Human caused air pollution exposure by country
Countries reporting
240
Highest
60.3
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.57
Northern Mariana Islands
Median
11.59
Years covered
27
1998β2024
Data points
6,480
What the numbers show
Human caused air pollution exposure is currently reported for 240 countries. The highest value is 60.3 in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.57 in Northern Mariana Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.59, and the mean is 14.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 106.
Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 66.9%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 57.7%).
Human caused air pollution exposure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 60.3 | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 56.44 | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 44.81 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 41.26 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 5 | India | 40.76 | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia | 40.62 | 2024 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 40.42 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 8 | Cameroon | 39.95 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 39 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 10 | Congo | 37.57 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 37.51 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 37.47 | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 36.27 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 14 | Kuwait | 35.89 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 34.75 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 16 | Bahrain | 34.51 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 17 | Iraq | 34.26 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.97 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 30.53 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 30.24 | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 30.07 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 29.65 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 29.63 | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 24 | China | 29.57 | 2024 | down 39.2% | flat |
| 25 | Egypt | 29.47 | 2024 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 26 | Mongolia | 29.35 | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 27 | Honduras | 28.77 | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 28 | Iran | 28.74 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 29 | Gabon | 28.49 | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 27.24 | 2024 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 31 | Armenia | 26.79 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 32 | Laos | 26.73 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 33 | Jordan | 25.96 | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 25.95 | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 35 | Djibouti | 25.47 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 36 | Bhutan | 25.18 | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 37 | Angola | 25.06 | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 24.69 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 39 | Benin | 24.56 | 2024 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 40 | Vietnam | 24.55 | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 41 | Syria | 24.51 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 42 | Zambia | 24.37 | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 24.34 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 44 | Yemen | 24.32 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.23 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 46 | Turkey | 22.98 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 47 | Lesotho | 22.55 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 48 | Tanzania | 22.37 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 49 | Togo | 22.34 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 50 | Thailand | 22.09 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 51 | Oman | 21.72 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 52 | South Africa | 21.6 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 53 | South Sudan | 20.89 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 54 | Paraguay | 20.65 | 2024 | up 55.7% | flat |
| 55 | Ghana | 20.57 | 2024 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 56 | Chad | 20.51 | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 57 | North Korea | 20.47 | 2024 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 58 | Kenya | 20.17 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 20.1 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 59 | Lebanon | 20.1 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 61 | Malawi | 19.94 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 62 | South Korea | 19.59 | 2024 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 19.42 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 19.14 | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 19.03 | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 18.9 | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 67 | Philippines | 18.36 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 68 | Georgia | 18.32 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 18.3 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 70 | Eswatini | 18.26 | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 71 | Eritrea | 17.92 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 72 | Palestine | 17.83 | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 73 | Indonesia | 17.67 | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 74 | Cambodia | 17.56 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 17.4 | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 17.37 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 17.33 | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 16.98 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 79 | Sudan | 16.93 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 80 | Israel | 16.66 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 16.59 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 16.22 | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 16.13 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 15.97 | 2024 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 85 | Botswana | 15.93 | 2024 | up 30.7% | flat |
| 86 | Montenegro | 15.81 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 87 | Jamaica | 15.35 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Niger | 15.28 | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.23 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 90 | Guinea | 15.2 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.11 | 2024 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 92 | Taiwan | 15.01 | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 93 | Gambia | 14.99 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.84 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 14.74 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 96 | Mozambique | 14.54 | 2024 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 97 | Namibia | 14.53 | 2024 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 98 | Poland | 14.29 | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 99 | Cyprus | 14.1 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 100 | Albania | 13.99 | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 101 | Malaysia | 13.92 | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 102 | Colombia | 13.88 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 13.74 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 104 | Brazil | 13.5 | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 105 | Italy | 13.35 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 106 | Argentina | 13.26 | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 107 | Croatia | 13.25 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 108 | Liberia | 13.05 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 109 | Greece | 12.98 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 110 | Senegal | 12.71 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 111 | Romania | 12.66 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 112 | Belize | 12.62 | 2024 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.58 | 2024 | up 42.5% | falling |
| 114 | Mali | 12.31 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 115 | Slovakia | 12.04 | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 116 | Venezuela | 11.93 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 117 | Hungary | 11.92 | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 118 | Latvia | 11.85 | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 119 | Ukraine | 11.82 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 120 | Tunisia | 11.61 | 2024 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 121 | Belarus | 11.58 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 122 | Slovenia | 11.51 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 123 | Cayman Islands | 11.33 | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 124 | San Marino | 11.27 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 125 | Czechia | 11.22 | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 126 | Singapore | 11.12 | 2024 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 127 | Panama | 10.98 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 127 | Russia | 10.98 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 129 | Moldova | 10.9 | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 130 | Vatican | 10.88 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 131 | Lithuania | 10.6 | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 132 | Haiti | 10.43 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 133 | Liechtenstein | 10.26 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 134 | Japan | 10 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 135 | Morocco | 9.91 | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 136 | Austria | 9.63 | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 9.49 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 138 | Uruguay | 9.47 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 139 | East Timor | 9.39 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 140 | Monaco | 9.23 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 141 | Libya | 9.1 | 2024 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 142 | Madagascar | 9.06 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Netherlands | 8.93 | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 8.71 | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 145 | Gibraltar | 8.7 | 2024 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 146 | Germany | 8.54 | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 147 | Belgium | 8.52 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 148 | Brunei | 8.45 | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 149 | Somalia | 8.4 | 2024 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 150 | Guyana | 8.38 | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 151 | Switzerland | 8.31 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 152 | Denmark | 8.24 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 153 | Malta | 8.08 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 154 | Cuba | 8.06 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 155 | France | 7.84 | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 7.76 | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 7.67 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 158 | Spain | 7.63 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritania | 7.55 | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 160 | Portugal | 7.43 | 2024 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 161 | Maldives | 7.17 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 162 | Andorra | 7.16 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 163 | Comoros | 7.15 | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 164 | Mayotte | 7.13 | 2024 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 165 | Algeria | 7.07 | 2024 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 165 | United States | 7.07 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 167 | Jersey | 6.98 | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 168 | Suriname | 6.72 | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 169 | Canada | 6.71 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 170 | Curacao | 6.69 | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.29 | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 172 | Guernsey | 6.23 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 173 | Aruba | 6.22 | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 174 | Estonia | 6.1 | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 175 | French Guiana | 5.92 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 176 | Western Sahara | 5.82 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 177 | Norway | 5.81 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 178 | Mauritius | 5.69 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 179 | Ireland | 5.64 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 180 | Isle of Man | 5.5 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 181 | Solomon Islands | 5.49 | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 182 | Sweden | 5.2 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 183 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 5.14 | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 184 | Finland | 4.93 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 185 | Cape Verde | 4.92 | 2024 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 186 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.55 | 2024 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 187 | Martinique | 4.2 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4.17 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 189 | New Zealand | 3.97 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 189 | Vanuatu | 3.97 | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 191 | Bahamas | 3.91 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 192 | Australia | 3.89 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 192 | Guadeloupe | 3.89 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 194 | Aland Islands | 3.85 | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 195 | Seychelles | 3.83 | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 196 | Puerto Rico | 3.73 | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 197 | Saint Lucia | 3.67 | 2024 | up 26.1% | flat |
| 198 | Dominica | 3.61 | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 199 | Barbados | 3.48 | 2024 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 200 | Grenada | 3.47 | 2024 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 200 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.47 | 2024 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 202 | Montserrat | 3.32 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 203 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.14 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 204 | Iceland | 3.03 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.03 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 206 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.96 | 2024 | up 25.4% | flat |
| 207 | New Caledonia | 2.9 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 208 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.84 | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 209 | Falkland Islands | 2.81 | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 210 | Bermuda | 2.8 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 211 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 2.78 | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Barthelemy | 2.76 | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 213 | Fiji | 2.7 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 214 | British Virgin Islands | 2.67 | 2024 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 215 | Reunion | 2.66 | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 216 | Faroe Islands | 2.54 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 217 | Anguilla | 2.47 | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 2.46 | 2024 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 219 | Christmas Island | 2.08 | 2024 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 220 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 1.95 | 2024 | down 55.8% | rising |
| 221 | Cocos Islands | 1.81 | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 222 | Norfolk Island | 1.71 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 223 | Tuvalu | 1.7 | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 224 | Pitcairn | 1.64 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 225 | Tonga | 1.52 | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 226 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.45 | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 227 | Palau | 1.4 | 2024 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 228 | Samoa | 1.37 | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 229 | Nauru | 1.28 | 2024 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 229 | French Polynesia | 1.28 | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 231 | American Samoa | 1.21 | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 232 | Cook Islands | 1.14 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 233 | Tokelau | 1.1 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 234 | Niue | 1.04 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 235 | Kiribati | 1.03 | 2024 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 236 | Greenland | 0.83 | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 237 | Marshall Islands | 0.65 | 2024 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 238 | Guam | 0.63 | 2024 | down 53.0% | flat |
| 239 | Micronesia (country) | 0.62 | 2024 | down 51.6% | flat |
| 240 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.57 | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |