Mauritania vs. Algeria
Environment
| Mauritania | Algeria |
|---|
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 40.82 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 2.74 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 6.16 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 35.17 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 150.01 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 49.94 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 95.4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 31.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 1.223 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 3.6 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 191 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 6.671 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 1.3% 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% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 454,000 tons (2009 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 36,320 tons (2009 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2009 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 12,378,740 tons (2016 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 990,299 tons (2013 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2013 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
