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PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure, µg/m³: ranking of countries

200 countries ranked by their latest value. Qatar is highest at 107.8 µg/m³; Greenland is lowest at 1.6 µg/m³.

World 32.9 µg/m³ (2023)Median country 17.3 µg/m³200 countries
PM2.5 exposure: world and regions, 1994–2023
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
0.0204060199419992004200920142019WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
Highest ten
Qatar107.8 µg/m³Saudi Arabia73.5 µg/m³Bangladesh69.3 µg/m³Nigeria65.7 µg/m³Niger65.2 µg/m³Kuwait62.3 µg/m³Pakistan58.4 µg/m³United Arab Emirates57.2 µg/m³Bahrain56.6 µg/m³Cameroon55.6 µg/m³
Lowest tenof 200
Bermuda4.6 µg/m³Samoa4.6 µg/m³Finland4.6 µg/m³American Samoa4.3 µg/m³Marshall Islands4.1 µg/m³Kiribati3.9 µg/m³Micronesia3.5 µg/m³Guam3.5 µg/m³Northern Mariana Islands2.7 µg/m³Greenland1.6 µg/m³
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All 200 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

200 shown
#CountryRegionPM2.5 exposureYearRelative
1QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan107.8 µg/m³2023
2Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan73.5 µg/m³2023
3BangladeshSouth Asia69.3 µg/m³2023
4NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa65.7 µg/m³2023
5NigerSub-Saharan Africa65.2 µg/m³2023
6KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan62.3 µg/m³2023
7PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan58.4 µg/m³2023
8United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan57.2 µg/m³2023
9BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan56.6 µg/m³2023
10CameroonSub-Saharan Africa55.6 µg/m³2023
11IndiaSouth Asia54.1 µg/m³2023
12NepalSouth Asia53.2 µg/m³2023
13IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan49.5 µg/m³2023
14OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan46.9 µg/m³2023
15YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan46.8 µg/m³2023
16MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa46.5 µg/m³2023
17EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan43.1 µg/m³2023
18ChadSub-Saharan Africa43.0 µg/m³2023
19MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific42.7 µg/m³2023
20Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa42.2 µg/m³2023
21SenegalSub-Saharan Africa41.6 µg/m³2023
22DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan40.3 µg/m³2023
23IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan40.2 µg/m³2023
24BeninSub-Saharan Africa39.7 µg/m³2023
25The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa38.3 µg/m³2023
26AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan37.9 µg/m³2023
27SudanSub-Saharan Africa37.6 µg/m³2023
28Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa37.3 µg/m³2023
29Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa36.5 µg/m³2023
30RwandaSub-Saharan Africa36.0 µg/m³2023
31Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa35.8 µg/m³2023
32BurundiSub-Saharan Africa35.7 µg/m³2023
33MaliSub-Saharan Africa35.5 µg/m³2023
34MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific35.1 µg/m³2023
35TogoSub-Saharan Africa34.3 µg/m³2023
36EritreaSub-Saharan Africa33.7 µg/m³2023
37TajikistanEurope & Central Asia33.3 µg/m³2023
38Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa33.3 µg/m³2023
39UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia32.8 µg/m³2023
40JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan32.6 µg/m³2023
41Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa32.3 µg/m³2023
42SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan32.1 µg/m³2023
43ChinaEast Asia & Pacific32.0 µg/m³2023
44GabonSub-Saharan Africa31.3 µg/m³2023
45TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia31.2 µg/m³2023
46UgandaSub-Saharan Africa31.2 µg/m³2023
47PeruLatin America & Caribbean31.1 µg/m³2023
48HondurasLatin America & Caribbean30.7 µg/m³2023
49BhutanSouth Asia30.1 µg/m³2023
50GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean29.7 µg/m³2023
51El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean29.6 µg/m³2023
52ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia28.6 µg/m³2023
53GhanaSub-Saharan Africa28.1 µg/m³2023
54BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean28.1 µg/m³2023
55South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa27.7 µg/m³2023
56GuineaSub-Saharan Africa27.3 µg/m³2023
57LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan26.7 µg/m³2023
58LesothoSub-Saharan Africa26.4 µg/m³2023
59TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia26.4 µg/m³2023
60Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia26.1 µg/m³2023
61LaosEast Asia & Pacific26.0 µg/m³2023
62VietnamEast Asia & Pacific24.8 µg/m³2023
63EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa23.8 µg/m³2023
64AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia23.7 µg/m³2023
65South SudanSub-Saharan Africa23.7 µg/m³2023
66ThailandEast Asia & Pacific23.5 µg/m³2023
67ChileLatin America & Caribbean23.1 µg/m³2023
68Sri LankaSouth Asia22.7 µg/m³2023
69Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa22.5 µg/m³2023
70West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan22.4 µg/m³2023
71PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific22.2 µg/m³2023
72IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan21.9 µg/m³2023
73South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific21.9 µg/m³2023
74North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia21.8 µg/m³2023
75North KoreaEast Asia & Pacific21.8 µg/m³2023
76JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean21.7 µg/m³2023
77IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific20.8 µg/m³2023
78NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean20.4 µg/m³2023
79Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa20.4 µg/m³2023
80KenyaSub-Saharan Africa20.3 µg/m³2023
81ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa20.2 µg/m³2023
82Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa20.2 µg/m³2023
83TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa20.2 µg/m³2023
84KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia20.1 µg/m³2023
85LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan20.0 µg/m³2023
86AngolaSub-Saharan Africa19.9 µg/m³2023
87BulgariaEurope & Central Asia19.7 µg/m³2023
88KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia19.6 µg/m³2023
89CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific19.4 µg/m³2023
90SerbiaEurope & Central Asia19.3 µg/m³2023
91VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean19.2 µg/m³2023
92TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan18.9 µg/m³2023
93MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan18.7 µg/m³2023
94EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean18.6 µg/m³2023
95GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia18.6 µg/m³2023
96SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa18.5 µg/m³2023
97MontenegroEurope & Central Asia18.5 µg/m³2023
98ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean18.4 µg/m³2023
99LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa17.9 µg/m³2023
100Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean17.7 µg/m³2023
101GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean16.9 µg/m³2023
102BelizeLatin America & Caribbean16.8 µg/m³2023
103EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa16.7 µg/m³2023
104MalawiSub-Saharan Africa16.7 µg/m³2023
105MexicoLatin America & Caribbean16.6 µg/m³2023
106AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan16.5 µg/m³2023
107PolandEurope & Central Asia16.5 µg/m³2023
108CyprusEurope & Central Asia16.1 µg/m³2023
109RomaniaEurope & Central Asia16.0 µg/m³2023
110MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific15.9 µg/m³2023
111HaitiLatin America & Caribbean15.8 µg/m³2023
112CroatiaEurope & Central Asia15.8 µg/m³2023
113SurinameLatin America & Caribbean15.7 µg/m³2023
114AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia15.5 µg/m³2023
115ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean15.3 µg/m³2023
116SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific15.1 µg/m³2023
117PanamaLatin America & Caribbean15.1 µg/m³2023
118São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa15.1 µg/m³2023
119ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa15.0 µg/m³2023
120MoldovaEurope & Central Asia14.9 µg/m³2023
121UkraineEurope & Central Asia14.9 µg/m³2023
122ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean14.3 µg/m³2023
123ItalyEurope & Central Asia14.3 µg/m³2023
124NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa14.2 µg/m³2023
125GreeceEurope & Central Asia14.1 µg/m³2023
126Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific14.1 µg/m³2023
127MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa14.1 µg/m³2023
128Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean13.8 µg/m³2023
129MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa13.7 µg/m³2023
130SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia13.7 µg/m³2023
131HungaryEurope & Central Asia13.7 µg/m³2023
132Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean13.5 µg/m³2023
133BrazilLatin America & Caribbean13.4 µg/m³2023
134BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa13.2 µg/m³2023
135LatviaEurope & Central Asia13.0 µg/m³2023
136CzechiaEurope & Central Asia12.7 µg/m³2023
137San MarinoEurope & Central Asia12.7 µg/m³2023
138SloveniaEurope & Central Asia12.6 µg/m³2023
139MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa12.4 µg/m³2023
140Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific12.0 µg/m³2023
141BelarusEurope & Central Asia12.0 µg/m³2023
142RussiaEurope & Central Asia11.6 µg/m³2023
143DominicaLatin America & Caribbean11.5 µg/m³2023
144JapanEast Asia & Pacific11.5 µg/m³2023
145MonacoEurope & Central Asia11.4 µg/m³2023
146MaldivesSouth Asia11.2 µg/m³2023
147GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean11.0 µg/m³2023
148BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean10.9 µg/m³2023
149UruguayLatin America & Caribbean10.9 µg/m³2023
150MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan10.8 µg/m³2023
151LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia10.7 µg/m³2023
152Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean10.6 µg/m³2023
153Saint LuciaLatin America & Caribbean10.4 µg/m³2023
154ComorosSub-Saharan Africa10.2 µg/m³2023
155SpainEurope & Central Asia10.1 µg/m³2023
156AustriaEurope & Central Asia10.0 µg/m³2023
157Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific9.8 µg/m³2023
158United KingdomEurope & Central Asia9.5 µg/m³2023
159CubaLatin America & Caribbean9.4 µg/m³2023
160SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa9.3 µg/m³2023
161AndorraEurope & Central Asia8.9 µg/m³2023
162Saint Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean8.9 µg/m³2023
163GermanyEurope & Central Asia8.8 µg/m³2023
164PortugalEurope & Central Asia8.8 µg/m³2023
165NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia8.6 µg/m³2023
166BelgiumEurope & Central Asia8.4 µg/m³2023
167Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean8.4 µg/m³2023
168SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia8.3 µg/m³2023
169FranceEurope & Central Asia8.2 µg/m³2023
170Puerto RicoLatin America & Caribbean7.8 µg/m³2023
171BruneiEast Asia & Pacific7.6 µg/m³2023
172IrelandEurope & Central Asia7.5 µg/m³2023
173DenmarkEurope & Central Asia7.5 µg/m³2023
174LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia7.4 µg/m³2023
175VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific7.0 µg/m³2023
176United StatesNorth America7.0 µg/m³2023
177New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific6.9 µg/m³2023
178US Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean6.8 µg/m³2023
179CanadaNorth America6.6 µg/m³2023
180FijiEast Asia & Pacific6.4 µg/m³2023
181AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific6.4 µg/m³2023
182EstoniaEurope & Central Asia5.9 µg/m³2023
183NorwayEurope & Central Asia5.5 µg/m³2023
184BahamasLatin America & Caribbean5.3 µg/m³2023
185SwedenEurope & Central Asia5.3 µg/m³2023
186TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific5.2 µg/m³2023
187PalauEast Asia & Pacific4.9 µg/m³2023
188IcelandEurope & Central Asia4.9 µg/m³2023
189NauruEast Asia & Pacific4.8 µg/m³2023
190TongaEast Asia & Pacific4.7 µg/m³2023
191BermudaNorth America4.6 µg/m³2023
192SamoaEast Asia & Pacific4.6 µg/m³2023
193FinlandEurope & Central Asia4.6 µg/m³2023
194American SamoaEast Asia & Pacific4.3 µg/m³2023
195Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific4.1 µg/m³2023
196KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific3.9 µg/m³2023
197MicronesiaEast Asia & Pacific3.5 µg/m³2023
198GuamEast Asia & Pacific3.5 µg/m³2023
199Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific2.7 µg/m³2023
200GreenlandEurope & Central Asia1.6 µg/m³2023
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
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