Sulphur dioxide and coal, per unit of GDP by country
Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
202
Highest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Curaçao
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Liechtenstein
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
10,833
What the numbers show
Sulphur dioxide and coal, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Curaçao; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 160 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 1,860.4%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 90.3%).
Sulphur dioxide and coal, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curaçao | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 1,860.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Serbia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Aruba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 10 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Palau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 294.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 24 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 25 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Türkiye | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Viet Nam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Seychelles | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 38 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 142.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Sint Maarten | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 42 | Russia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 49 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 53 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 67 | Marshall Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Kiribati | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 81 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 84 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 35.3% | falling |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Tonga | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Maldives | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 103 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 113 | Australia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 115 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 117 | French Polynesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 118 | American Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 120 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Republic of Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Hong Kong (China) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 131 | South Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 320.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Estonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 196.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Timor-Leste | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Grenada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 157 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Dominica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Paraguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Romania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 167 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 168 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Argentina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 175 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Macau (China) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 181 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Finland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Bermuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 188 | United States of America | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Hungary | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 192 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 193 | France | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Denmark | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Greenland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Faroe Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 202 | Liechtenstein | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sulphur dioxide and coal ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Sulphur dioxide and coal Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.