Iran vs. Afghanistan

Environment

	Iran	Afghanistan
Air pollutants	particulate matter emissions: 35.09 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 661.71 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 158.71 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: 6.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 1.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 86 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: 0.01% of GDP (2017 est.)	forest revenues: 0.2% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal	coal revenues: 0.01% of GDP (2017 est.)	coal revenues: 0.45% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling	municipal solid waste generated annually: 17.885 million tons (2017 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 894,250 tons (2017 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5% (2017 est.)	municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,628,525 tons (2016 est.)