| Order | Industry type | Industry group short namea | Country | Index of geoaccumulation (I geo) | Pb | Zn | Mn | Ni | Cu | Cr | Fe | Cd | As |
| 1 | Iron smelter | | Bulgaria | —a | — | — | 0.12 | — | — | — | 2.22 | — | 2 | Pb and Zn smelter | | China | 3.98 | 2.67 | — | — | 0.19 | — | — | 4.72 | 0.96 | 3 | Zn Smelter | | Slovenia | 4.85 | 0.69 | — | — | 3.39 | — | — | 9.33 | 0.92 | 4 | Smelter | | UK | 2.18 | 0.36 | — | — | 0.45 | — | — | 3.44 | — | 5 | Smelter | | Belgium | 4.91 | — | — | — | 3.57 | — | — | 4.74 | — | 6 | Smelter | | Kosovo | 5.02 | — | — | 1.07 | — | 1.63 | — | 4.00 | 2.16 | 7 | Metal industry | | Italy | 1.55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.54 | — | 8 | Metal industry | | Algeria | 0.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | Metal industry | | Jordan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | Copper smelter, steel industry | | Australia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | Metal recycling, steel production Ferrous and non-ferrous metal smelters, iron and | | Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | steel manufacturing, metal recovery, manganese ore treatment, scrap, metal incineration | | Greece | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.89 | 13 | Copper mines | | Peru | 2.38 | 0.72 | — | 2.97 | — | — | — | 8.67 | 3.84 | 14 | Smelters, mining | | Albania | 1.42 | — | — | 2.13 | — | 1.86 | — | 2.74 | — | 15 | Smelters, mining | | Albania | 2.17 | 0.81 | — | — | 0.71 | 0.92 | — | 4.32 | — | 16 | Smelters, mining | | Albania | 1.78 | — | — | — | 0.11 | — | — | 2.15 | — | 17 | Smelters, mining | | Spain | 1.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.92 |
| 18 | Petrochemical | | Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | Petrochemical | | Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | Petrochemical | | Spain | 0.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | Petrochemical | | Spain | 0.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | Chemical | | Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | Chemical | | Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | Sulphuric acid producing industry | | Bangladesh | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.24 | — |
| 31 | Textile industries | TE | Bangladesh | 0.91 | 0.54 | — | — | 1.28 | — | — | 0.09 | — | 32 | Textile industries | | India | 2.67 | — | — | — | 0.69 | 2.07 | — | 7.54 | — |
| 27 | Tannery industries | | Bangladesh | 1.18 | 1.03 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.49 | — | 28 | Tannery industries | LE | India | — | — | — | — | — | 2.46 | — | — | — | 29 | Tannery industries | | Pakistan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.42 | — | 30 | Tannery industries | | Syria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Cement factory | | Jordan | 0.87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.47 | — | 25 | Ceramic industries | NM | Bangladesh | — | 1.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | Ceramic industries | | Spain | 2.93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.32 | — |
| 34 | Battery manufacturing | BA | China | 3.16 | 0.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Textile, plastic, furniture, industries | | India | — | 0.42 | — | 0.85 | 0.63 | 1.95 | — | — | — | 36 | Chemicals, dyes, textile, paint industries Paint, battery, textile, | | India | 3.29 | — | — | 0.42 | 2.14 | 0.83 | — | — | — | 37 | milling and chemical industries | | Nigeria | — | — | — | — | 0.65 | — | — | 4.90 | — | 38 | Ceramic, paper products, petrochemical industries Chemicals, pharmaceutical, batteries | | Serbia | 0.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | plastic products | ND | India | 1.12 | 1.14 | — | — | 1.52 | 1.68 | — | 0.64 | 0.76 | 40 | Chemicals, furniture, printing, leather, textile Brewery, steel/metal works, paints, | | Turkey | 1.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.49 | — | 41 | pharmaceuticals, packaging, food processing, textiles and plastic products industries Tannery, textile, | | Nigeria | 2.25 | 0.80 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.69 | — | 42 | fertilizer, rerolling and casting, chemicals, paints, plastics | | India | 0.35 | 0.17 | — | — | — | 0.97 | — | — | — |
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