China vs. Hong Kong
Environment
| China | Hong Kong |
|---|
| Air pollutants | 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.) | carbon dioxide emissions: 43.64 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.) | forest revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0.57% of GDP (2018 est.) | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 210 million tons (2015 est.) | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,679,816 tons (2015 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,931,138 tons (2016 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 34% (2016 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
