ENVIRONMENT & DIGITAL
Compare environment and digital rankings on world maps
Natural cover, energy use, emissions, connectivity and safe water reveal different parts of modern infrastructure. Move from forest share and CO₂ to internet use and mobile subscriptions on country maps.
01 / HOW TO READ
Check whether a measure is a total, share or access rate
Forest share is not total forest area, while electricity and CO₂ are shown per person. Mobile data counts subscriptions rather than unique users, and safely managed water follows specific availability and quality conditions.
02 / CHOOSE A RANKING
Environment & digital ranking maps
Open a theme to compare countries on a ten-level heat map and check the complete ranking, country values, reference years and sources.
Forest area
This compares the share of surface area classified as forest, not the total number of forested square kilometres.
View the forest area ranking mapElectricity use per person
This is annual electricity use per person and reflects industry, climate, infrastructure and household use.
View the electricity use per person ranking mapCO₂ emissions per person
This covers fossil-fuel and industrial CO₂ per person, not every greenhouse gas or consumption-based emissions.
View the co₂ emissions per person ranking mapInternet use
This is the share using the internet recently; survey methods and reference years may differ.
View the internet use ranking mapSafely managed drinking water
This requires an improved source that is on premises, available when needed and free from specified contamination.
View the safely managed drinking water ranking mapMobile subscriptions
This counts subscriptions rather than unique people, so one person can hold multiple subscriptions.
View the mobile subscriptions ranking map03 / KEEP EXPLORING