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.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Belgium: |
21,390 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #2 |
Korea, South: |
19,430 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #3 |
Jamaica: |
17,050 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #4 |
Czech Republic: |
7,980 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #5 |
Korea, North: |
7,640 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #6 |
Kuwait: |
7,120 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #7 |
United Kingdom: |
5,370 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #8 |
Germany: |
5,100 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #9 |
Slovakia: |
4,850 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #10 |
Bulgaria: |
4,610 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #11 |
Chile: |
4,380 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #12 |
Netherlands: |
4,190 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #13 |
Egypt: |
4,090 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #14 |
Poland: |
3,900 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #15 |
Israel: |
3,310 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #16 |
Libya: |
3,220 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #17 |
Denmark: |
2,860 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #18 |
Australia: |
2,840 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #19 |
Italy: |
2,790 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #20 |
Canada: |
2,790 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #21 |
Jordan: |
2,710 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #22 |
China: |
2,680 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #23 |
Hungary: |
2,650 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #24 |
Tajikistan: |
2,610 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #25 |
South Africa: |
2,350 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #26 |
Slovenia: |
2,340 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #27 |
Armenia: |
2,290 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #28 |
Zambia: |
2,100 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #29 |
Sierra Leone: |
2,080 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #30 |
Ukraine: |
2,060 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #31 |
Romania: |
2,040 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #32 |
Croatia: |
1,870 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #33 |
Greece: |
1,830 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #34 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1,780 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #35 |
Cuba: |
1,730 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #36 |
Lithuania: |
1,690 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #37 |
United States: |
1,680 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #38 |
Azerbaijan: |
1,680 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #39 |
Moldova: |
1,650 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #40 |
Tunisia: |
1,610 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #41 |
Malaysia: |
1,600 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #42 |
United Arab Emirates: |
1,520 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #43 |
Finland: |
1,480 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #44 |
Botswana: |
1,320 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #45 |
Spain: |
1,310 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #46 |
Portugal: |
1,170 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #47 |
India: |
1,150 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #48 |
France: |
1,090 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #49 |
Thailand: |
1,070 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #50 |
Japan: |
970 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #51 |
Ireland: |
970 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #52 |
Mexico: |
970 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #53 |
Iceland: |
960 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #54 |
Belarus: |
950 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #55 |
Russia: |
930 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #56 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
900 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #57 |
Philippines: |
880 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #58 |
Namibia: |
870 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #59 |
Austria: |
850 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #60 |
Sweden: |
770 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #61 |
Uzbekistan: |
770 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #62 |
Syria: |
710 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #63 |
El Salvador: |
700 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #64 |
Bangladesh: |
690 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #65 |
Turkey: |
650 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #66 |
Dominica: |
640 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #67 |
Albania: |
600 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #68 |
Lebanon: |
600 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #69 |
Venezuela: |
590 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #70 |
Kazakhstan: |
580 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #71 |
Estonia: |
580 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #72 |
Iraq: |
580 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #73 |
Saudi Arabia: |
560 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #74 |
Algeria: |
540 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #75 |
Morocco: |
530 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #76 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
520 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #77 |
Switzerland: |
510 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #78 |
Iran: |
490 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #79 |
Rwanda: |
490 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #80 |
Peru: |
450 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #81 |
New Zealand: |
440 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #82 |
Mongolia: |
430 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #83 |
Costa Rica: |
380 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #84 |
Brazil: |
360 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #85 |
Indonesia: |
360 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #86 |
Norway: |
350 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #87 |
Ecuador: |
350 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #88 |
Zimbabwe: |
330 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #89 |
Pakistan: |
300 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #90 |
Central African Republic: |
290 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #91 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
270 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #92 |
Vietnam: |
260 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #93 |
Colombia: |
240 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #94 |
Panama: |
230 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #95 |
Sri Lanka: |
210 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #96 |
Angola: |
200 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #97 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
200 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #98 |
Nigeria: |
190 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #99 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
190 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #100 |
Turkmenistan: |
180 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #101 |
Cambodia: |
180 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #102 |
Latvia: |
180 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #103 |
Mauritania: |
180 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #104 |
Uruguay: |
170 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #105 |
Ghana: |
170 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #106 |
Uganda: |
160 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #107 |
Guatemala: |
160 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #108 |
Kenya: |
160 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #109 |
Senegal: |
150 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #110 |
Argentina: |
150 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #111 |
Honduras: |
150 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #112 |
Benin: |
140 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #113 |
Haiti: |
140 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #114 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
140 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #115 |
Burundi: |
130 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #116 |
Mozambique: |
130 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #117 |
Nicaragua: |
120 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #118 |
Liberia: |
110 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #119 |
Oman: |
110 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #120 |
Laos: |
110 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #121 |
Gambia, The: |
110 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #122 |
Sudan: |
110 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #123 |
Gabon: |
110 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #124 |
Tanzania: |
100 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #125 |
Chad: |
100 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #126 |
Niger: |
90 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #127 |
Burma: |
90 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #128 |
Burkina Faso: |
80 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #129 |
Paraguay: |
80 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #130 |
Cameroon: |
80 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #131 |
Bolivia: |
70 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #132 |
Guinea: |
70 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #133 |
Mali: |
70 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #134 |
Ethiopia: |
70 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #135 |
Togo: |
70 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #136 |
Somalia: |
60 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #137 |
Malawi: |
50 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #138 |
Nepal: |
50 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #139 |
Madagascar: |
40 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #140 |
Papua New Guinea: |
40 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| #141 |
Bhutan: |
30 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
1,561.1 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
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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