Belgium vs. France
Environment
| Belgium | France |
|---|
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 12.88 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 96.89 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 7.78 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 11.64 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 55.99 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 739 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 3.21 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 45 million cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 5.175 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 18.15 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 3.113 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.708 million tons (2015 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,614,985 tons (2015 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 34.3% (2015 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 33.399 million tons (2015 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 7,434,617 tons (2015 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 22.3% (2015 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
