Pakistan vs. Afghanistan
Environment
| Pakistan | Afghanistan |
|---|
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 55.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 201.15 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 142.12 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 53.17 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 8.67 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 90.98 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 9.65 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 1.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 172.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 203.4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 169.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 20 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.1% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0.2% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0.06% of GDP (2018 est.) | coal revenues: 0.45% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 30.76 million tons (2017 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,460,800 tons (2017 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2017 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,628,525 tons (2016 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
