Country comparison · 149 cities measured
United Kingdom vs Venezuela Air quality index (AQI) and deforestation
Venezuela has cleaner air than United Kingdom right now: its cities average AQI 39 against 40.
Venezuela has lost more forest since 2001. Venezuela has more tree cover in its cities.
Average of 92 cities
AQI 40
Good
Cleaner on average
- At ground stations
- AQI 38
- Tree cover
- 26.6%
- Forest lost since 2001
- 607,000 ha
Average of 57 cities
AQI 39
Good
Cleaner on average
- Tree cover
- 27.3%
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2.66 million ha
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
United Kingdom40Venezuela39
Head to head
United Kingdom vs Venezuela at a glance
Venezuela is ahead on 3 of 5 measures, and United Kingdom on 1. The better figure in each row is marked.
| United Kingdom | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|
| Average air qualityUS AQI, all measured cities. | 40 | 39 (better) |
| Cities over AQI 100Not fine for sensitive groups. | 0% | 0% |
| Forest lost since 2001The whole country. | 607,000 ha (better) | 2.66 million ha |
| Share of its forest lostOf what it had in 2000. | 17% | 4.7% (better) |
| Average tree coverAcross its measured cities. | 26.6% | 27.3% (better) |
Air quality today
Is Venezuela cleaner than United Kingdom?
On air quality, yes, right now. Venezuela has cleaner air than United Kingdom right now: its cities average AQI 39 against 40.
0% of the measured cities in the United Kingdom are over AQI 100 today, the point where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, against 0% in Venezuela.
How each country's cities split across the air quality bands
United Kingdom
- Good59 (64%)
- Moderate33 (36%)
Venezuela
- Good37 (65%)
- Moderate20 (35%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How do United Kingdom and Venezuela compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of the United Kingdom average cleaner air than 73% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and those of Venezuela than 75%.
Cleaner air than…
- United Kingdom
- Beats 73%
- Venezuela
- Beats 75%
More tree cover than…
- United Kingdom
- Beats 58%
- Venezuela
- Beats 60%
Deforestation · 2001–2025
Which country has lost more forest, United Kingdom or Venezuela?
Venezuela has lost more: about 2.66 million ha of forest from 2001 to 2025, against 607,000 ha in the United Kingdom, or 4.4 times as much. 1.92 million ha of Venezuela's was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns; the rest burned, was logged or can grow back.
The whole country, from the yearly satellite maps of forest loss: unlike the city averages above, this counts every forest, not just the land around cities.
Worst year: 2009, with 37,400 ha lost.
Worst year: 2016, with 209,000 ha lost.
| United Kingdom | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|
| Forest lost since 2001Cleared, burned or logged. | 607,000 ha (better) | 2.66 million ha |
| Share of its forestOf what it had in 2000. | 17% | 4.7% (better) |
| Cleared for goodTurned into farms, mines or towns. | 15,700 ha (better) | 1.92 million ha |
| Recent trend2021–2025 against the five years before. | Holding steady | Slowing down |
| Main known cause | Logging (93%) | Farms, pasture and plantations (70%) |
Trees
Which country has more tree cover, United Kingdom or Venezuela?
Venezuela does: its measured cities average 27.3% tree cover against 26.6%, a gap of 0.7 percentage points.
| United Kingdom | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|
| Trees standingSummed across measured cities. | 7.4M (better) | 4.7M |
| Cities below their targetShort of the canopy target. | 68% | 60% (better) |
| Trees still neededTo reach those targets. | 1.5M | 1.1M (better) |
Behind the averages
The cities behind United Kingdom and Venezuela
An average says nothing about how far apart the best and worst places are. These are the measured cities at each end.
Venezuela
- Greenest measured city
- Puerto Ayacucho66.8% tree cover
- Worst air right now
- AcariguaAQI 72
Reading these numbers
What a country average is, and is not
It is a mean of cities
Not a national statistic. Each figure is the average across the cities Airleaf has measured: 92 in the United Kingdom and 57 in Venezuela, each read over the same 2 km radius, on the US EPA index. Rural land and unmeasured towns are not in it.
Coverage shapes the number
A country measured mostly in its capital reads differently from one measured across dozens of towns. United Kingdom rests on 92 cities against 57, so its average is the steadier of the two. Forest figures come from the University of Maryland's Global Forest Change maps.
Frequently asked
United Kingdom vs Venezuela: your questions answered
Is Venezuela cleaner than United Kingdom?
On air quality, yes, right now: Venezuela's cities average AQI 39 against 40 on the US EPA index. These are live readings averaged across cities, so the gap moves with the weather.
Which country has lost more forest, United Kingdom or Venezuela?
Venezuela has lost more: about 2.66 million ha of forest from 2001 to 2025, against 607,000 ha in the United Kingdom, or 4.4 times as much. 1.92 million ha of Venezuela's was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns; the rest burned, was logged or can grow back.
Which country has more tree cover, United Kingdom or Venezuela?
Venezuela does: its measured cities average 27.3% tree cover against 26.6%, a gap of 0.7 percentage points.
How many cities are the United Kingdom and Venezuela figures based on?
92 measured cities in the United Kingdom and 57 in Venezuela. Every one was read the same way, so the two averages are directly comparable, but a country with more measured cities has the more settled figure.
Does this cover the whole of the United Kingdom and Venezuela?
The air and tree figures are not: they are the cities Airleaf has measured, each over the same 2 km radius, so treat them as a comparison of urban air and urban tree cover. The forest figures are: they count every forest in the country.
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