Ecuador vs. Colombia
Environment
| Ecuador | Colombia |
Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 14.91 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 41.15 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 23.51 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 15.24 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 97.81 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 81.52 megatons (2020 est.) |
Total water withdrawal | municipal: 1.293 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 549 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 8.076 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 3.49 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 3.73 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 6.391 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.27% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0.1% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) | coal revenues: 0.75% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,297,211 tons (2015 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 683,340 tons (2015 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 12.9% (2015 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 12,150,120 tons (2011 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,089,821 tons (2013 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 17.2% (2013 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook