Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre by country
Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
205
Highest
7,637 units per square kilometre
Gibraltar
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.3654 units per square kilometre
Years covered
62
1961–2022
Data points
11,657
What the numbers show
Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 7,637 units per square kilometre in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3654 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 49.85 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 2,875.2%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 90.7%).
Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 7,637 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Singapore | 1,436 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Hong Kong (China) | 164.28 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Aruba | 138.94 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Curaçao | 124.58 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 6 | Macau, China | 116.06 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Sint Maarten | 107.83 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 8 | Malta | 104.64 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Bahrain | 79.7 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Kuwait | 25.19 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritius | 23.36 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Qatar | 17 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Maldives | 16.52 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Brunei Darussalam | 12.86 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 245.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Bermuda | 12.77 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 12.31 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Seychelles | 11.31 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Israel | 7.84 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 19 | Serbia | 7.64 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 20 | Lebanon | 6.92 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 6.33 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 22 | Barbados | 5.55 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 5.03 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 4.97 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 190.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.55 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.16 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Viet Nam | 4.11 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Türkiye | 3.89 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 29 | India | 3.8 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 3.79 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Korea | 3.69 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 32 | Cayman Islands | 3.42 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Jamaica | 3.39 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 3.11 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 35 | Philippines | 2.91 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 2.77 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Virgin Islands U.S. | 2.76 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Pakistan | 2.68 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Cuba | 2.59 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 40 | Palau | 2.53 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 41 | American Samoa | 2.52 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 2.47 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 43 | South Africa | 2.33 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 2.33 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 45 | Marshall Islands | 2.14 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 46 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.05 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 2.02 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.97 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Malaysia | 1.89 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 1.78 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Japan | 1.69 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 1.61 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.54 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 54 | British Virgin Islands | 1.49 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Cyprus | 1.46 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 56 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.35 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.33 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 58 | New Caledonia | 1.27 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 59 | Armenia | 1.26 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 1.23 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Panama | 1.19 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 1.18 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Thailand | 1.17 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2,875.2% | volatile |
| 65 | China | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Mexico | 1.09 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 67 | Grenada | 1.03 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 0.9679 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 69 | French Polynesia | 0.9394 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 70 | Cabo Verde | 0.9339 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Czechia | 0.9272 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Greece | 0.9127 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8766 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Peru | 0.8652 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 0.834 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.8233 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Germany | 0.8066 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7931 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Tonga | 0.7683 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Comoros | 0.7344 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Luxembourg | 0.6636 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 82 | Nepal | 0.6306 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 119.7% | volatile |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 0.5793 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Egypt | 0.5657 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 85 | Montenegro | 0.5647 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 75.6% | falling |
| 86 | Chile | 0.5531 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 87 | Honduras | 0.5497 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 0.5366 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Lesotho | 0.5363 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Ecuador | 0.5334 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Portugal | 0.531 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 0.53 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 0.5004 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 0.4757 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Spain | 0.4727 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 96 | Samoa | 0.4405 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 97 | Senegal | 0.4273 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Kiribati | 0.4147 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 99 | Italy | 0.3998 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Estonia | 0.3933 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 0.3923 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.3739 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Bahamas | 0.3654 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Oman | 0.3522 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0.3443 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Gambia | 0.3397 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Lithuania | 0.3329 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Zambia | 0.3228 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Russia | 0.3208 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 110 | Romania | 0.3049 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Albania | 0.3047 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Denmark | 0.3025 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Eswatini | 0.3013 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 114 | Slovak Republic | 0.2892 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Tunisia | 0.2765 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 116 | Fiji | 0.2656 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 117 | Slovenia | 0.2629 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Rwanda | 0.2618 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 119 | Morocco | 0.2591 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 59.9% | rising |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 0.2534 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2527 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | 0.2502 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 123 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2496 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.237 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 125 | Ukraine | 0.2284 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Myanmar | 0.2277 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 127 | United States | 0.2188 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 128 | Dominica | 0.2145 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.2045 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 73.6% | rising |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 0.1991 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 0.1944 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 0.1937 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 133 | France | 0.1898 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Djibouti | 0.1862 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Bhutan | 0.1855 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Ghana | 0.1749 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1607 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Uruguay | 0.1591 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 55.9% | flat |
| 139 | Ireland | 0.1549 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Hungary | 0.1451 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Namibia | 0.1411 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Austria | 0.14 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Australia | 0.136 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 144 | Brazil | 0.1356 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 0.1337 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 146 | Nigeria | 0.1307 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 147 | Iceland | 0.1303 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Sweden | 0.1303 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Switzerland | 0.1287 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Colombia | 0.1232 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 151 | Suriname | 0.1216 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Croatia | 0.1169 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Burundi | 0.1156 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Malawi | 0.113 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Togo | 0.0999 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Finland | 0.0953 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 0.0912 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 67.6% | falling |
| 158 | Guinea | 0.0891 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 159 | Benin | 0.0833 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Mongolia | 0.0832 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Kenya | 0.0827 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0766 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 0.0763 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Uganda | 0.0749 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 165 | Canada | 0.0716 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 166 | Angola | 0.0703 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Latvia | 0.0699 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 0.0698 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Botswana | 0.0696 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Madagascar | 0.0685 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Burkina Faso | 0.0665 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Yemen | 0.0658 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 0.0629 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 174 | Guyana | 0.0625 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 175 | Georgia | 0.0599 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Cameroon | 0.0592 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0583 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Libya | 0.0545 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0.0537 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0513 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 0.0478 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 182 | Norway | 0.0471 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 0.0456 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Argentina | 0.0451 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 49.8% | rising |
| 185 | Mozambique | 0.0407 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 0.0372 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 187 | Belize | 0.0345 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Paraguay | 0.0267 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Gabon | 0.0264 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 190 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0262 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Congo | 0.026 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Algeria | 0.0232 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 193 | Sudan | 0.0198 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 194 | Mauritania | 0.0156 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0133 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 196 | Mali | 0.01 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 197 | Somalia | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 198 | South Sudan | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 199 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0087 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Niger | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Central African Republic | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 202 | Chad | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 203 | Liechtenstein | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 205 | Greenland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sulphur dioxide and coal ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sulphur dioxide and coal Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.