High income OECD countries 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	Belgium	21,390 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
2	South Korea	19,430 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
3	Czech Republic	7,980 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
4	United Kingdom	5,370 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
5	Germany	5,100 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
6	Slovakia	4,850 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
7	Chile	4,380 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
8	Netherlands	4,190 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
9	Poland	3,900 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
10	Israel	3,310 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
11	Denmark	2,860 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
12	Australia	2,840 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=13	Canada	2,790 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=13	Italy	2,790 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
15	Slovenia	2,340 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
16	Greece	1,830 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
17	United States	1,680 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
18	Finland	1,480 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
19	Spain	1,310 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
20	Portugal	1,170 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
21	France	1,090 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=22	Ireland	970 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=22	Japan	970 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
24	Iceland	960 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
25	Austria	850 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
26	Sweden	770 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
27	Estonia	580 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
28	Switzerland	510 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
29	New Zealand	440 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
30	Norway	350 thousand metric tons/squ	2000

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