Egypt vs. Gaza Strip
Environment
| Egypt | Gaza Strip |
Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 79.28 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 238.56 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 59.68 megatons (2020 est.) | carbon dioxide emissions: 3.23 megatons (2016 est.)
note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |
Total water withdrawal | municipal: 10.75 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 5.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 61.35 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 181.2 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 32 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 162 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |
Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.15% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 21 million tons (2012 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2.625 million tons (2013 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 12.5% (2013 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.387 million tons (2016 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 6,935 tons (2013 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.5% (2013 est.)
note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |
Source: CIA Factbook