High income OECD countries Compared by Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
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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 | 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 |