China vs. Nepal

Environment

	China	Nepal
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.)	particulate matter emissions: 94.33 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 9.11 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 41.15 megatons (2020 est.)
Total water withdrawal	municipal: 79.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 133.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 385.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)	municipal: 147.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 29.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 9.32 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Revenue from forest resources	forest revenues: 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.)	forest revenues: 0.45% 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: 1,768,977 tons (2016 est.)