High income OECD countries Compared by Environment > NOx emissions per populated area

DEFINITION: NOx 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	Belgium	3.43 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
2	United Kingdom	2.76 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
3	Germany	1.82 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
4	Iceland	1.76 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
5	Netherlands	1.51 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
6	Japan	1.5 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
7	United States	1.29 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
8	South Korea	1.24 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
9	Canada	1.15 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
10	Denmark	1.01 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=11	Australia	1 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=11	Italy	1 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
13	France	0.99 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
14	Switzerland	0.95 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
15	Israel	0.76 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
16	Greece	0.47 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
17	Austria	0.46 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
18	Ireland	0.45 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
19	Spain	0.44 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
20	Czech Republic	0.43 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
21	Poland	0.28 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=22	Slovakia	0.27 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=22	Sweden	0.27 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
24	Norway	0.26 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
25	Portugal	0.22 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
26	Finland	0.19 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
27	Slovenia	0.17 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
28	New Zealand	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
29	Chile	0.1 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
30	Estonia	0.09 thousand metric tons/squ	2000

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