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PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-1 value (% of total) by country

Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) Interim Target 1 (IT-1) is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 35 micrograms per cubic meter. The Air Quality...

Countries reporting
112
Highest
100.0%
Burundi
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
21.0%
Years covered
28
1990–2017
Data points
2,328

What the numbers show

PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-1 value (% of total) is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.0%, and the mean is 42.1%.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 1,208,510,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Central African Republic 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Cameroon 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Congo 100.0% 2017 up 12.2% flat
1 Djibouti 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Eritrea 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Equatorial Guinea 100.0% 2017 up 0.0% flat
1 Iraq 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Libya 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Mauritania 100.0% 2017 up 1.1% flat
1 Niger 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Rwanda 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Sudan 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 South Sudan 100.0% 2017 up 0.3% flat
1 Chad 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Uganda 100.0% 2017 up 1.6% flat
1 Yemen 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
21 Egypt 100.0% 2017 up 0.0% flat
22 Gabon 100.0% 2017 up 12.7% flat
23 Nepal 100.0% 2017 down 0.0% flat
24 Bangladesh 100.0% 2017 down 0.0% flat
25 Kuwait 99.9% 2017 up 0.0% flat
26 Afghanistan 99.7% 2017 down 0.3% flat
27 Pakistan 99.6% 2017 down 0.1% flat
28 Oman 98.9% 2017 up 1.1% flat
29 United Arab Emirates 98.3% 2017 up 13.7% flat
30 Burkina Faso 94.4% 2017 up 17.7% falling
31 Turkey 91.6% 2017 up 10.5% flat
32 Democratic Republic of Congo 89.6% 2017 down 5.5% falling
33 Nigeria 85.5% 2017 up 13.2% falling
34 India 84.8% 2017 down 5.0% flat
35 Algeria 84.4% 2017 up 120.6% falling
36 Senegal 83.8% 2017 up 50.5% falling
37 China 81.2% 2017 down 13.9% falling
38 Tajikistan 80.0% 2017 down 12.6% falling
39 Ethiopia 77.0% 2017 up 85.8% rising
40 Tunisia 77.0% 2017 up 160.1% falling
41 Syria 69.8% 2017 up 11.8% falling
42 Mali 64.2% 2017 up 35.9% falling
43 Mongolia 63.3% 2017 up 0.6% rising
44 Bhutan 54.9% 2017 down 23.8% falling
45 Togo 51.9% 2017 up 58.8% volatile
46 Iran 49.6% 2017 up 10.4% rising
47 Benin 45.2% 2017 up 26.9% flat
48 Ghana 45.1% 2017 up 504.5% volatile
49 Myanmar 42.9% 2017 down 52.3% falling
50 Vietnam 34.5% 2017 down 35.7% falling
51 Armenia 34.3% 2017 down 40.7% falling
52 Cape Verde 30.0% 2017 up 1,208,510,000,000.0% volatile
53 Palestine 29.7% 2017 up 70.4% falling
54 Angola 23.9% 2017 down 38.2% falling
55 Morocco 21.9% 2017 up 155.4% volatile
56 North Macedonia 21.2% 2017 down 52.4% falling
57 Kenya 20.8% 2017 up 113.6% rising
58 Jordan 19.8% 2017 up 13.0% falling
59 Somalia 19.7% 2017 up 101.6% rising
60 North Korea 19.3% 2017 down 77.8% falling
61 Tanzania 19.3% 2017 up 42.1% rising
62 Uzbekistan 18.0% 2017 down 48.8% falling
63 Gambia 17.2% 2017 — volatile
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.4% 2017 down 72.2% falling
65 Kyrgyzstan 12.6% 2017 down 63.1% falling
66 Peru 11.7% 2017 down 55.6% falling
67 South Africa 6.2% 2017 down 59.9% falling
68 Israel 6.1% 2017 up 30.2% rising
69 Laos 4.1% 2017 down 81.6% volatile
70 Thailand 3.2% 2017 down 87.1% falling
71 Cote d'Ivoire 2.8% 2017 up 63,668.1% volatile
72 Brazil 2.0% 2017 down 47.1% falling
73 Belarus 1.8% 2017 up 5.6% rising
74 Mexico 1.6% 2017 down 84.9% volatile
75 Sao Tome and Principe 1.3% 2017 down 5.3% volatile
76 Turkmenistan 0.8% 2017 down 45.1% volatile
77 Russia 0.8% 2017 down 49.4% falling
78 Indonesia 0.6% 2017 down 60.3% falling
79 Azerbaijan 0.6% 2017 up 22.6% volatile
80 Poland 0.4% 2017 down 96.6% volatile
81 Chile 0.3% 2017 down 86.3% volatile
82 Montenegro 0.3% 2017 down 80.9% volatile
83 Serbia 0.2% 2017 down 98.8% volatile
84 Georgia 0.2% 2017 down 3.3% volatile
85 Lesotho 0.1% 2017 down 4.9% volatile
86 Greece 0.1% 2017 up 97.7% volatile
87 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 95.4% volatile
88 Argentina 0.1% 2017 down 96.8% volatile
89 United States 0.0% 2017 down 67.2% volatile
90 Zambia 0.0% 2017 down 89.6% volatile
91 Lebanon 0.0% 2017 — volatile
92 Albania 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Bolivia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Cuba 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Czechia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Guinea 0.0% 2017 — volatile
92 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2017 — volatile
92 Guatemala 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Honduras 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Croatia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Italy 0.0% 2017 — volatile
92 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 — volatile
92 Cambodia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 South Korea 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Namibia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Philippines 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Romania 0.0% 2017 — volatile
92 El Salvador 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Suriname 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
92 Slovakia 0.0% 2017 — volatile
92 Ukraine 0.0% 2017 — volatile

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About this data

Indicator
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-1 value (% of total)
Unit
% of total
Source
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
194 places, 2,328 data points, 1990–2017
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Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) Interim Target 1 (IT-1) is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 35 micrograms per cubic meter. The Air Quality Guideline (AQG) of 10 micrograms per cubic meter is recommended by the WHO as the lower end of the range of concentrations over which adverse health effects due to PM2.5 exposure have been observed.