Environment in Latin America

Statistics report about the environment in Latin America

Environment in Latin America

This report presents a selection of statistics on environment and nature in Latin America. It features key data on pollution, climate change awareness, as well as figures on endangered species, forest areas and wildfires in several Latin American countries and the region as a whole.

Table of contents

Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Premium Statistic SDG Index in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, by country
  • Basic Statistic SDG Index in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, by objective
  • Premium Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: SDG Index change 2015-2019, by objective

Climate change

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  • Premium Statistic Level of concern regarding climate change in Latin America 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Opinion on the responsibility to reduce emissions in Latin America 2022, by entity
  • Premium Statistic Latin America's opinion on government action against climate change 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Latin America's opinion on willingness to recycle 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Willingness to change transport mode to limit climate change in Latin America 2022
  • Premium Statistic Latin America: opinion on willingness to reduce meat consumption 2022, by country

Threatened species

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  • Basic Statistic Countries with most extinct animal species in Latin America & the Caribbean 2023
  • Premium Statistic Countries with most threatened species in Latin America & the Caribbean 2023
  • Premium Statistic Countries with most endangered animal species in Latin America & the Caribbean 2023
  • Premium Statistic Countries with most endangered plant species in Latin America & the Caribbean 2023
  • Basic Statistic Caribbean countries with most endangered animal species 2023
  • Premium Statistic Countries with most endangered plant species in the Caribbean 2023

Forest areas

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  • Basic Statistic Countries with most tree cover loss in Latin America & the Caribbean 2010-2022
  • Basic Statistic Forest land area in Latin America & the Caribbean 2010-2021
  • Basic Statistic Key figures on forest areas in Latin America 2021, by subregion
  • Basic Statistic Planted and natural forest land area in South America 2010-2021
  • Basic Statistic Key figures on forest areas in South America 2020
  • Basic Statistic Annual forest area loss rate in South America 1990-2020

Wildfires

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  • Basic Statistic Number of wildfires in South America 2023, by country
  • Basic Statistic Number of wildfires in Brazil 2005-2023
  • Basic Statistic Number of forest fires in Argentina 2015-2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of wildfires in Venezuela 2013-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of wildfires in Colombia 2013-2023

Pollution

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  • Basic Statistic Most polluted cities based on PM2.5 concentration in Latin America 2023
  • Basic Statistic Latin America & the Caribbean: PM air pollution concentration 2019
  • Premium Statistic Latin America: deaths from air pollution 2019, by country
  • Basic Statistic Latin America: exposure to solid fuel air pollution 2019, by country
  • Premium Statistic Latin America: deaths from household air pollution 2019, by country
  • Basic Statistic Latin America: population-weighted ozone pollution 2019, by country

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