Kuwait vs. Saudi Arabia
Environment
| Kuwait | Saudi Arabia |
|---|
| 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: 78.38 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 563.45 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 45.47 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: 3.15 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 19.2 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: 16,125,701 tons (2015 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,418,855 tons (2015 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 15% (2015 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
