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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.
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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Bulgaria | 4,610 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
2 | Chile | 4,380 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
3 | Poland | 3,900 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
4 | China | 2,680 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
5 | Hungary | 2,650 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
6 | South Africa | 2,350 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
7 | Ukraine | 2,060 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
8 | Romania | 2,040 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
9 | Lithuania | 1,690 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
10 | Malaysia | 1,600 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
11 | India | 1,150 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
12 | Thailand | 1,070 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
13 | Mexico | 970 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
14 | Russia | 930 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
15 | Philippines | 880 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
16 | Turkey | 650 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
17 | Venezuela | 590 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
18 | Estonia | 580 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
19 | Peru | 450 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
=20 | Indonesia | 360 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
=20 | Brazil | 360 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
22 | Pakistan | 300 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
23 | Colombia | 240 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
24 | Latvia | 180 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 | |
25 | Argentina | 150 thousand metric tons/squ | 2000 |