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PM2.5 pollution (mean annual exposure) by country 2023 | worldgovdata
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PM2.5 pollution (mean annual exposure)
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2023
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
High income
Low income
Lower middle income
Upper middle income
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Country
↕
Value
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1
Greenland
1.6
2
Northern Mariana Islands
2.7
3
Guam
3.5
4
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
3.5
5
Kiribati
3.9
6
Marshall Islands
4.1
7
American Samoa
4.3
8
Finland
4.6
9
Samoa
4.6
10
Bermuda
4.6
11
Tonga
4.7
12
Naoero
4.8
13
Iceland
4.9
14
Palau
4.9
15
Tuvalu
5.2
16
Sweden
5.3
17
Bahamas, The
5.3
18
Norway
5.5
19
Estonia
5.9
20
Australia
6.4
21
Fiji
6.4
22
Canada
6.6
23
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
6.8
24
New Zealand
6.9
25
United States
7
26
Vanuatu
7
27
Luxembourg
7.4
28
Denmark
7.5
29
Ireland
7.5
30
Brunei Darussalam
7.6
31
Puerto Rico (US)
7.8
32
France
8.2
33
Switzerland
8.3
34
Antigua and Barbuda
8.4
35
Belgium
8.4
36
Netherlands
8.6
37
Portugal
8.8
38
Germany
8.8
39
St. Kitts and Nevis
8.9
40
Andorra
8.9
41
Seychelles
9.3
42
Cuba
9.4
43
United Kingdom
9.5
44
Solomon Islands
9.8
45
Austria
10
46
Spain
10.1
47
Comoros
10.2
48
St. Lucia
10.4
49
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
10.6
50
Lithuania
10.7
51
Malta
10.8
52
Uruguay
10.9
53
Barbados
10.9
54
Grenada
11
55
Maldives
11.2
56
Monaco
11.4
57
Japan
11.5
58
Dominica
11.5
59
Russian Federation
11.6
60
Belarus
12
61
Timor-Leste
12
62
Madagascar
12.4
63
Slovenia
12.6
64
San Marino
12.7
65
Czechia
12.7
66
Latvia
13
67
Botswana
13.2
68
Brazil
13.4
69
Dominican Republic
13.5
70
Hungary
13.7
71
Slovak Republic
13.7
72
Mozambique
13.7
73
Trinidad and Tobago
13.8
74
Mauritius
14.1
75
Papua New Guinea
14.1
76
Greece
14.1
77
Namibia
14.2
78
Italy
14.3
79
Argentina
14.3
80
Ukraine
14.9
81
Moldova
14.9
82
Zimbabwe
15
83
Sao Tome and Principe
15.1
84
Panama
15.1
85
Singapore
15.1
86
Paraguay
15.3
87
Albania
15.5
88
Suriname
15.7
89
Croatia
15.8
90
Haiti
15.8
91
Malaysia
15.9
92
Romania
16
93
Cyprus
16.1
94
Poland
16.5
95
Algeria
16.5
96
Mexico
16.6
97
Malawi
16.7
98
Eswatini
16.7
99
Belize
16.8
100
Guyana
16.9
101
Costa Rica
17.7
102
Liberia
17.9
103
Colombia
18.4
104
Montenegro
18.5
105
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
18.5
106
Georgia
18.6
107
Ecuador
18.6
108
Morocco
18.7
109
Tunisia
18.9
110
Venezuela, RB
19.2
111
Serbia
19.3
112
Cambodia
19.4
113
Kazakhstan
19.6
114
Bulgaria
19.7
115
Angola
19.9
116
Libya
20
117
Kyrgyz Republic
20.1
118
Tanzania
20.2
119
Cabo Verde
20.2
120
Zambia
20.2
121
Kenya
20.3
122
Cote d'Ivoire
20.4
123
Nicaragua
20.4
124
Indonesia
20.8
125
Jamaica
21.7
126
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
21.8
127
North Macedonia
21.8
128
Korea, Rep.
21.9
129
Israel
21.9
130
Philippines
22.2
131
West Bank and Gaza
22.4
132
Sierra Leone
22.5
133
Sri Lanka
22.7
134
Chile
23.1
135
Thailand
23.5
136
South Sudan
23.7
137
Azerbaijan
23.7
138
Ethiopia
23.8
139
Viet Nam
24.8
140
Lao PDR
26
141
Bosnia and Herzegovina
26.1
142
Turkiye
26.4
143
Lesotho
26.4
144
Lebanon
26.7
145
Guinea
27.3
146
South Africa
27.7
147
Bolivia
28.1
148
Ghana
28.1
149
Armenia
28.6
150
El Salvador
29.6
151
Guatemala
29.7
152
Bhutan
30.1
153
Honduras
30.7
154
Peru
31.1
155
Uganda
31.2
156
Turkmenistan
31.2
157
Gabon
31.3
158
China
32
159
Syrian Arab Republic
32.1
160
Guinea-Bissau
32.3
161
Jordan
32.6
162
Uzbekistan
32.8
163
Central African Republic
33.3
164
Tajikistan
33.3
165
Eritrea
33.7
166
Togo
34.3
167
Myanmar
35.1
168
Mali
35.5
169
Burundi
35.7
170
Congo, Dem. Rep.
35.8
171
Rwanda
36
172
Congo, Rep.
36.5
173
Burkina Faso
37.3
174
Sudan
37.6
175
Afghanistan
37.9
176
Gambia, The
38.3
177
Benin
39.7
178
Iran, Islamic Rep.
40.2
179
Djibouti
40.3
180
Senegal
41.6
181
Equatorial Guinea
42.2
182
Mongolia
42.7
183
Chad
43
184
Egypt, Arab Rep.
43.1
185
Mauritania
46.5
186
Yemen, Rep.
46.8
187
Oman
46.9
188
Iraq
49.5
189
Nepal
53.2
190
India
54.1
191
Cameroon
55.6
192
Bahrain
56.6
193
United Arab Emirates
57.2
194
Pakistan
58.4
195
Kuwait
62.3
196
Niger
65.2
197
Nigeria
65.7
198
Bangladesh
69.3
199
Saudi Arabia
73.5
200
Qatar
107.8
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