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Index and
Summary of Canada's OECD Ranking*

    
Canada's Ranking
  
Overall Ranking of OECD Nations
on 25 Environmental Indicators
 
Sulphur Oxides (kg/capita)
27th out of 28
     
  1. Switzerland 9.20
2. Mexico 10.72
3. Turkey 10.74
4. Austria 11.18
5. Netherlands 11.24
6. Germany 11.30
7. Korea 11.62
8. Denmark 11.84
9. Hungary 12.07
10. Sweden 12.25
11. Czech Republic 12.32
12. Portugal 12.82
13. United Kingdom 13.19
14. Poland 13.25
15. Ireland 13.31
16. Greece 13.38
17. Norway 13.40
18. Italy 14.01
19. Spain 14.25
20. Finland 14.32
21. Japan 14.67
22. Luxembourg 15.45
23. France 15.56
24. New Zealand 15.80
25. Belgium 15.89
26. Iceland 16.52
27. Australia 20.58
28. Canada 21.87
29. United States 22.14


The number is each country’s average ranking, out of 29 OECD nations, on the 25 environmental indicators in this report. Each of the twenty-five indicators is given equal weighting.

  
   

 

* Although there are 29 countries in the OECD, reliable data are not available for all countries for all indicators, which is why the rankings are not always out of 29.
 
Nitrogen Oxides (kg/capita)
25th out of 28
 
25th out of 26
 
Carbon Monoxide (kg/capita)
26th out of 27
           
CLIMATE CHANGE
 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (tonnes of CO2/capita)
27th out of 29
           
WATER
 
Water Consumption (cubic metres/capita)
28th out of 29
 
Municipal Sewage Treatment (% of population served)
9th out of 28
 
ENERGY USE
           
Energy Consumption (tonnes of oil equivalent/capita)
27th out of 29
 
Energy Efficiency (tonnes of oil equivalent/$1000 U.S. GDP)
28th out of 29
 
WASTE
           
Municipal Waste (kg/capita)
18th out of 29
 
Recycling (% of glass and paper recycled)
23rd out of 27
 
Hazardous Waste (kg/capita)
24th out of 27
 
Nuclear Waste (kg/capita)
28th out of 28
 
OZONE DEPLETION
           
13th out of 16
 
AGRICULTURE
           
Pesticide Use (tonnes of active ingredients/capita)
22nd out of 28
 
Fertilizer Use (tonnes/capita)
25th out of 28
 
Livestock (number of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs/capita)
16th out of 28
 
BIODIVERSITY
           
Species at Risk (number of species designated as at risk)
7th out of 29
 
Protected Areas (% of land designated as protected)
13th out of 29
 
Fisheries (volume caught, kg/capita)
20th out of 28
 
Forests (volume of forest logged, in cubic metres per capita)
27th out of 29
 
TRANSPORTATION
           
Road Vehicles (number of road vehicles per capita)
25th out of 29
 
Distance Traveled (road distance traveled per vehicle)
26th out of 29
 
MISCELLANEOUS
           
Population (% growth in number of people)
26th out of 29
 
11th out of 20
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