PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)

This indicator measures the percentage of a population living in areas where the average annual levels of PM2.5 - fine particulate matter known for its detrimental health impacts - surpass the World Health Organization's recommended threshold of 10 micrograms per cubic meter. It highlights the extent of air quality issues in a country, providing critical insights into public health risks associated with air pollution. Populations exposed to elevated PM2.5 levels may suffer from various health problems, including respiratory diseases, cardiovascular conditions, and reduced life expectancy. By understanding the proportion of the population at risk, policymakers can prioritize interventions to improve air quality and safeguard public health, making this an essential metric for environmental health and urban planning initiatives. Source:

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2017

#	Country	PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	Year
1	Afghanistan	100	2017
2	Algeria	100	2017
3	American Samoa	100	2017
4	Angola	100	2017
5	Antigua and Barbuda	100	2017
6	Armenia	100	2017
7	Azerbaijan	100	2017
8	Bahrain	100	2017
9	Bangladesh	100	2017
10	Barbados	100	2017
11	Belize	100	2017
12	Benin	100	2017
13	Bermuda	100	2017
14	Bhutan	100	2017
15	Botswana	100	2017
16	Burkina Faso	100	2017
17	Burundi	100	2017
18	Cabo Verde	100	2017
19	Cambodia	100	2017
20	Cameroon	100	2017
21	Central African Republic	100	2017
22	Chad	100	2017
23	Comoros	100	2017
24	Congo, Dem. Rep.	100	2017
25	Congo, Rep.	100	2017
26	Cote d'Ivoire	100	2017
27	Cyprus	100	2017
28	Djibouti	100	2017
29	Dominica	100	2017
30	Egypt, Arab Rep.	100	2017
31	El Salvador	100	2017
32	Equatorial Guinea	100	2017
33	Eritrea	100	2017
34	Eswatini	100	2017
35	Ethiopia	100	2017
36	Gabon	100	2017
37	Gambia, The	100	2017
38	Georgia	100	2017
39	Ghana	100	2017
40	Grenada	100	2017
41	Guatemala	100	2017
42	Guinea	100	2017
43	Guinea-Bissau	100	2017
44	Haiti	100	2017
45	Hungary	100	2017
46	India	100	2017
47	Iran, Islamic Rep.	100	2017
48	Iraq	100	2017
49	Israel	100	2017
50	Jordan	100	2017
51	Kenya	100	2017
52	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	100	2017
53	Korea, Rep.	100	2017
54	Kuwait	100	2017
55	Lao PDR	100	2017
56	Lebanon	100	2017
57	Lesotho	100	2017
58	Liberia	100	2017
59	Libya	100	2017
60	Madagascar	100	2017
61	Malawi	100	2017
62	Mali	100	2017
63	Malta	100	2017
64	Mauritania	100	2017
65	Mauritius	100	2017
66	Moldova	100	2017
67	Montenegro	100	2017
68	Morocco	100	2017
69	Mozambique	100	2017
70	Myanmar	100	2017
71	Namibia	100	2017
72	Nepal	100	2017
73	Niger	100	2017
74	Nigeria	100	2017
75	North Macedonia	100	2017
76	Oman	100	2017
77	Pakistan	100	2017
78	Qatar	100	2017
79	Rwanda	100	2017
80	Sao Tome and Principe	100	2017
81	Saudi Arabia	100	2017
82	Senegal	100	2017
83	Serbia	100	2017
84	Seychelles	100	2017
85	Sierra Leone	100	2017
86	Singapore	100	2017
87	Slovak Republic	100	2017
88	Somalia	100	2017
89	South Africa	100	2017
90	South Sudan	100	2017
91	St. Lucia	100	2017
92	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100	2017
93	Sudan	100	2017
94	Suriname	100	2017
95	Syrian Arab Republic	100	2017
96	Tajikistan	100	2017
97	Tanzania	100	2017
98	Thailand	100	2017
99	Timor-Leste	100	2017
100	Togo	100	2017
101	Trinidad and Tobago	100	2017
102	Tunisia	100	2017
103	Turkiye	100	2017
104	Turkmenistan	100	2017
105	Uganda	100	2017
106	Ukraine	100	2017
107	United Arab Emirates	100	2017
108	Uzbekistan	100	2017
109	Viet Nam	100	2017
110	West Bank and Gaza	100	2017
111	Yemen, Rep.	100	2017
112	Zambia	100	2017
113	Zimbabwe	100	2017
114	Cuba	100	2017
115	Albania	100	2017
116	Jamaica	100	2017
117	Greece	100	2017
118	Samoa	100	2017
119	Bahamas, The	100	2017
120	Vanuatu	100	2017
121	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	100	2017
122	Kiribati	100	2017
123	Marshall Islands	100	2017
124	Bolivia	100	2017
125	China	100	2017
126	Papua New Guinea	100	2017
127	Guyana	99.99	2017
128	Honduras	99.98	2017
129	Poland	99.97	2017
130	Peru	99.96	2017
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.96	2017
132	Venezuela, RB	99.93	2017
133	Belarus	99.93	2017
134	Solomon Islands	99.92	2017
135	Dominican Republic	99.91	2017
136	Nicaragua	99.9	2017
137	Bulgaria	99.89	2017
138	Tonga	99.81	2017
139	Croatia	99.78	2017
140	Costa Rica	99.69	2017
141	Czechia	99.68	2017
142	Mexico	99.66	2017
143	Netherlands	99.6	2017
144	Slovenia	99.49	2017
145	Paraguay	99.06	2017
146	Ecuador	98.32	2017
147	Romania	98.02	2017
148	Chile	97.66	2017
149	Kyrgyz Republic	97.43	2017
150	Mongolia	97.01	2017
151	Philippines	96.37	2017
152	Lithuania	96	2017
153	Indonesia	95.57	2017
154	Italy	94.78	2017
155	Argentina	93.85	2017
156	Colombia	92.1	2017
157	Belgium	91.95	2017
158	Russian Federation	91.61	2017
159	Malaysia	90.54	2017
160	Germany	89.17	2017
161	Latvia	89.01	2017
162	Kazakhstan	87.41	2017
163	Austria	85.05	2017
164	Guam	83.33	2017
165	Fiji	82.8	2017
166	Greenland	80.02	2017
167	France	78.21	2017
168	Japan	76.76	2017
169	Panama	71.64	2017
170	Luxembourg	68.78	2017
171	Brazil	68.14	2017
172	United Kingdom	66.53	2017
173	Denmark	56.91	2017
174	Switzerland	49.3	2017
175	Sri Lanka	45.54	2017
176	Spain	41.12	2017
177	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	40	2017
178	Northern Mariana Islands	26.92	2017
179	Australia	24.89	2017
180	Uruguay	22.39	2017
181	Andorra	17.82	2017
182	Portugal	16.01	2017
183	Iceland	10.29	2017
184	Puerto Rico	3.67	2017
185	Sweden	3.64	2017
186	United States	3.34	2017
187	Norway	2.04	2017
188	Ireland	0.27	2017
189	Brunei Darussalam	0	2017
190	Canada	0	2017
191	Estonia	0	2017
192	Finland	0	2017
193	Maldives	0	2017
194	New Zealand	0	2017

Rank	Country	Value	Year
1	Afghanistan	100	2017
2	Algeria	100	2017
3	American Samoa	100	2017
4	Angola	100	2017
5	Antigua and Barbuda	100	2017
6	Armenia	100	2017
7	Azerbaijan	100	2017
8	Bahrain	100	2017
9	Bangladesh	100	2017
10	Barbados	100	2017
11	Belize	100	2017
12	Benin	100	2017
13	Bermuda	100	2017
14	Bhutan	100	2017
15	Botswana	100	2017
16	Burkina Faso	100	2017
17	Burundi	100	2017
18	Cabo Verde	100	2017
19	Cambodia	100	2017
20	Cameroon	100	2017
21	Central African Republic	100	2017
22	Chad	100	2017
23	Comoros	100	2017
24	Congo, Dem. Rep.	100	2017
25	Congo, Rep.	100	2017
26	Cote d'Ivoire	100	2017
27	Cyprus	100	2017
28	Djibouti	100	2017
29	Dominica	100	2017
30	Egypt, Arab Rep.	100	2017
31	El Salvador	100	2017
32	Equatorial Guinea	100	2017
33	Eritrea	100	2017
34	Eswatini	100	2017
35	Ethiopia	100	2017
36	Gabon	100	2017
37	Gambia, The	100	2017
38	Georgia	100	2017
39	Ghana	100	2017
40	Grenada	100	2017
41	Guatemala	100	2017
42	Guinea	100	2017
43	Guinea-Bissau	100	2017
44	Haiti	100	2017
45	Hungary	100	2017
46	India	100	2017
47	Iran, Islamic Rep.	100	2017
48	Iraq	100	2017
49	Israel	100	2017
50	Jordan	100	2017
51	Kenya	100	2017
52	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	100	2017
53	Korea, Rep.	100	2017
54	Kuwait	100	2017
55	Lao PDR	100	2017
56	Lebanon	100	2017
57	Lesotho	100	2017
58	Liberia	100	2017
59	Libya	100	2017
60	Madagascar	100	2017
61	Malawi	100	2017
62	Mali	100	2017
63	Malta	100	2017
64	Mauritania	100	2017
65	Mauritius	100	2017
66	Moldova	100	2017
67	Montenegro	100	2017
68	Morocco	100	2017
69	Mozambique	100	2017
70	Myanmar	100	2017
71	Namibia	100	2017
72	Nepal	100	2017
73	Niger	100	2017
74	Nigeria	100	2017
75	North Macedonia	100	2017
76	Oman	100	2017
77	Pakistan	100	2017
78	Qatar	100	2017
79	Rwanda	100	2017
80	Sao Tome and Principe	100	2017
81	Saudi Arabia	100	2017
82	Senegal	100	2017
83	Serbia	100	2017
84	Seychelles	100	2017
85	Sierra Leone	100	2017
86	Singapore	100	2017
87	Slovak Republic	100	2017
88	Somalia	100	2017
89	South Africa	100	2017
90	South Sudan	100	2017
91	St. Lucia	100	2017
92	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100	2017
93	Sudan	100	2017
94	Suriname	100	2017
95	Syrian Arab Republic	100	2017
96	Tajikistan	100	2017
97	Tanzania	100	2017
98	Thailand	100	2017
99	Timor-Leste	100	2017
100	Togo	100	2017
101	Trinidad and Tobago	100	2017
102	Tunisia	100	2017
103	Turkiye	100	2017
104	Turkmenistan	100	2017
105	Uganda	100	2017
106	Ukraine	100	2017
107	United Arab Emirates	100	2017
108	Uzbekistan	100	2017
109	Viet Nam	100	2017
110	West Bank and Gaza	100	2017
111	Yemen, Rep.	100	2017
112	Zambia	100	2017
113	Zimbabwe	100	2017
114	Cuba	99.9999999999811	2017
115	Albania	99.9999999999643	2017
116	Jamaica	99.9999999999574	2017
117	Greece	99.9999999998588	2017
118	Samoa	99.9999999982957	2017
119	Bahamas, The	99.9999999918088	2017
120	Vanuatu	99.9999999872286	2017
121	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	99.9999999837514	2017
122	Kiribati	99.9999995006364	2017
123	Marshall Islands	99.9999962558097	2017
124	Bolivia	99.9991320215104	2017
125	China	99.9982944622564	2017
126	Papua New Guinea	99.9951657438565	2017
127	Guyana	99.9881773200384	2017
128	Honduras	99.9835217097179	2017
129	Poland	99.9661157279646	2017
130	Peru	99.9629262855861	2017
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.9552350286901	2017
132	Venezuela, RB	99.9336624316864	2017
133	Belarus	99.9313519680704	2017
134	Solomon Islands	99.9175631944289	2017
135	Dominican Republic	99.9134426224712	2017
136	Nicaragua	99.9026951322358	2017
137	Bulgaria	99.8946743201431	2017
138	Tonga	99.8125919313455	2017
139	Croatia	99.7796052732656	2017
140	Costa Rica	99.6887933668832	2017
141	Czechia	99.6772126159304	2017
142	Mexico	99.6561265475774	2017
143	Netherlands	99.5981414813269	2017
144	Slovenia	99.4910252834569	2017
145	Paraguay	99.0583082497181	2017
146	Ecuador	98.3156239365569	2017
147	Romania	98.0174648814994	2017
148	Chile	97.6630177077565	2017
149	Kyrgyz Republic	97.4325569187238	2017
150	Mongolia	97.0139805896742	2017
151	Philippines	96.3706587650922	2017
152	Lithuania	95.9998593070447	2017
153	Indonesia	95.5671472610627	2017
154	Italy	94.7772139982593	2017
155	Argentina	93.8528246666324	2017
156	Colombia	92.1046289822956	2017
157	Belgium	91.9485403518636	2017
158	Russian Federation	91.6093290043281	2017
159	Malaysia	90.537343806725	2017
160	Germany	89.1743564300489	2017
161	Latvia	89.0140461977576	2017
162	Kazakhstan	87.4142305282549	2017
163	Austria	85.0515376653505	2017
164	Guam	83.3333333333333	2017
165	Fiji	82.8031823467088	2017
166	Greenland	80.0160106688235	2017
167	France	78.2135639205549	2017
168	Japan	76.7615082281987	2017
169	Panama	71.6367476557604	2017
170	Luxembourg	68.7756227449078	2017
171	Brazil	68.1350300575805	2017
172	United Kingdom	66.5332490328298	2017
173	Denmark	56.9144561104444	2017
174	Switzerland	49.3001362303515	2017
175	Sri Lanka	45.5384172591341	2017
176	Spain	41.115549425172	2017
177	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	40	2017
178	Northern Mariana Islands	26.9230769230769	2017
179	Australia	24.8935837696774	2017
180	Uruguay	22.3857446597034	2017
181	Andorra	17.8244594869492	2017
182	Portugal	16.0083566266812	2017
183	Iceland	10.2852157949761	2017
184	Puerto Rico	3.6697247706422	2017
185	Sweden	3.63648738190616	2017
186	United States	3.34317037021352	2017
187	Norway	2.04383779996992	2017
188	Ireland	0.274091678859734	2017
189	Brunei Darussalam	0	2017
190	Canada	0	2017
191	Estonia	0	2017
192	Finland	0	2017
193	Maldives	0	2017
194	New Zealand	0	2017