Azerbaijan vs. Iran
Environment
| Azerbaijan | Iran |
Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 18.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 37.62 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 44.87 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 35.09 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 661.71 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 158.71 megatons (2020 est.) |
Total water withdrawal | municipal: 449.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 3.062 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 9.27 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 6.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 1.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 86 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0.01% of GDP (2017 est.) |
Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) | coal revenues: 0.01% of GDP (2017 est.) |
Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,930,349 tons (2015 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 17.885 million tons (2017 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 894,250 tons (2017 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5% (2017 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook