Malawi vs. Zambia

Environment

	Malawi	Zambia
Air pollutants	particulate matter emissions: 22.14 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 1.3 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 11.12 megatons (2020 est.)	particulate matter emissions: 24.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 5.14 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 14.1 megatons (2020 est.)
Total water withdrawal	municipal: 143.1 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 47.7 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 1.166 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)	municipal: 290 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 130 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 1.152 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Revenue from forest resources	forest revenues: 6.19% of GDP (2018 est.)	forest revenues: 4.45% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal	coal revenues: 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)	coal revenues: 0.04% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling	municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,297,844 tons (2013 est.)	municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,608,268 tons (2002 est.)