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Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires

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  1. 1Iceland0
  2. 1Naoero0
  3. 1Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0
  4. 1San Marino0
  5. 1Tuvalu0
  6. 1Sao Tome and Principe0
  7. 1Malta0
  8. 1American Samoa0
  9. 1Kiribati0
  10. 1Marshall Islands0
  11. 1Aruba0
  12. 1Andorra0
  13. 1French Polynesia0
  14. 1Bermuda0
  15. 1Seychelles0
  16. 1British Virgin Islands0
  17. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0
  18. 1Gibraltar0
  19. 1Monaco0
  20. 1St. Martin (French part)0
  21. 1Macao SAR, China0
  22. 1Northern Mariana Islands0
  23. 1Cayman Islands0
  24. 1Barbados0
  25. 1Faroe Islands0
  26. 1Palau0
  27. 1Samoa0
  28. 1Liechtenstein0
  29. 1Virgin Islands (U.S.)0
  30. 1Tonga0
  31. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
  32. 1Maldives0
  33. 1Mauritius0
  34. 1Turks and Caicos Islands0
  35. 2Isle of Man0.21
  36. 3Luxembourg1.5
  37. 4Hong Kong SAR, China2.2
  38. 5Djibouti3.1
  39. 6Curacao3.7
  40. 7Estonia6.2
  41. 8St. Lucia7.6
  42. 9Singapore10.3
  43. 10Cabo Verde13.3
  44. 11Cyprus19.9
  45. 12Guam21.1
  46. 13Slovenia22.8
  47. 14Antigua and Barbuda27.5
  48. 15Grenada30.1
  49. 16Lithuania34.6
  50. 17Bahrain35.8
  51. 18Timor-Leste36.1
  52. 19St. Kitts and Nevis36.2
  53. 20Dominica45.3
  54. 21Comoros51.5
  55. 22Slovak Republic62.3
  56. 23Armenia64.5
  57. 24Latvia67.5
  58. 25Switzerland74
  59. 26Albania77.8
  60. 27New Caledonia79.4
  61. 28Lesotho79.9
  62. 29Solomon Islands80.5
  63. 30Lebanon85.5
  64. 31North Macedonia96.5
  65. 32Fiji99.5
  66. 33Jordan104.6
  67. 34Yemen, Rep.107.1
  68. 35Tunisia116.3
  69. 36Moldova117.5
  70. 37Israel123.6
  71. 38Greenland127.9
  72. 39Czechia137.2
  73. 40West Bank and Gaza146.4
  74. 41Montenegro160.1
  75. 42Denmark176.9
  76. 43Kyrgyz Republic178.1
  77. 44Brunei Darussalam217.7
  78. 45Norway226.5
  79. 46Bulgaria233.3
  80. 47Ireland239.8
  81. 48Serbia240.6
  82. 49Morocco253.7
  83. 50Belgium268.6
  84. 51Jamaica275.9
  85. 52Georgia291.8
  86. 53Puerto Rico (US)297.8
  87. 54Hungary339.9
  88. 55Poland357
  89. 56Sweden368.3
  90. 57Trinidad and Tobago376
  91. 58Greece379.5
  92. 59Croatia381.8
  93. 60Tajikistan390.9
  94. 61Taiwan398.9
  95. 62Qatar429.6
  96. 63Bhutan451.5
  97. 64Afghanistan456.8
  98. 65Equatorial Guinea482.2
  99. 66Suriname492.6
  100. 67Vanuatu517.7
  101. 68Finland520
  102. 69Netherlands520.6
  103. 70Somalia, Fed. Rep.556.2
  104. 71Sri Lanka558.5
  105. 71Bahamas, The558.5
  106. 72Belarus565.5
  107. 73Haiti600.8
  108. 74Bosnia and Herzegovina618.7
  109. 75Azerbaijan641.2
  110. 76Austria734
  111. 77Uruguay758.4
  112. 78Korea, Rep.764.6
  113. 79Burundi788.8
  114. 80Syrian Arab Republic853.5
  115. 81Romania856.6
  116. 82Rwanda862.9
  117. 83Eritrea897.5
  118. 84Kuwait1,044.8
  119. 85Oman1,447.2
  120. 86New Zealand1,665.2
  121. 87Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1,799.7
  122. 88Eswatini1,855.7
  123. 89Malawi1,997.7
  124. 90Namibia2,086.2
  125. 91Germany2,092.6
  126. 92Botswana2,527.1
  127. 93Japan2,552.3
  128. 94Mauritania2,663.9
  129. 95United Kingdom2,901
  130. 96Algeria3,115.6
  131. 97El Salvador3,229.7
  132. 98Italy3,350.1
  133. 99Niger3,375
  134. 100France3,602.6
  135. 101Gambia, The3,742.1
  136. 102Egypt, Arab Rep.3,776.7
  137. 103Turkmenistan3,830.9
  138. 104Dominican Republic4,221.5
  139. 105Guyana4,346.5
  140. 106Ecuador5,315
  141. 107Costa Rica5,664.6
  142. 108Libya6,028.2
  143. 109Saudi Arabia6,039.6
  144. 110Kenya6,217.4
  145. 111Zimbabwe6,228.7
  146. 112Belize6,301.3
  147. 113Turkiye7,081.1
  148. 114Spain7,109.3
  149. 115Portugal7,202.4
  150. 116United Arab Emirates7,242.7
  151. 117Gabon7,802.6
  152. 118Peru8,391.2
  153. 119Panama8,832.7
  154. 120Cuba10,187.1
  155. 121Nepal10,525.6
  156. 122Mongolia10,529
  157. 123Uzbekistan10,566.6
  158. 124Ukraine11,307.9
  159. 125Pakistan11,638.3
  160. 126Togo11,651.4
  161. 127Bangladesh12,007.8
  162. 128Guinea-Bissau12,059.8
  163. 129Benin12,958.1
  164. 130Mozambique17,177.7
  165. 131Burkina Faso18,978.4
  166. 132Nicaragua20,920.7
  167. 133Papua New Guinea22,515.4
  168. 134Kazakhstan27,280.8
  169. 135Honduras27,341.6
  170. 136Cote d'Ivoire27,606.6
  171. 137Iran, Islamic Rep.28,356.4
  172. 138Chile28,381.7
  173. 139Malaysia30,403
  174. 140Paraguay31,727.5
  175. 141Guatemala32,703.9
  176. 142Iraq33,345.4
  177. 143Philippines35,243.3
  178. 144Bolivia36,830.3
  179. 145Uganda39,022.5
  180. 146Tanzania40,295
  181. 147Senegal41,277.8
  182. 148Congo, Rep.47,750.5
  183. 149Madagascar49,199.6
  184. 150Liberia49,373
  185. 151Argentina50,094.6
  186. 152South Africa52,720.5
  187. 153Mali53,512.6
  188. 154Chad54,070
  189. 155Viet Nam56,767.4
  190. 156Sudan64,063.5
  191. 157Ghana68,387.3
  192. 158Zambia73,453.1
  193. 159Sierra Leone83,299.6
  194. 160Cameroon90,165.8
  195. 161Cambodia92,084.4
  196. 162Thailand99,086
  197. 163Ethiopia113,021.7
  198. 164Colombia115,256
  199. 165Nigeria117,800.6
  200. 166Guinea149,868.3
  201. 167Venezuela, RB192,573.5
  202. 168China195,895.5
  203. 169Angola201,761.3
  204. 170India237,760.3
  205. 171Mexico239,879
  206. 172Indonesia240,684.6
  207. 173United States240,877
  208. 174Central African Republic245,958.4
  209. 175Brazil253,788.1
  210. 176Lao PDR280,156.4
  211. 177Australia291,800.9
  212. 178Myanmar300,604.1
  213. 179South Sudan371,706.3
  214. 180Canada570,135.5
  215. 181Congo, Dem. Rep.915,971.3
  216. 182Russian Federation1M

Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires