Sulphur dioxide and coal, per capita by country
Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
205
Highest
2.03 units per person
Gibraltar
Lowest
0 units per person
Liechtenstein
Median
0.0053 units per person
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
13,011
What the numbers show
Sulphur dioxide and coal, per capita is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 2.03 units per person in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0 units per person in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0053 units per person, and the mean is 0.0265 units per person.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 2,465.8%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 89.5%).
Sulphur dioxide and coal, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 2.03 units per person | 2022 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Curaçao | 0.3608 units per person | 2022 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 3 | Aruba | 0.2331 units per person | 2022 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 0.1829 units per person | 2022 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1489 units per person | 2022 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1075 units per person | 2022 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 7 | Kuwait | 0.0978 units per person | 2022 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 0.0964 units per person | 2022 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 9 | Sint Maarten | 0.087 units per person | 2022 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0868 units per person | 2022 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 11 | New Caledonia | 0.0807 units per person | 2022 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 12 | Qatar | 0.0735 units per person | 2022 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0726 units per person | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 14 | Palau | 0.0656 units per person | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Malta | 0.063 units per person | 2022 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 0.0529 units per person | 2022 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 17 | South Africa | 0.0453 units per person | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 18 | Seychelles | 0.0434 units per person | 2022 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 0.0428 units per person | 2022 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 20 | Bahrain | 0.0413 units per person | 2022 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Australia | 0.0402 units per person | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 22 | Namibia | 0.0402 units per person | 2022 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Mongolia | 0.0377 units per person | 2022 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritius | 0.0369 units per person | 2022 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 0.0364 units per person | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 26 | Türkiye | 0.0352 units per person | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 0.0345 units per person | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 28 | Iceland | 0.0344 units per person | 2022 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0339 units per person | 2022 | up 2,465.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 0.0331 units per person | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 31 | Suriname | 0.0313 units per person | 2022 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 0.0293 units per person | 2022 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 33 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0245 units per person | 2022 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 34 | Cuba | 0.0243 units per person | 2022 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 35 | Hong Kong (China) | 0.0235 units per person | 2022 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Oman | 0.023 units per person | 2022 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Chile | 0.021 units per person | 2022 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 38 | Panama | 0.02 units per person | 2022 | down 66.8% | rising |
| 39 | Malaysia | 0.0179 units per person | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 0.0178 units per person | 2022 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 41 | Iraq | 0.0176 units per person | 2022 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Mexico | 0.0164 units per person | 2022 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 43 | Botswana | 0.0162 units per person | 2022 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Canada | 0.0162 units per person | 2022 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Guyana | 0.0161 units per person | 2022 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0156 units per person | 2022 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 0.0137 units per person | 2022 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Libya | 0.0133 units per person | 2022 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Belgium | 0.0131 units per person | 2022 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 50 | New Zealand | 0.013 units per person | 2022 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 51 | Jamaica | 0.0129 units per person | 2022 | down 44.6% | flat |
| 52 | Viet Nam | 0.0129 units per person | 2022 | up 110.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Estonia | 0.0125 units per person | 2022 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 54 | Lebanon | 0.0123 units per person | 2022 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 55 | Montenegro | 0.0122 units per person | 2022 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands | 0.0121 units per person | 2022 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 57 | Armenia | 0.0119 units per person | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 58 | Zambia | 0.0119 units per person | 2022 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 0.0116 units per person | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 60 | Cayman Islands | 0.0115 units per person | 2022 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0114 units per person | 2022 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Greece | 0.0113 units per person | 2022 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 63 | Bermuda | 0.0106 units per person | 2022 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 0.0106 units per person | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 0.0104 units per person | 2022 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 66 | American Samoa | 0.0104 units per person | 2022 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Poland | 0.0102 units per person | 2022 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Cyprus | 0.0101 units per person | 2022 | down 48.6% | flat |
| 69 | Marshall Islands | 0.0096 units per person | 2022 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Maldives | 0.0095 units per person | 2022 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0093 units per person | 2022 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Bahamas | 0.0092 units per person | 2022 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 73 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0092 units per person | 2022 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Bhutan | 0.0091 units per person | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 75 | Pakistan | 0.0085 units per person | 2022 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 76 | Barbados | 0.0085 units per person | 2022 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Thailand | 0.0083 units per person | 2022 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Micronesia | 0.0083 units per person | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 79 | Belarus | 0.0082 units per person | 2022 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.0082 units per person | 2022 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 0.008 units per person | 2022 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 0.0079 units per person | 2022 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 0.0077 units per person | 2022 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 84 | Philippines | 0.0076 units per person | 2022 | up 56.7% | falling |
| 85 | Ecuador | 0.0074 units per person | 2022 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 86 | Lithuania | 0.0074 units per person | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 87 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.0074 units per person | 2022 | down 68.1% | rising |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 0.0072 units per person | 2022 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Lesotho | 0.0071 units per person | 2022 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 0.007 units per person | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 91 | Korea | 0.007 units per person | 2022 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 92 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0067 units per person | 2022 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 93 | Czechia | 0.0067 units per person | 2022 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0065 units per person | 2022 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0064 units per person | 2022 | down 72.4% | falling |
| 96 | United States | 0.006 units per person | 2022 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | 0.0059 units per person | 2022 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 98 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0058 units per person | 2022 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Samoa | 0.0057 units per person | 2022 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 100 | Macau (China) | 0.0057 units per person | 2022 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Brazil | 0.0054 units per person | 2022 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 102 | Fiji | 0.0053 units per person | 2022 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 103 | Tonga | 0.0053 units per person | 2022 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0052 units per person | 2022 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Finland | 0.0052 units per person | 2022 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Sweden | 0.0051 units per person | 2022 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Guatemala | 0.005 units per person | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 108 | Egypt | 0.005 units per person | 2022 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 109 | Spain | 0.0049 units per person | 2022 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Japan | 0.0049 units per person | 2022 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Portugal | 0.0047 units per person | 2022 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Senegal | 0.0047 units per person | 2022 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Eswatini | 0.0043 units per person | 2022 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 114 | Jordan | 0.0039 units per person | 2022 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 115 | El Salvador | 0.0039 units per person | 2022 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 0.0038 units per person | 2022 | up 165.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Djibouti | 0.0038 units per person | 2022 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0037 units per person | 2022 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 119 | Romania | 0.0037 units per person | 2022 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 0.0036 units per person | 2022 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 121 | Tunisia | 0.0035 units per person | 2022 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 122 | Cambodia | 0.0035 units per person | 2022 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 0.0034 units per person | 2022 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Germany | 0.0034 units per person | 2022 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 0.0033 units per person | 2022 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritania | 0.0033 units per person | 2022 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Moldova | 0.0032 units per person | 2022 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Ukraine | 0.0032 units per person | 2022 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 0.0032 units per person | 2022 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Norway | 0.0031 units per person | 2022 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Morocco | 0.0031 units per person | 2022 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 0.003 units per person | 2022 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.003 units per person | 2022 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Grenada | 0.003 units per person | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Gabon | 0.0028 units per person | 2022 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Myanmar | 0.0028 units per person | 2022 | up 133.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Argentina | 0.0027 units per person | 2022 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 0.0026 units per person | 2022 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Colombia | 0.0026 units per person | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.0026 units per person | 2022 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0026 units per person | 2022 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 142 | Kiribati | 0.0026 units per person | 2022 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 143 | Slovak Republic | 0.0026 units per person | 2022 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Slovenia | 0.0025 units per person | 2022 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0025 units per person | 2022 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Angola | 0.0025 units per person | 2022 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 0.0024 units per person | 2022 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Dominica | 0.0024 units per person | 2022 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Latvia | 0.0023 units per person | 2022 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 150 | United Kingdom | 0.0021 units per person | 2022 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Azerbaijan | 0.0021 units per person | 2022 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Denmark | 0.0021 units per person | 2022 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Ireland | 0.002 units per person | 2022 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Italy | 0.002 units per person | 2022 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Belize | 0.002 units per person | 2022 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Costa Rica | 0.0019 units per person | 2022 | down 66.2% | rising |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0.0019 units per person | 2022 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Croatia | 0.0017 units per person | 2022 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Comoros | 0.0016 units per person | 2022 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 160 | Paraguay | 0.0016 units per person | 2022 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 161 | Guinea | 0.0016 units per person | 2022 | up 38.4% | falling |
| 162 | France | 0.0015 units per person | 2022 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Congo | 0.0015 units per person | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 164 | Hungary | 0.0014 units per person | 2022 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Liberia | 0.0014 units per person | 2022 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 0.0013 units per person | 2022 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 167 | Madagascar | 0.0013 units per person | 2022 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 168 | Gambia | 0.0013 units per person | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.0013 units per person | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 170 | Austria | 0.0013 units per person | 2022 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Algeria | 0.0012 units per person | 2022 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 172 | Ghana | 0.0012 units per person | 2022 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 173 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0012 units per person | 2022 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 174 | Georgia | 0.0011 units per person | 2022 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.001 units per person | 2022 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 176 | Cameroon | 0.001 units per person | 2022 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 177 | Mozambique | 0.001 units per person | 2022 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.0009 units per person | 2022 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 179 | Kenya | 0.0009 units per person | 2022 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 180 | Burkina Faso | 0.0008 units per person | 2022 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 181 | Sierra Leone | 0.0008 units per person | 2022 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Timor-Leste | 0.0008 units per person | 2022 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Sudan | 0.0008 units per person | 2022 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.0007 units per person | 2022 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 185 | Benin | 0.0007 units per person | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 186 | Togo | 0.0007 units per person | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 187 | Switzerland | 0.0006 units per person | 2022 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 0.0006 units per person | 2022 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 189 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0005 units per person | 2022 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Nigeria | 0.0005 units per person | 2022 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 191 | Mali | 0.0005 units per person | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 192 | Malawi | 0.0005 units per person | 2022 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 193 | South Sudan | 0.0005 units per person | 2022 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Rwanda | 0.0005 units per person | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 195 | Ethiopia | 0.0004 units per person | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 196 | Niger | 0.0004 units per person | 2022 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 197 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0004 units per person | 2022 | down 58.3% | rising |
| 198 | Somalia | 0.0003 units per person | 2022 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Uganda | 0.0003 units per person | 2022 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 200 | Burundi | 0.0002 units per person | 2022 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0002 units per person | 2022 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 202 | Chad | 0.0002 units per person | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 203 | Greenland | 0 units per person | 2022 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 0 units per person | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 205 | Liechtenstein | 0 units per person | 2022 | down 10.4% | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sulphur dioxide and coal ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sulphur dioxide and coal Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.