Environmental indicators
Threatened species 2011 79  
Forested area (% of land area) 2009 31.8  
CO2 emission estimates (000 metric tons and metric tons per capita) 2008 786016/9.6  
Energy consumption per capita (kilograms oil equivalent) 2009 3241.0  
Rainfall in the capital city, total mean (millimetres) 571  
Temperature in the capital city, mean °C (minimum and maximum) 5.9/13.4  
Ramsar sites WHC sites
Aland-Elbe-Niederung und Elbaue Jerichow Aachen Cathedral
Ammersee Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
Bayerische Wildalm Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
Bodensee: Wollmatinger Ried - Giehrenmoos & Mindelsee Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Chiemsee Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
Diepholzer Moorniederung Classical Weimar
Donauauen & Donaumoos Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
Dümmer Cologne Cathedral
Elbauen, Schnackenburg-Lauenburg Fagus Factory in Alfeld
Galenbecker See Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hamburgisches Wattenmeer Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Helmestausee Berga-Kelbra Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Ismaninger Speichersee & Fischteichen Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
Krakower Obersee Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
Lech-Donau-Winkel Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Mühlenberger Loch Messel Pit Fossil Site
Niederelbe, Barnkrug-Otterndorf Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
Niederung der Unteren Havel/Gülper See/Schollener See Monastic Island of Reichenau
Oberrhein / Rhin Supérieur Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
Ostseeboddengäwasser Westrügen-Hiddensee-Zingst Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
Ostufer Müritz Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
Peitzer Teichgebiet Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Rheinauen zwischen Eltville und Bingen Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Rieselfelder Münster Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
Starnberger See Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Steinhuder Meer Speyer Cathedral
Unterer Inn, Haiming-Neuhaus St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
Unterer Niederrhein The Wadden Sea
Unteres Odertal, Schwedt Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
Wattenmeer, Elbe-Weser-Dreieck Town of Bamberg
Wattenmeer, Jadebusen & westliche Wesermündung Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart Völklingen Ironworks
Weserstaustufe Schlüsselburg Wartburg Castle
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Squar
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen