Long run air pollution by country
Countries reporting
219
Highest
20.99 million
China
Lowest
0
Guam
Median
70,959
Years covered
273
1750–2022
Data points
60,060
What the numbers show
Long run air pollution is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 20.99 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Guam.
The median across all reporting countries is 70,959, and the mean is 505,955.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 122.2%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 74.3%).
Long run air pollution: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 20.99 million | 2022 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 9.56 million | 2022 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 9.00 million | 2022 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 5.51 million | 2022 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 4.85 million | 2022 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Singapore | 4.03 million | 2022 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 2.83 million | 2022 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 2.69 million | 2022 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 2.07 million | 2022 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 2.06 million | 2022 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 11 | South Africa | 1.86 million | 2022 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran | 1.74 million | 2022 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Pakistan | 1.68 million | 2022 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 14 | South Korea | 1.63 million | 2022 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Canada | 1.41 million | 2022 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Thailand | 1.24 million | 2022 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 1.23 million | 2022 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 1.20 million | 2022 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Vietnam | 1.20 million | 2022 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 1.15 million | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Netherlands | 1.09 million | 2022 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 1.06 million | 2022 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Australia | 1.04 million | 2022 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Nigeria | 1.02 million | 2022 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Germany | 986,642 | 2022 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Turkey | 934,732 | 2022 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 928,518 | 2022 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Malaysia | 900,940 | 2022 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Egypt | 880,079 | 2022 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Iraq | 858,061 | 2022 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 833,456 | 2022 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 32 | France | 820,688 | 2022 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Belgium | 750,371 | 2022 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Italy | 748,652 | 2022 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Philippines | 711,503 | 2022 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Hong Kong | 677,510 | 2022 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 676,311 | 2022 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Algeria | 576,904 | 2022 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Poland | 554,688 | 2022 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 550,464 | 2022 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Myanmar | 549,616 | 2022 | up 98.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 440,221 | 2022 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Israel | 425,057 | 2022 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Ukraine | 391,067 | 2022 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 390,734 | 2022 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 390,227 | 2022 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Kuwait | 376,852 | 2022 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Taiwan | 368,369 | 2022 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 349,501 | 2022 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Ecuador | 341,155 | 2022 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Oman | 337,487 | 2022 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Gibraltar | 333,827 | 2022 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Panama | 320,577 | 2022 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Peru | 319,740 | 2022 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 314,146 | 2022 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 298,546 | 2022 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Sudan | 297,518 | 2022 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Morocco | 251,040 | 2022 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Libya | 250,087 | 2022 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 242,659 | 2022 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 226,904 | 2022 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Qatar | 223,569 | 2022 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 218,352 | 2022 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Venezuela | 215,493 | 2022 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 214,868 | 2022 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 208,069 | 2022 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Norway | 200,483 | 2022 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Romania | 198,247 | 2022 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Cambodia | 193,897 | 2022 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 70 | New Zealand | 192,144 | 2022 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Portugal | 187,940 | 2022 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Angola | 183,271 | 2022 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Tanzania | 175,303 | 2022 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 74 | North Korea | 164,937 | 2022 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Mongolia | 162,877 | 2022 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Malta | 159,322 | 2022 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Belarus | 152,752 | 2022 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Czechia | 148,567 | 2022 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Laos | 143,985 | 2022 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Syria | 143,733 | 2022 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Curacao | 138,316 | 2022 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Cuba | 136,600 | 2022 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Uganda | 136,387 | 2022 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 134,445 | 2022 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Ghana | 132,088 | 2022 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Finland | 125,339 | 2022 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Bolivia | 122,818 | 2022 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Lebanon | 120,722 | 2022 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Austria | 118,745 | 2022 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Tunisia | 111,409 | 2022 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Denmark | 111,133 | 2022 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 107,837 | 2022 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 104,784 | 2022 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Jordan | 100,010 | 2022 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Senegal | 96,959 | 2022 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 96,174 | 2022 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritius | 95,999 | 2022 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Serbia | 94,884 | 2022 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Hungary | 93,676 | 2022 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Mozambique | 93,012 | 2022 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 90,824 | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Ireland | 89,994 | 2022 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Uruguay | 83,677 | 2022 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 82,418 | 2022 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | 80,310 | 2022 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Jamaica | 79,290 | 2022 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 79,121 | 2022 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Madagascar | 77,423 | 2022 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 74,017 | 2022 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 70,959 | 2022 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Cameroon | 68,676 | 2022 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 66,536 | 2022 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Switzerland | 64,647 | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Mali | 62,918 | 2022 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 115 | El Salvador | 62,839 | 2022 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Lithuania | 62,114 | 2022 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Bahrain | 61,971 | 2022 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 61,833 | 2022 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Yemen | 60,162 | 2022 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Benin | 60,140 | 2022 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Zambia | 57,281 | 2022 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Guinea | 56,242 | 2022 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 54,155 | 2022 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Slovakia | 52,425 | 2022 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51,542 | 2022 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Gabon | 51,341 | 2022 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Haiti | 49,733 | 2022 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 47,976 | 2022 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Croatia | 47,766 | 2022 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Latvia | 46,182 | 2022 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Mauritania | 45,788 | 2022 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Chad | 44,196 | 2022 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Botswana | 42,942 | 2022 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Estonia | 42,447 | 2022 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Niger | 42,446 | 2022 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Togo | 40,029 | 2022 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39,262 | 2022 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Guyana | 38,237 | 2022 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 139 | South Sudan | 35,475 | 2022 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Reunion | 34,888 | 2022 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Somalia | 34,661 | 2022 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Moldova | 34,168 | 2022 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 33,528 | 2022 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Cyprus | 31,550 | 2022 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovenia | 30,360 | 2022 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Bahamas | 28,784 | 2022 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Martinique | 28,568 | 2022 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Congo | 28,422 | 2022 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 27,455 | 2022 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Namibia | 26,104 | 2022 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Suriname | 25,681 | 2022 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Guadeloupe | 25,272 | 2022 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Armenia | 25,032 | 2022 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Luxembourg | 24,887 | 2022 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 24,282 | 2022 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Liberia | 23,684 | 2022 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 23,410 | 2022 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 158 | New Caledonia | 23,358 | 2022 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Iceland | 22,292 | 2022 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Fiji | 20,982 | 2022 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Albania | 20,384 | 2022 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Bhutan | 20,019 | 2022 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 163 | North Macedonia | 19,647 | 2022 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Rwanda | 19,507 | 2022 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Seychelles | 17,214 | 2022 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Eritrea | 17,145 | 2022 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Barbados | 17,001 | 2022 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Djibouti | 16,260 | 2022 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 16,204 | 2022 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 13,356 | 2022 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Burundi | 13,274 | 2022 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Maldives | 12,723 | 2022 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Lesotho | 12,414 | 2022 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Brunei | 11,077 | 2022 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 11,017 | 2022 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Eswatini | 10,764 | 2022 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Gambia | 9,139 | 2022 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | 9,086 | 2022 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Bermuda | 8,715 | 2022 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Aruba | 8,525 | 2022 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 181 | French Guiana | 8,094 | 2022 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 7,923 | 2022 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,620 | 2022 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Palau | 7,532 | 2022 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Belize | 7,408 | 2022 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Cayman Islands | 6,897 | 2022 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Montenegro | 6,414 | 2022 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Macao | 6,330 | 2022 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 5,825 | 2022 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 190 | East Timor | 4,999 | 2022 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,608 | 2022 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Grenada | 3,422 | 2022 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Comoros | 2,935 | 2022 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,822 | 2022 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,506 | 2022 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 2,095 | 2022 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Dominica | 1,910 | 2022 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Solomon Islands | 1,764 | 2022 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Samoa | 1,763 | 2022 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 200 | Vanuatu | 1,502 | 2022 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,383 | 2022 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 202 | Tonga | 1,092 | 2022 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 203 | Micronesia (country) | 795.19 | 2022 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 204 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 774.39 | 2022 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 768.23 | 2022 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 206 | Falkland Islands | 643.99 | 2022 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Cook Islands | 616.51 | 2022 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 208 | Kiribati | 594.77 | 2022 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 209 | Western Sahara | 571.23 | 2022 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 210 | American Samoa | 497.74 | 2022 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 384.79 | 2022 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 212 | Montserrat | 345.43 | 2022 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 213 | Wallis and Futuna | 139.72 | 2022 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 214 | Niue | 38.67 | 2022 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 215 | Faroe Islands | 21.69 | 2022 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 216 | Greenland | 12.54 | 2022 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 217 | Tokelau | 2.55 | 2022 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 218 | Liechtenstein | 0.8413 | 2022 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 219 | Guam | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |