Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes of premature deaths — Ambient particulate matter, premature deaths by country
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...
Countries reporting
168
Highest
1,433 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
Serbia
Lowest
44.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
Iceland
Median
290.98 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,849
What the numbers show
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes of premature deaths — Ambient particulate matter, premature deaths is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 1,433 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants in Serbia; the lowest is 44.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 290.98 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants, and the mean is 357.16 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 94.3%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 54.3%).
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 1,433 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 1,301 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 1,286 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 4 | Armenia | 1,096 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,078 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 6 | China (People’s Republic of) | 1,001 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 7 | Ukraine | 970.71 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 8 | Montenegro | 894.68 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 9 | Belarus | 868.62 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 10 | Egypt | 857.41 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 11 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 838.27 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 12 | Georgia | 825.29 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 811.14 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 768.12 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 746.61 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 16 | Morocco | 745.45 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 17 | Hungary | 710.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 18 | India | 708.32 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 694.52 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 20 | Barbados | 624.6 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 21 | Nepal | 622.49 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 22 | Iraq | 610.58 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 23 | Tunisia | 608.91 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 593.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 590.9 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 585.54 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 580.83 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 28 | Lebanon | 571.26 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 29 | Greece | 540.48 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 540.3 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 31 | Albania | 533.08 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 32 | Cuba | 516.49 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 33 | Guyana | 514.55 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 34 | Libya | 512.7 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 35 | Pakistan | 510.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 509.58 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 37 | Russia | 506.78 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 38 | Algeria | 506.1 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 496.69 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 40 | Iran | 482.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 41 | Mauritius | 467.49 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 42 | Dominica | 462 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 455.67 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 44 | Thailand | 451.72 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 45 | Saint Lucia | 447.97 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 446.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 47 | Suriname | 434.78 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 48 | Venezuela | 427.45 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 426.6 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 50 | Djibouti | 421.79 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 51 | Bahrain | 417.62 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 52 | Grenada | 415.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 412.97 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 408.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 55 | Ghana | 397.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 397.56 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 57 | Indonesia | 395.83 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 58 | Eritrea | 394.42 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 59 | Sudan | 384.76 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 60 | Botswana | 376.85 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | Gabon | 366.06 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 62 | Yemen | 357.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 353.03 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 64 | Bhutan | 351.81 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 349.02 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 343.61 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 67 | Oman | 337.41 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 68 | Nigeria | 337.1 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 336.09 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 335.39 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 71 | Seychelles | 335.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 72 | Jamaica | 333.36 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 73 | Bolivia | 329.87 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 325.68 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 75 | Germany | 325.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 76 | Congo | 323.66 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 77 | Namibia | 322.48 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 78 | Malaysia | 321.64 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 79 | Japan | 315.54 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 305.05 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 303.29 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 82 | El Salvador | 302.7 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 292.46 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 84 | Malta | 291.88 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 85 | Philippines | 290.08 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 86 | Jordan | 287.32 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 87 | Argentina | 281.37 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 88 | Palau | 279.08 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 89 | OECD | 274.31 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 90 | Peru | 271.29 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 91 | Austria | 269.03 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 92 | Marshall Islands | 268.29 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 93 | Israel | 264.87 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 94 | Colombia | 259.69 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 95 | Côte d’Ivoire | 257.46 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 96 | Bahamas | 244.71 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 97 | Ecuador | 244.24 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 98 | Sao Tome and Principe | 242.31 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 99 | Belize | 239.02 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 230.55 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 55.7% | flat |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 229.79 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 102 | Singapore | 226.88 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 103 | Denmark | 223.95 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 104 | Guatemala | 218.28 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 105 | United Kingdom | 216.37 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 106 | Cambodia | 215.88 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 107 | Uruguay | 213.8 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 108 | Senegal | 210.55 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 109 | Brazil | 205.75 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 110 | France | 205.67 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 111 | Portugal | 202.72 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 112 | Togo | 196.41 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 113 | Gambia | 194.11 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 114 | Samoa | 193.48 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 115 | Qatar | 192 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 191.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 117 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 190.79 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 118 | Guinea | 190.64 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 119 | Tonga | 190.56 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 120 | Spain | 188.41 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 121 | Benin | 187.46 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 184.48 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 123 | Tuvalu | 182.55 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 180.16 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 125 | Honduras | 179.04 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 178.72 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 127 | Vanuatu | 177.4 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 128 | San Marino | 175.55 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 129 | Angola | 171.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 169.79 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 131 | Haiti | 163.25 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 132 | Chad | 162.09 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 161.51 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 134 | Solomon Islands | 161.48 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 135 | Zambia | 160.44 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 136 | Switzerland | 160.22 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 137 | Paraguay | 160.03 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 138 | Mali | 157.82 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 139 | Panama | 153.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 140 | Nicaragua | 150.36 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 146.78 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 142 | Kiribati | 144.88 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 143 | Andorra | 144.09 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 144 | United States | 142.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 145 | Rwanda | 136.97 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 22.0% | flat |
| 146 | South Sudan | 133.04 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 147 | Liberia | 131.59 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 148 | Niger | 126.73 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 123.76 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 117.58 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 151 | Ireland | 109.27 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 152 | Kenya | 107.75 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 153 | Uganda | 106.78 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 154 | Tanzania | 104.32 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 155 | Canada | 100.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 156 | Maldives | 97.12 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 157 | Brunei Darussalam | 89.03 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 158 | Nauru | 82.43 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 159 | Burundi | 82.27 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 160 | Norway | 73.48 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 161 | Australia | 70.24 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 162 | Finland | 69.73 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 163 | Malawi | 69.54 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 164 | Sweden | 63.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 165 | Mozambique | 62.04 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 166 | New Zealand | 61.1 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 167 | Somalia | 48.18 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 168 | Iceland | 44.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 35.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Croatia 743.87 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Moldova 676 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Slovak Republic 636.61 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 595.93 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- World outside Africa 585.43 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Cabo Verde 552.83 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Resource-rich countries 464.24 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Korea 421.53 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Lesotho 376.96 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- ASEAN 376.33 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Fiji 359.3 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Mauritania 321.86 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
About this data
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 30 shows the economic costs of premature deaths caused by various environmental hazards, such as air pollution, unsafe water, and high and low temperatures.