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List of countries by air pollution

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The following list of countries by air pollution sorts the countries of the world according to their average measured concentration of particulate matter (PM2.5) in micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3). The World Health Organization's recommended limit is 5 micrograms per cubic meter, although there are also various national guideline values, which are often much higher. Air pollution is among the biggest health problems of modern industrial society and is responsible for more than 10 percent of all deaths worldwide (nearly 4.5 million premature deaths in 2019), according to The Lancet. Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike. Air pollution is a particularly big problem in emerging and developing countries, where global environmental standards often cannot be met. The data in this list refers only to outdoor air quality and not indoor air quality, which caused an additional two million premature deaths in 2019.[1]

2022 list (UChicago ACLI 2022)

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All data are valid for the year 2022 and are taken from the Air Quality Life Index (ACLI) of the University of Chicago. In addition to particulate matter pollution, the modeled potential loss of life expectancy of the population due to particulate matter pollution is given.[2]

Rank Country Particulate matter
(PM2.5)
(in μg/m3)
WHO-Guideline=5 		Loss of life
expectancy
(years)
1  Bangladesh 54.17 −4.82
2  India 41.39 −3.57
3  Nepal 39.18 −3.35
4  Qatar 39.16 −3.35
5  Pakistan 38.90 −3.32
6  Democratic Republic of the Congo 34.20 −2.86
7  Burundi 34.04 −2.85
8  Rwanda 33.37 −2.78
9  Equatorial Guinea 32.87 −2.73
10  Cameroon 32.58 −2.70
11  Republic of the Congo 31.94 −2.64
12  Iraq 32.42 −2.69
13  Mongolia 30.10 −2.46
14  Bolivia 29.63 −2.41
15  Myanmar 28.64 −2.32
16  China 28.18 −2.27
17  Lesotho 27.87 −2.24
18  Uganda 27.81 −2.24
19  Saudi Arabia 27.50 −2.20
20  El Salvador 27.43 −2.20
21  Gabon 25.65 −2.02
22  Peru 25.48 −2.01
23  Guatemala 25.13 −1.97
24  Nigeria 25.02 −1.96
25  Central African Republic 24.99 −1.96
26  Honduras 24.52 −1.91
27  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.93 −1.86
28  Vietnam 23.58 −1.82
29  Laos 23.53 −1.82
30  South Africa 23.26 −1.75
31  Chile 22.84 −0.91
32  Syria 22.82 −1.75
33  Bhutan 22.78 −1.74
34  Bahrain 22.75 −1.74
35  Zambia 22.18 −1.68
36  Kuwait 21.77 −1.64
37  Thailand 21.15 −1.58
38  Turkey 21.10 −1.58
39  Angola 21.07 −1.57
40  South Korea 20.82 −1.55
41  United Arab Emirates 20.71 −1.54
42  Jordan 19.70 −1.44
43  Armenia 19.51 −1.42
44  Philippines 19.17 −1.39
45  Egypt 19.16 −1.39
46  Sri Lanka 19.13 −1.38
47  North Macedonia 19.02 −1.37
48  Bulgaria 18.86 −1.36
49  Iran 18.80 −1.35
50  Uzbekistan 18.64 −1.34
51  Lebanon 18.62 −1.33
52  North Korea 18.60 −1.33
53  Djibouti 18.43 −1.32
54  Ecuador 18.32 −1.31
55  Indonesia 18.25 −1.30
56  Tanzania 18.17 −1.29
57  Malawi 17.61 −1.24
58  Benin 17.31 −1.21
59  Republic of China 17.29 −1.20
60  Tajikistan 17.08 −1.18
61  Afghanistan 16.98 −1.17
62  Serbia 16.95 −1.17
63  Cambodia 16.94 −1.17
64  Ethiopia 16.94 −1.17
65  Yemen 16.76 −1.15
66  Kenya 16.47 −1.12
67  Eswatini 16.38 −1.12
68  Colombia 16.23 −1.10
69  South Sudan 15.97 −1.08
70  Zimbabwe 15.97 −1.08
71  Mexico 15.64 −1.04
72  Togo 15.64 −1.04
73  Kosovo 15.48 −1.03
74  Montenegro 15.09 −0.99
75  Cyprus 14.68 −0.95
76  Nicaragua 14.62 −0.94
77  Northern Cyprus 14.51 −0.93
78  Namibia 14.49 −0.93
79  Papua New Guinea 14.45 −0.93
80  Eritrea 14.43 −0.92
81  Israel 14.32 −0.91
82  Croatia 14.15 −0.90
83  Poland 14.09 −0.89
84  Palestine 13.99 −0.88
85  Singapore 13.89 −0.87
86  Ghana 13.73 −0.86
87  Romania 13.67 −0.85
88  Georgia 13.65 −0.85
89  San Marino 13.51 −0.83
90  Oman 13.44 −0.83
91  Malaysia 13.31 −0.81
92  Paraguay 13.23 −0.81
93  Jamaica 13.17 −0.80
94  Italy 13.11 −0.79
95  Mozambique 12.70 −0.75
96  Costa Rica 12.63 −0.75
97  Albania 12.60 −0.74
98  Greece 12.56 −0.74
99  Botswana 12.47 −0.73
100  Argentina 12.44 −0.73
101  Slovenia 12.32 −0.72
102  Latvia 12.14 −0.70
103  Slovakia 12.10 −0.70
104  Kyrgyzstan 12.09 −0.69
105  Brazil 12.06 −0.69
106  Kazakhstan 12.01 −0.69
107  Venezuela 11.96 −0.68
108  Hungary 11.93 −0.68
109  Azerbaijan 11.87 −0.67
110  Czech Republic 11.49 −0.64
111  Moldova 11.49 −0.64
112  Chad 11.27 −0.61
113  Japan 11.26 −0.61
114  Vatican City 11.10 −0.60
115  Timor-Leste 10.96 −0.58
116  Liechtenstein 10.82 −0.57
117  Ukraine 10.81 −0.57
118  Niger 10.56 −0.54
119  Ivory Coast 10.45 −0.53
120  Turkmenistan 10.38 −0.53
121  São Tomé and Príncipe 10.28 −0.52
122  Sudan 10.18 −0.51
123  Tunisia 10.18 −0.51
124  Haiti 9.92 −0.48
125  Monaco 9.90 −0.48
126  Belize 9.89 −0.48
127  Sierra Leone 9.87 −0.48
128  Belarus 9.84 −0.47
129  Guinea 9.82 −0.47
130  Madagascar 9.70 −0.46
131  Panama 9.65 −0.46
132  Lithuania 9.53 −0.44
133  Austria 9.52 −0.44
134  Liberia 9.39 −0.43
135  Russia 9.30 −0.42
136  Uruguay 9.08 −0.40
137  Somalia 8.90 −0.38
138  Libya 8.89 −0.38
139  Belgium 8.82 −0.37
140  Switzerland 8.73 −0.37
141  Andorra 8.72 −0.36
142  Burkina Faso 8.66 −0.36
143  Germany 8.51 −0.34
144  Netherlands 8.49 −0.34
145  France 8.45 −0.34
146  United Kingdom 8.28 −0.32
147  Maldives 8.20 −0.31
148  Mayotte 8.15 −0.31
149  Cayman Islands 8.00 −0.29
150  Luxembourg 8.00 −0.29
151  Guinea-Bissau 7.94 −0.29
152  Dominican Republic 7.86 −0.28
153  Spain 7.50 −0.24
154  Gibraltar 7.30 −0.23
155  Malta 7.16 −0.21
156  Guyana 7.15 −0.21
157  Denmark 7.08 −0.20
158  Morocco 7.06 −0.20
159  Solomon Islands 7.02 −0.20
160  Comoros 6.99 −0.20
161  United States 6.91 −0.19
162  Gambia 6.86 −0.18
163  Mali 6.63 −0.16
164  Cuba 6.34 −0.13
165  Brunei 6.33 −0.13
166  Algeria 6.14 −0.11
167  Suriname 6.05 −0.10
168  Canada 6.04 −0.10
169  Portugal 5.67 −0.07
170  Senegal 5.67 −0.07
171  Mauritius 5.65 −0.06
172  Estonia 5.61 −0.06
173  French Guiana 5.53 −0.05
174  Ireland 5.41 −0.04
175  Vanuatu 5.12 −0.01
176  Seychelles 4.96 0.00
177  Norway 4.88 0.00
178  Sweden 4.86 0.00
179  Western Sahara 4.84 0.00
180  Finland 4.37 0.00
181  Trinidad and Tobago 3.90 0.00
182  Curaçao 3.70 0.00
183  New Zealand 3.69 0.00
184  Mauritania 3.51 0.00
185  Aruba 3.40 0.00
186  Australia 3.36 0.00
187  Fiji 3.23 0.00
188  Bahamas 3.11 0.00
189  Iceland 2.90 0.00
190  Bermuda 2.80 0.00
191  Réunion 2.74 0.00
192  Martinique 2.72 0.00
193  Faroe Islands 2.61 0.00
194  Falklands 2.60 0.00
195  Palau 2.40 0.00
196  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.40 0.00
197  Dominica 2.34 0.00
198  Puerto Rico 2.21 0.00
199  Grenada 2.19 0.00
200  Cape Verde 2.18 0.00
201  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.15 0.00
202  Saint Lucia 2.02 0.00
203  Barbados 2.00 0.00
204  Tonga 1.98 0.00
205  Antigua and Barbuda 1.79 0.00
206  US Virgin Islands 1.75 0.00
207  Samoa 1.69 0.00
208  Tuvalu 1.56 0.00
209  British Virgin Islands 1.52 0.00
210  French Polynesia 1.40 0.00
211  American Samoa 1.40 0.00
212  Guam 1.19 0.00
213  Nauru 1.18 0.00
214  Cook Islands 1.13 0.00
215  Greenland 1.11 0.00
216  Marshall Islands 1.02 0.00
217  Federated States of Micronesia 0.94 0.00
218  Kiribati 0.90 0.00

List (2018−2023)

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All data are valid for the year 2018-2023 and are taken from the IQAir 2023 World Air Quality Ranking[3][4][5][6]

List of Countries/Regions by particulate matter (PM2.5)
in (μg/m3)
Rank Country/Region 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Population
1  Bangladesh 97.1 83.3 77.1 76.9 65.8 79.9 173,562,364
2  Pakistan 74.3 65.8 59 66.8 70.9 73.7 231,402,117
3  India 72.5 58.1 51.9 58.1 53.3 54.4 1,407,563,842
4  Tajikistan -- -- 30.9 59.4 46 49 9,750,064
5  Burkina Faso -- -- -- -- 63 46.6 22,100,683
6  Iraq -- 39.6 -- 49.7 80.1 43.8 43,533,592
7  United Arab Emirates 49.9 38.9 29.2 36 45.9 43 9,365,145
8  Nepal 54.1 44.5 39.2 46 40.1 42.4 30,034,989
9  Egypt -- 18 -- 29.1 46.5 42.4 109,262,178
10  Democratic Republic of the Congo -- 32.1 -- -- 15.5 40.8 95,894,118
11  Kuwait 56 38.3 34 29.7 55.8 39.9 4,250,114
12  Bahrain 59.8 46.8 39.7 49.8 66.6 39.2 1,463,265
13  Qatar -- -- 44.3 38.2 42.5 37.6 2,688,235
14  Indonesia 42 51.7 40.7 34.3 30.4 37.1 273,753,191
15  Rwanda -- -- -- -- 44 36.8 13,461,888
16  Zimbabwe -- -- -- -- -- 33.3 15,993,524
17  Ghana -- 30.3 26.9 25.9 30.2 33.2 32,833,031
18  Kyrgyzstan -- 33.2 43.5 50.8 31.1 33.1 6,691,800
19  China 41.2 39.1 34.7 32.6 30.6 32.5 1,412,360,000
20  Libya -- -- -- -- -- 30.4 6,735,277
21  Laos -- 23.1 22.4 21.5 27.6 29.6 7,275,556
22  Vietnam 32.9 34.1 28 24.7 27.2 29.6 97,468,029
23  Uzbekistan 34.3 41.2 29.9 42.8 33.5 28.6 34,915,100
24  Gambia -- -- -- -- -- 28.5 2,639,916
25  Myanmar -- 31 29.4 25.9 24.3 28.2 53,798,084
26  Senegal -- -- 11.2 -- 20.4 28.2 16,876,720
27  Bosnia Herzegovina 40 34.6 40.6 27.8 33.6 27.5 3,270,943
28  Uganda 40.8 29.1 26.1 27.6 39.6 27.3 45,853,778
29  Ethiopia 27.1 20.1 14.7 23.9 31.3 27 120,283,026
30  Saudi Arabia -- 22.1 23.3 32.7 41.5 26.5 35,950,396
31  Armenia -- 25.5 24.9 33.9 31.4 26.4 2,790,974
32  North Macedonia 35.5 32.4 30.6 25.4 25.6 25.2 2,065,092
33  Zambia -- -- -- -- 24.6 24.1 19,473,125
34  Cameroon -- -- -- -- -- 24 27,198,628
35  Nigeria 44.8 21.4 -- 34 36.9 23.9 213,401,323
36  Thailand 26.4 24.3 21.4 20.2 18.1 23.3 71,601,103
37  Cambodia 20.1 21.1 21.1 19.8 8.3 22.8 16,589,023
38  Malaysia -- 19.4 15.6 19.4 17.7 22.5 33,573,874
39  Mongolia 58.5 62 46.6 33.1 29.5 22.5 3,347,782
40  Kazakhstan 29.8 23.6 21.9 31.1 23 22.2 19,000,988
41  Montenegro -- -- 26.1 35.2 15.7 21.3 619,211
42  Madagascar -- -- 20 21 23.7 20.6 28,915,653
43  Serbia 23.9 23.3 24.3 25.5 24.7 20.5 6,834,326
44  Turkey 21.9 20.6 18.7 20 21.1 20.3 84,775,404
45  Taiwan 18.5 17.2 15 16.2 13.4 20.2 23,816,775
46  Mexico 20.3 20 18.9 19.3 19.5 20.1 126,705,138
47  South Africa -- 21.6 18 22.7 23.4 19.9 59,392,255
48  El Salvador -- -- -- -- 14.2 19.5 6,314,167
49  Sri Lanka 32 25.2 22.4 17.4 20.7 19.3 22,156,000
50  South Korea 24 24.8 19.5 19.1 18.3 19.2 51,744,876
51  Peru 28 23.3 17.9 29.6 23.5 18.8 33,715,471
52  Azerbaijan -- -- -- 17.6 18.9 18.8 10,137,750
53  Chile 24.9 22.6 19.3 21.7 22.2 18.8 19,493,184
54  Guatemala -- 20.2 19.2 19.5 18.6 18.7 17,109,746
55  Palestinian Territory -- -- -- -- -- 18.6 3,000,021
56  Israel 18.6 20.8 16.9 18.7 18.8 17.8 9,364,000
57  Greece -- 22.5 18.4 19 19 17.4 10,641,221
58  Guyana -- -- -- -- 12.6 17.1 804,567
59  Gabon -- -- -- -- 25 16.9 2,341,179
60  Albania -- -- 16 12.5 14.5 16.7 2,811,666
61  Ivory Coast -- -- 21.9 -- 22.5 16.6 29,389,150
62  Georgia -- 20.1 20.4 21 17 16.4 3,708,610
63  Togo -- -- -- -- -- 16.3 8,644,829
64  Macao SAR 21.2 23.5 17.8 17 15.4 16.2 686,607
65  Moldova -- -- -- -- 22.6 15.7 2,615,199
66  Nicaragua -- -- -- -- 8.9 15.7 6,850,540
67  Romania 18.6 18.3 15.8 15.3 17.2 15.7 19,119,880
68  Hong Kong SAR 20.2 20.3 15.4 15.9 14.5 15.6 7,413,100
69  Maldives -- -- -- -- 10.9 15.3 521,457
70  Honduras -- -- -- 11.8 10.2 15.1 10,278,345
71  Italy 14.9 17.1 18.5 15.2 18.9 15 59,109,668
72  Slovenia -- -- -- 13.3 15.1 14.9 2,108,079
73  Cyprus 17.6 19.7 15.8 14.8 15.6 14.3 1,244,188
74  Poland 22.4 18.7 16.9 19.1 16.3 14.1 37,747,124
75  Colombia 13.9 14.6 15.6 14.1 15.7 14.1 51,516,562
76  Guinea -- -- -- -- -- 13.9 13,531,906
77  Croatia 22.2 19.1 21.2 25.4 23.5 13.8 3,899,000
78  Algeria -- 21.2 20.2 20 17.8 13.8 44,177,969
79  Philippines 14.6 17.6 12.8 15.6 14.9 13.5 113,880,328
80  Singapore 14.8 19 11.8 13.8 13.3 13.4 5,453,566
81  Bulgaria 25.8 25.5 27.5 16.3 18.3 13.2 6,877,743
82  Slovakia 18.5 16.1 15.3 16 14.5 13.1 5,447,247
83  Brazil 16.3 15.8 14.2 13.6 12.2 12.6 214,326,223
84  Bolivia -- -- -- -- 7.3 12.6 12,079,472
85  Kosovo 30.4 23.5 20 14.7 14.7 12.1 1,786,038
86  Malta 11 9.4 11.8 13.5 11.7 12 518,536
87  Hungary 16.8 14.6 14.3 15.5 12.6 12 9,709,891
88  Uruguay -- -- -- 14.2 11.3 11.7 3,426,260
89  Czech Republic 20.2 14.4 12.3 13.9 13.4 11.5 10,505,772
90  Kenya -- -- 14.2 14.3 11.5 10.6 53,005,614
91  Suriname -- -- -- -- 7 10.6 612,985
92  Lithuania 17.5 14.5 11.7 13.2 13.2 10.4 2,800,839
93  Canada 7.9 7.7 7.3 8.5 7.4 10.3 38,246,108
94  Russia 11.4 9.9 9.3 12.3 11.2 10 143,449,286
95  Spain 10.3 9.7 10.4 10.7 10.9 9.9 47,415,750
96  Japan 12 11.4 9.8 9.1 9.1 9.6 125,681,593
97  Panama -- -- -- -- 9 9.6 4,351,267
98  Austria 15 12.2 10.9 11.4 10.6 9.6 8,955,797
99  France 13.2 12.3 11.1 11.4 11.5 9.5 67,749,632
100  Belgium 13.5 12.5 8.9 11.5 10.8 9.4 11,592,952
101  Argentina -- 14.6 14.2 8.2 7.7 9.2 45,808,747
102  USA 9.1 9 9.6 10.3 8.9 9.1 331,893,745
103  Germany 13 11 10.1 10.6 11 9 83,196,078
104  Switzerland 11.6 10.9 9 10.8 10 8.9 8,703,405
105  Luxembourg 11.2 9.6 9 9 7.4 8.9 640,064
106  Netherlands 11.7 10.9 9.7 11.3 11 8.7 17,533,044
107  Ukraine 14 16.6 19.2 18.5 9.7 8.6 43,792,855
108  Belize -- -- -- -- 5.6 8.3 400,031
109  Latvia -- 13.3 11.3 -- 10.1 8 1,884,490
110  Andorra -- -- 7.4 7.3 5.4 7.9 79,034
111  Angola -- 15.9 13 11 8.8 7.8 34,503,774
112  United Kingdom 10.8 10.5 8.3 8.8 8.9 7.7 67,326,569
113  Denmark -- 9.6 9.4 9.6 8.6 7.7 5,856,733
114  Anguilla -- -- -- -- -- 7.4 15,094
115  Ecuador -- 8.6 7.6 8.4 -- 7.4 17,797,737
116  Liechtenstein -- -- -- 7.2 8.3 7.2 39,039
117  Jamaica -- -- -- -- -- 7.1 2,827,695
118  Portugal 9.4 9.3 9.1 7.1 8.1 6.8 10,325,147
119  Ireland 9.5 10.6 8.6 8 7.5 6.3 5,033,165
120  Norway 7.6 6.9 5.7 7.5 7 6.3 5,408,320
121  Costa Rica -- 10.4 8.2 7.8 7.9 6.1 5,153,957
122  Trinidad and Tobago -- -- -- 7.1 5.1 5.8 1,525,663
123  Bahamas -- 3.3 -- 5.5 -- 5.2 407,906
124  Sweden 7.4 6.6 5 6.6 6.2 5.1 10,415,811
125  Finland 6.6 5.6 5 5.5 5 4.9 5,541,017
126  Estonia 7.2 6.2 5.9 5.9 4.9 4.7 1,330,932
127  Puerto Rico 13.7 10.2 3.7 4.8 4.3 4.5 3,263,584
128  Australia 6.8 8 7.6 5.7 4.2 4.5 25,688,079
129  New Zealand 7.7 7.5 7 6.8 4.8 4.3 5,122,600
130  Bermuda -- -- -- -- 3 4.1 63,867
131  Grenada -- -- -- 5.5 3.8 4.1 124,610
132  Iceland 5 5.5 7.2 6.1 3.4 4 372,520
133  Mauritius -- -- -- -- -- 3.5 1,266,060
134  French Polynesia -- -- -- -- 2.5 3.2 304,032

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