environmental2022
Sulfur dioxide emissions from all sectors
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
331,929.5tonnes
Median: 25,707.7tonnes
Countries Covered
220
with available data
Highest
India
11,284,760.0tonnes
Lowest
Guam
0.0tonnes
Top 5 Countries
1India11,284,760.0tonnes
2People's Republic of China10,382,385.0tonnes
3Russian Federation5,253,721.5tonnes
4Indonesia3,816,509.8tonnes
5Saudi Arabia3,460,292.8tonnes
By Region
Asia1,605,999.4tonnes(27 countries)
North America1,207,737.3tonnes(4 countries)
Oceania555,962.3tonnes(2 countries)
South America438,853.7tonnes(7 countries)
Africa434,538.3tonnes(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0tonnes)High (11,284,760.0tonnes)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 331,929.5tonnes)
Asia (27)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (139)
Europe (32)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11,284,760.0tonnes |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 10,382,385.0tonnes |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 5,253,721.5tonnes |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3,816,509.8tonnes |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 3,460,292.8tonnes |
| 6 | Türkiye | 2,991,784.8tonnes |
| 7 | South Africa | 2,828,198.5tonnes |
| 8 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 2,193,809.0tonnes |
| 9 | Mexico | 2,110,826.0tonnes |
| 10 | Pakistan | 2,068,077.4tonnes |
| 11 | United States of America | 2,001,695.0tonnes |
| 12 | Vietnam | 1,288,278.5tonnes |
| 13 | Brazil | 1,133,260.8tonnes |
| 14 | Peru | 1,107,499.6tonnes |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 1,059,074.4tonnes |
| 16 | Australia | 1,046,032.1tonnes |
| 17 | Singapore | 1,030,996.6tonnes |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 1,024,695.1tonnes |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 874,177.3tonnes |
| 20 | Philippines | 867,954.9tonnes |
| 21 | Iraq | 773,824.6tonnes |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 646,979.2tonnes |
| 23 | Serbia | 642,733.5tonnes |
| 24 | Canada | 629,054.9tonnes |
| 25 | Malaysia | 620,593.8tonnes |
| 26 | Japan | 617,599.6tonnes |
| 27 | Thailand | 597,814.1tonnes |
| 28 | Egypt | 563,150.4tonnes |
| 29 | Kuwait | 448,963.2tonnes |
| 30 | Chile | 410,896.9tonnes |
| 31 | Poland | 376,349.4tonnes |
| 32 | South Korea | 360,360.5tonnes |
| 33 | Germany | 281,793.7tonnes |
| 34 | Cuba | 268,354.4tonnes |
| 35 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 256,494.9tonnes |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 249,082.6tonnes |
| 37 | Zambia | 239,970.3tonnes |
| 38 | Spain | 236,195.5tonnes |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 232,714.3tonnes |
| 40 | Netherlands | 213,298.5tonnes |
| 41 | Qatar | 195,356.2tonnes |
| 42 | North Korea | 185,582.2tonnes |
| 43 | Venezuela | 180,374.9tonnes |
| 44 | Hong Kong | 172,497.2tonnes |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 171,105.2tonnes |
| 46 | Israel | 169,702.8tonnes |
| 47 | Belgium | 153,446.9tonnes |
| 48 | Syrian Arab Republic | 151,183.9tonnes |
| 49 | Myanmar | 148,612.1tonnes |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 140,141.4tonnes |
| 51 | Colombia | 136,659.8tonnes |
| 52 | Ecuador | 132,482.7tonnes |
| 53 | Ukraine | 132,348.5tonnes |
| 54 | Mongolia | 129,623.1tonnes |
| 55 | Argentina | 123,332.6tonnes |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 119,097.0tonnes |
| 57 | Nigeria | 119,082.2tonnes |
| 58 | Italy | 118,215.1tonnes |
| 59 | Greece | 117,652.3tonnes |
| 60 | Namibia | 116,168.9tonnes |
| 61 | Morocco | 115,646.7tonnes |
| 62 | Oman | 108,992.7tonnes |
| 63 | France | 102,304.9tonnes |
| 64 | Libya | 95,896.5tonnes |
| 65 | Nepal | 90,390.0tonnes |
| 66 | Guatemala | 89,373.1tonnes |
| 67 | Panama | 87,928.6tonnes |
| 68 | Angola | 87,705.2tonnes |
| 69 | Senegal | 82,276.7tonnes |
| 70 | Taiwan, Province of China | 81,205.9tonnes |
| 71 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 78,407.0tonnes |
| 72 | Gibraltar | 76,371.3tonnes |
| 73 | Belarus | 75,907.3tonnes |
| 74 | Czech Republic | 71,555.0tonnes |
| 75 | Lebanon | 70,773.3tonnes |
| 76 | Romania | 70,161.9tonnes |
| 77 | Brunei Darussalam | 67,787.4tonnes |
| 78 | New Zealand | 65,892.4tonnes |
| 79 | Bahrain | 62,960.3tonnes |
| 80 | Honduras | 61,500.9tonnes |
| 81 | Cambodia | 60,771.6tonnes |
| 82 | Curaçao | 55,315.1tonnes |
| 83 | Algeria | 55,288.8tonnes |
| 84 | Ethiopia | 53,955.9tonnes |
| 85 | Sweden | 53,054.0tonnes |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 51,720.9tonnes |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 51,644.8tonnes |
| 88 | Portugal | 48,646.4tonnes |
| 89 | Kenya | 48,012.9tonnes |
| 90 | Mauritius | 46,643.6tonnes |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 45,451.1tonnes |
| 92 | Jordan | 44,436.0tonnes |
| 93 | Tunisia | 42,950.8tonnes |
| 94 | Madagascar | 39,870.0tonnes |
| 95 | Ghana | 39,803.7tonnes |
| 96 | Botswana | 39,464.9tonnes |
| 97 | Sudan | 37,076.0tonnes |
| 98 | Jamaica | 36,727.4tonnes |
| 99 | Armenia | 35,481.5tonnes |
| 100 | Yemen | 34,714.0tonnes |
| 101 | Puerto Rico | 33,635.4tonnes |
| 102 | Malta | 33,483.6tonnes |
| 103 | Mozambique | 31,977.6tonnes |
| 104 | Reunion | 30,938.2tonnes |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 29,742.7tonnes |
| 106 | Finland | 28,952.3tonnes |
| 107 | Cameroon | 27,967.0tonnes |
| 108 | Uruguay | 27,843.4tonnes |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 26,981.0tonnes |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 26,405.5tonnes |
| 111 | Aruba | 25,010.0tonnes |
| 112 | El Salvador | 24,484.4tonnes |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 23,957.4tonnes |
| 114 | United Republic of Tanzania | 23,190.0tonnes |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 23,163.4tonnes |
| 116 | Guinea | 21,902.2tonnes |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21,353.7tonnes |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 20,943.7tonnes |
| 119 | Lithuania | 20,843.9tonnes |
| 120 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19,690.7tonnes |
| 121 | Suriname | 19,512.5tonnes |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 18,194.7tonnes |
| 123 | Norway | 17,144.1tonnes |
| 124 | Estonia | 16,805.9tonnes |
| 125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16,313.9tonnes |
| 126 | Lesotho | 16,281.8tonnes |
| 127 | Mauritania | 16,034.1tonnes |
| 128 | Uganda | 15,018.0tonnes |
| 129 | Haiti | 14,788.6tonnes |
| 130 | Bolivia | 14,461.5tonnes |
| 131 | Slovakia | 13,904.0tonnes |
| 132 | Cyprus | 13,471.9tonnes |
| 133 | Hungary | 13,237.4tonnes |
| 134 | Guyana | 13,190.7tonnes |
| 135 | Iceland | 13,139.3tonnes |
| 136 | Mali | 12,161.9tonnes |
| 137 | Denmark | 12,101.8tonnes |
| 138 | Austria | 11,553.5tonnes |
| 139 | Ireland | 10,673.1tonnes |
| 140 | Malawi | 10,657.1tonnes |
| 141 | Paraguay | 10,574.2tonnes |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 9,891.6tonnes |
| 143 | Niger | 9,505.8tonnes |
| 144 | Benin | 9,387.7tonnes |
| 145 | Republic of the Congo | 8,869.2tonnes |
| 146 | Albania | 8,348.6tonnes |
| 147 | Moldova, Republic of | 8,205.8tonnes |
| 148 | Montenegro | 7,595.2tonnes |
| 149 | Liberia | 7,352.3tonnes |
| 150 | Bhutan | 7,076.5tonnes |
| 151 | Gabon | 6,814.6tonnes |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 6,585.8tonnes |
| 153 | Croatia | 6,544.1tonnes |
| 154 | Eritrea | 6,502.1tonnes |
| 155 | Rwanda | 6,457.5tonnes |
| 156 | Somalia | 6,100.8tonnes |
| 157 | South Sudan | 5,604.9tonnes |
| 158 | Togo | 5,435.8tonnes |
| 159 | Slovenia | 5,294.6tonnes |
| 160 | Seychelles | 5,202.0tonnes |
| 161 | Eswatini | 5,182.3tonnes |
| 162 | Switzerland | 5,083.9tonnes |
| 163 | Maldives | 4,955.5tonnes |
| 164 | Fiji | 4,852.5tonnes |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,506.9tonnes |
| 166 | Latvia | 4,349.2tonnes |
| 167 | Djibouti | 4,317.2tonnes |
| 168 | Georgia | 4,163.0tonnes |
| 169 | Macao | 3,829.9tonnes |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 3,763.5tonnes |
| 171 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3,666.2tonnes |
| 172 | Bahamas | 3,657.3tonnes |
| 173 | Republic of The Gambia | 3,438.2tonnes |
| 174 | Chad | 3,393.8tonnes |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 3,260.8tonnes |
| 176 | Martinique | 3,202.2tonnes |
| 177 | Burundi | 2,968.0tonnes |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 2,890.2tonnes |
| 179 | Guadeloupe | 2,766.5tonnes |
| 180 | Barbados | 2,386.6tonnes |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,154.9tonnes |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 1,708.5tonnes |
| 183 | Comoros | 1,366.7tonnes |
| 184 | Samoa | 1,224.5tonnes |
| 185 | Palau | 1,165.4tonnes |
| 186 | French Guiana | 1,079.9tonnes |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 1,041.8tonnes |
| 188 | Timor-Leste | 1,038.3tonnes |
| 189 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 965.8tonnes |
| 190 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 934.1tonnes |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 867.5tonnes |
| 192 | Sao Tome and Principe | 841.6tonnes |
| 193 | Cayman Islands | 820.1tonnes |
| 194 | Belize | 786.7tonnes |
| 195 | Vanuatu | 766.7tonnes |
| 196 | Bermuda | 689.5tonnes |
| 197 | Saint Lucia | 590.4tonnes |
| 198 | Tonga | 553.2tonnes |
| 199 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 533.1tonnes |
| 200 | American Samoa | 503.5tonnes |
| 201 | Marshall Islands | 384.8tonnes |
| 202 | Grenada | 350.3tonnes |
| 203 | Kiribati | 335.9tonnes |
| 204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 309.3tonnes |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 262.4tonnes |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 240.0tonnes |
| 207 | Virgin Islands, British | 223.8tonnes |
| 208 | Dominica | 160.9tonnes |
| 209 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 113.7tonnes |
| 210 | Montserrat | 107.3tonnes |
| 211 | Wallis and Futuna | 98.6tonnes |
| 212 | Western Sahara | 83.0tonnes |
| 213 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 55.3tonnes |
| 214 | Niue | 40.8tonnes |
| 215 | Greenland | 2.2tonnes |
| 216 | Faroe Islands | 0.7tonnes |
| 217 | Tokelau | 0.2tonnes |
| 218 | Liechtenstein | 0.1tonnes |
| 219 | State of Palestine | 0.0tonnes |
| 220 | Guam | 0.0tonnes |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2022).
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