µg/m³South Asia, 2023 · world 32.9 µg/m³
CO₂ per person
South AsiaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
0.02.55.07.510199520002005201020152020South Asia1.98 tWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
GHG per person
South AsiaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
0.05.01015199520002005201020152020South Asia2.79 tWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
countries

All 6 economies, environment

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

6 shown
CountryCO₂ per personGHG per personGHG emissionsCO₂ emissionsMethaneRenewable energyRenewable powerPM2.5 exposure
Maldives3.57 t#1 · 20243.97 t#1 · 20242.1 Mt#6 · 20241.9 Mt#5 · 20240.2 Mt#6 · 20241.2%#6 · 20225.8%#5 · 202111.2 µg/m³#6 · 2023
India2.17 t#2 · 20243.01 t#3 · 20244,371.2 Mt#1 · 20243,153.8 Mt#1 · 2024861.6 Mt#1 · 202434.9%#4 · 202119.1%#4 · 202154.1 µg/m³#2 · 2023
Bhutan2.01 t#3 · 20243.55 t#2 · 20242.8 Mt#5 · 20241.6 Mt#6 · 20241.0 Mt#5 · 202482.5%#1 · 2022100.0%#1 · 202130.1 µg/m³#4 · 2023
Sri Lanka1.06 t#4 · 20241.70 t#4 · 202437.2 Mt#4 · 202423.3 Mt#3 · 202411.1 Mt#4 · 202448.8%#3 · 202149.2%#3 · 202122.7 µg/m³#5 · 2023
Bangladesh0.72 t#5 · 20241.27 t#6 · 2024220.8 Mt#2 · 2024124.2 Mt#2 · 202470.5 Mt#2 · 202425.0%#5 · 20211.5%#6 · 202169.3 µg/m³#1 · 2023
Nepal0.54 t#6 · 20241.40 t#5 · 202441.5 Mt#3 · 202415.9 Mt#4 · 202420.6 Mt#3 · 202473.7%#2 · 202184.0%#2 · 202153.2 µg/m³#3 · 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 person6 countries
  1. 1Maldives3.57 t2024
  2. 2India2.17 t2024
  3. 3Bhutan2.01 t2024
Lowest
  1. 6Nepal0.54 t2024
  2. 5Bangladesh0.72 t2024
  3. 4Sri Lanka1.06 t2024
Median country 1.54 t · group 1.98 t
GHG per person6 countries
  1. 1Maldives3.97 t2024
  2. 2Bhutan3.55 t2024
  3. 3India3.01 t2024
Lowest
  1. 6Bangladesh1.27 t2024
  2. 5Nepal1.40 t2024
  3. 4Sri Lanka1.70 t2024
Median country 2.35 t · group 2.79 t
GHG emissions6 countries
  1. 1India4,371.2 Mt2024
  2. 2Bangladesh220.8 Mt2024
  3. 3Nepal41.5 Mt2024
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives2.1 Mt2024
  2. 5Bhutan2.8 Mt2024
  3. 4Sri Lanka37.2 Mt2024
Median country 39.3 Mt · group 4,675.5 Mt
CO₂ emissions6 countries
  1. 1India3,153.8 Mt2024
  2. 2Bangladesh124.2 Mt2024
  3. 3Sri Lanka23.3 Mt2024
Lowest
  1. 6Bhutan1.6 Mt2024
  2. 5Maldives1.9 Mt2024
  3. 4Nepal15.9 Mt2024
Median country 19.6 Mt · group 3,320.7 Mt
Methane6 countries
  1. 1India861.6 Mt2024
  2. 2Bangladesh70.5 Mt2024
  3. 3Nepal20.6 Mt2024
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives0.2 Mt2024
  2. 5Bhutan1.0 Mt2024
  3. 4Sri Lanka11.1 Mt2024
Median country 15.9 Mt · group 965.0 Mt
Renewable energy6 countries
  1. 1Bhutan82.5%2022
  2. 2Nepal73.7%2021
  3. 3Sri Lanka48.8%2021
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives1.2%2022
  2. 5Bangladesh25.0%2021
  3. 4India34.9%2021
Median country 41.8% · group 36.9%
Renewable power6 countries
  1. 1Bhutan100.0%2021
  2. 2Nepal84.0%2021
  3. 3Sri Lanka49.2%2021
Lowest
  1. 6Bangladesh1.5%2021
  2. 5Maldives5.8%2021
  3. 4India19.1%2021
Median country 34.2% · group 19.3%
PM2.5 exposure6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh69.3 µg/m³2023
  2. 2India54.1 µg/m³2023
  3. 3Nepal53.2 µg/m³2023
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives11.2 µg/m³2023
  2. 5Sri Lanka22.7 µg/m³2023
  3. 4Bhutan30.1 µg/m³2023
Median country 41.6 µg/m³ · group 55.2 µg/m³
Forest cover6 countries
  1. 1Bhutan70.4%2024
  2. 2Nepal43.6%2024
  3. 3Sri Lanka34.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives12.5%2024
  2. 5Bangladesh14.4%2024
  3. 4India24.4%2024
Median country 29.4% · group 25.6%
Farmland6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh72.2%2024
  2. 2India59.9%2024
  3. 3Sri Lanka48.8%2024
Lowest
  1. 6Bhutan13.8%2024
  2. 5Maldives19.8%2024
  3. 4Nepal26.1%2024
Median country 37.4% · group 58.3%
Arable land6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh60.5%2024
  2. 2India51.7%2024
  3. 3Sri Lanka22.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 6Bhutan2.6%2024
  2. 5Nepal12.6%2024
  3. 4Maldives13.1%2024
Median country 17.6% · group 49.3%
Protected areas6 countries
  1. 1Bhutan51.6%2025
  2. 2Nepal23.6%2025
  3. 3Bangladesh5.9%2025
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives0.1%2025
  2. 5Sri Lanka3.7%2025
  3. 4India4.5%2025
Median country 5.2% · group 4.6%
Water withdrawals6 countries
  1. 1India44.8%2022
  2. 2Bangladesh34.2%2022
  3. 3Sri Lanka24.5%2022
Lowest
  1. 6Bhutan0.4%2022
  2. 5Nepal4.8%2022
  3. 4Maldives15.7%2022
Median country 20.1% · group 37.6%
Freshwater per person6 countries
  1. 1Bhutan99,883 m³2022
  2. 2Nepal6,670 m³2022
  3. 3Sri Lanka2,380 m³2022
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives57 m³2022
  2. 5Bangladesh620 m³2022
  3. 4India1,014 m³2022
Median country 1,697 m³ · group 1,141 m³
Cereal yield6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh5,408 kg/ha2024
  2. 2Sri Lanka4,068 kg/ha2024
  3. 3India3,632 kg/ha2024
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives2,442 kg/ha2024
  2. 5Nepal3,521 kg/ha2024
  3. 4Bhutan3,552 kg/ha2024
Median country 3,592 kg/ha · group 3,814 kg/ha
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