Nepal vs. India

Environment

	Nepal	India
Air pollutants	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.)	particulate matter emissions: 65.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 2,407.67 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 559.11 megatons (2020 est.)
Total water withdrawal	municipal: 147.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 29.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 9.32 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)	municipal: 56 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 17 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 688 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Revenue from forest resources	forest revenues: 0.45% of GDP (2018 est.)	forest revenues: 0.14% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal	coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)	coal revenues: 1.15% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling	municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,768,977 tons (2016 est.)	municipal solid waste generated annually: 168,403,240 tons (2001 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 8,420,162 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5% (2013 est.)