Former Spanish colonies Compared by Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area

DEFINITION: SO2 emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Chile	4,380 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
2	Cuba	1,730 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
3	Mexico	970 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
4	Philippines	880 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
5	El Salvador	700 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
6	Venezuela	590 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
7	Peru	450 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
8	Costa Rica	380 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
9	Ecuador	350 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
10	Colombia	240 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
11	Panama	230 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
12	Uruguay	170 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
13	Guatemala	160 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=14	Argentina	150 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=14	Honduras	150 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
16	Nicaragua	120 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
17	Paraguay	80 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
18	Bolivia	70 thousand metric tons/squ	2000

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