Burma vs. Laos
Environment
| Burma | Laos |
|---|
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 34.69 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 25.28 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 42.2 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 24.49 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 17.76 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 9 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 3.323 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 498.4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 29.57 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 130 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 170 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 7.02 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 1.69% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 1.48% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,677,307 tons (2000 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 351,900 tons (2015 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 35,190 tons (2015 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 10% (2015 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
