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Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use,
As at 22nd February 2007
Compiled
by Elizabeth O’Brien, President, The LEAD Group Inc
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Europe, C.I.S.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Kazakhstan
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Macedonia, the FYR of
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Serbia
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Tajikistan
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Turkmenistan
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Uzbekistan
Asia
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Korea, Dem. People’s Rep of (N. Korea)
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Africa
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Algeria
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Morocco
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Tunisia
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Western Sahara
Middle East
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Afghanistan
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Iraq
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Jordan
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Palestine
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Yemen
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IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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Afghanistan
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Algeria
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Iraq
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Jordan
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Kazakhstan
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Korea, Dem. People’s Rep of
(N. Korea)
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Macedonia, the FYR of
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Morocco
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Palestine
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Serbia
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Tajikistan
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Tunisia
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Turkmenistan
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Uzbekistan
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Western Sahara
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Yemen
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IN POPULATION ORDER
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33,241,259
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Morocco
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32,930,091
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Algeria
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31,056,997
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Afghanistan
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27,307,134
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Uzbekistan
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26,783,383
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Iraq
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23,113,019
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Korea,
Dem. People’s Rep of (North. Korea)
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21,456,188
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Yemen
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15,233,244
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Kazakhstan
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10,175,014
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Tunisia
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9,396,411
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Serbia
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7,320,815
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Tajikistan
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5,906,760
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Jordan
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5,042,920
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Turkmenistan
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4,498,976
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Bosnia
and Herzegovina
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3,889,249
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Palestine*
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273,008
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Western
Sahara
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60,422
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Macedonia,
the Former Yugoslav Republic of
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257,684,890
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TOTAL POPULATION DIRECTLY AFFECTED
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*The population figure for Palestine is a sum of
the population of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
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REFERENCES:
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CIA (Central
Intelligence Agency) (2006-7) Country Population data downloaded from https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/xx.html
(Accessed 21st February 2007)
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IFQC
(International
Fuel Quality Center) (2007) personal
communication to The LEAD Group re: phaseout of leaded petrol in
Indonesia in late 2006, by email 7th February 2007.
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PAS
(Petroleum Advisory
Services) Trade and Investment Division, Pacific Island Forum
Secretariat (2003) “Pacific Fuel Price Monitor - lists retail prices
of all fuel types sold in Pacific Island States [but does not list any
sales of leaded petrol]” 30th May 2003 http://www.forumsec.org/UserFiles/File/PFPM_Ed_04.pdf
PCFV ( Partnership for Cleaner
Fuels and Vehicles (2006) “Status of Leaded Gasoline Phase-out in
Middle East, West Asia & North Africa [Map] July 2006” http://www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/MapMenawaLead-Jul2006.pdf;
“Asia-Pacific Lead Matrix regarding phase-out of leaded gasoline –
Last updated January 18 2006” www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/LeadMatrix-Asia-Pacific.pdf;
“Latin America and The Carribean Lead Matrix regarding phase-out of
leaded gasoline - Last updated July 2006”, http://www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/MatrixLACLeadjul06.pdf;
“Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia Lead Matrix regarding
phase-out of leaded gasoline - Last updated Sept 2006” http://www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/MatrixCEELeadSept06.pdf
PCFV
(2007) Personal
communication to the LEAD Group from the Partnership for Cleaner Fuels &
Vehicles (PCFV), Urban Environment Unit, Division of Environmental
Policy Implementation, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
by email 12th February 2007, confirmed that Bhutan, Cambodia,
Lao People’s Democratic Rep (Laos), Maldives and Moldova are now unleaded only
(for road use) and that it is very probable that French Guiana,
Myanmar (Burma) and Mongolia are also now unleaded only (for road use).
TLG (The LEAD Group) (2005)
“Countries
possibly still to ban leaded petrol as at 20th Oct 2005”
http://www.lead.org.au/fs/fst27superseded.html
UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme) Chemicals, Global Environment
Facility (2002) Pacific Islands
REGIONAL REPORT: Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic
Substances states: “leaded petrol was phased out in the US
Territories in the early 1980's and from the rest of the independent
states during the 1990's", December 2002 http://www.chem.unep.ch/Pts/regreports/PacificIslands.pdf
Superseded versions of this list can be found at:
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Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use As at
22nd June 2009
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Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use As at 8th October 2008
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Countries
where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use As
at 24th May 2007
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Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use, As at 22nd February 2007
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Countries possibly still to ban leaded petrol as at 20th Oct 2005
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