China vs. Kazakhstan
Environment
| China | Kazakhstan |
|---|
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 49.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 9,893.04 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 1,490.24 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 11.32 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 247.21 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 45.03 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 79.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 133.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 385.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 2.347 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 6.984 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 15.12 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0.57% of GDP (2018 est.) | coal revenues: 0.99% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 210 million tons (2015 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,659,740 tons (2012 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 136,064 tons (2012 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 2.9% (2012 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
