Vietnam vs. China
Environment
| Vietnam | China |
|---|
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 29.66 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 192.67 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 110.4 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 49.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 9,893.04 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 1,490.24 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 1.206 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 3.074 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 77.75 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 79.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 133.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 385.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 1.49% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0.35% of GDP (2018 est.) | coal revenues: 0.57% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,570,300 tons (2011 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,201,169 tons (2014 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 23% (2014 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 210 million tons (2015 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
