Kuwait vs. Iraq

Environment

	Kuwait	Iraq
Air pollutants	particulate matter emissions: 57.17 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 98.73 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 6.21 megatons (2020 est.)	particulate matter emissions: 57.73 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 190.06 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 17.44 megatons (2020 est.)
Total water withdrawal	municipal: 448.3 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 23.3 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 778.4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)	municipal: 1.23 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 2.05 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 35.27 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Revenue from forest resources	forest revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)	forest revenues: 0% 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: 1.75 million tons (2010 est.)	municipal solid waste generated annually: 13.14 million tons (2015 est.)