Morocco vs Sudan: Emissions of air pollutants

Morocco
251,040 tonnes
in 2022
Sudan
297,518 tonnes
in 2022
Morocco rank
58th
Sudan rank
57th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Morocco
  • Sudan
0100.0k200.0k300.0k175018862022

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 297,518 tonnes against 251,040 tonnes in Morocco, a difference of 46,478 tonnes.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Sudan ahead.

Morocco ranks 58th and Sudan ranks 57th of 220 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
Last refreshed

Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.