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Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂) Emissions

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Total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by country

EDGAR - Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research

A map showing sulfur dioxide emissions in kilotons per year. Dark red shows higher emissions seen in the U S A and China. Orange shows medium emissions, such as in Australia. Light orange indicates fewer emissions, like in Greenland. Gray hatched areas have no data (South Sudan).

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Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂) Emissions

Clean Water Access

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members

Peak Drought Record, 2016 (U.S.)

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Lightning Frequency

Class

Rank

Kilotons per year

Class

Rank

Percent

Value

D0 Abnormally Dry

D1 Drought - Moderate

D2 Drought - Severe

D3 Drought - Extreme

D4 Drought - Exceptional

Value

Lightning Frequency

<0.1 flashes/km²/year

0.1 flashes/km²/year

0.2 flashes/km²/year

0.4 flashes/km²/year

0.6 flashes/km²/year

0.8 flashes/km²/year

1 flash/km²/year

2 flashes/km²/year

4 flashes/km²/year

6 flashes/km²/year

8 flashes/km²/year

10 flashes/km²/year

20 flashes/km²/year

30 flashes/km²/year

40 flashes/km²/year

50 flashes/km²/year

20.4%67.4%15.1%30.3%22.7%52.6%7.74%32.7%5.53%4.45%9.44%6.83%39.4%
100%100%15.1%67.2%45.9%26.8%14.7%6.37%44.8%93.0%
5.80%7.60%4.33%26.6%15.8%7.28%8.72%2.35%2.32%1.67%
1.16%3.65%4.71%4.26%4.15%9.26%17.0%8.53%6.60%5.49%
2.10%1.67%1.60%1.48%1.34%1.11%3.60%5.53%4.00%25.4%38.0%20.3%
31.0%21.5%17.3%8.98%3.29%4.08%6.39%29.7%40.9%31.2%25.3%8.77%
2.68%8.60%6.04%3.71%5.92%1.57%3.05%3.09%3.87%4.93%5.26%5.91%13.8%19.8%5.11%3.84%
22.8%13.4%4.66%98.9%3.24%1.35%96.5%31.1%1.38%1.56%62.1%4.45%11.4%4.35%2.51%14.9%
16.3%5.12%2.86%1.35%1.57%9.32%11.5%4.66%3.40%1.85%3.59%2.24%3.35%2.96%1.28%4.57%9.37%22.0%7.24%
1.25%1.32%4.02%3.58%8.55%14.7%15.8%6.42%7.41%2.53%3.95%
4.47%4.35%15.9%7.32%32.2%31.8%5.04%10.7%3.03%
12.0%31.7%11.7%12.7%6.62%6.53%6.41%16.2%14.9%7.42%3.86%2.24%5.63%8.03%
3.79%2.30%5.33%6.17%7.60%3.98%11.7%11.2%9.14%9.23%8.67%16.2%20.9%16.6%20.0%41.7%
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