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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 | 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 |