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Absolute deaths from ambient PM2.5 air pollution- State of Global Air

Percent · lower is better · 174 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2015
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173 shown
  1. 1Solomon Islands100
  2. 1Comoros100
  3. 1Maldives100
  4. 1St. Lucia100
  5. 1Iceland100
  6. 1Vanuatu100
  7. 1Belize100
  8. 1Barbados100
  9. 1Bahamas, The100
  10. 2Bahrain200
  11. 2Qatar200
  12. 2Cabo Verde200
  13. 2Malta200
  14. 2Suriname200
  15. 2Luxembourg200
  16. 2Fiji200
  17. 3Guyana300
  18. 3Cyprus300
  19. 4Mauritius400
  20. 4Bhutan400
  21. 4Montenegro400
  22. 4Djibouti400
  23. 4Equatorial Guinea400
  24. 5Liberia500
  25. 5Eswatini500
  26. 5Trinidad and Tobago500
  27. 6Gambia, The600
  28. 6New Zealand600
  29. 6Namibia600
  30. 7Botswana700
  31. 7Kuwait700
  32. 7Estonia700
  33. 8Gabon800
  34. 8Panama800
  35. 9Oman900
  36. 9Jamaica900
  37. 10Guinea-Bissau1,000
  38. 10Slovenia1,000
  39. 10Costa Rica1,000
  40. 10West Bank and Gaza1,000
  41. 11Ireland1,100
  42. 11Lesotho1,100
  43. 12Nicaragua1,200
  44. 13Jordan1,400
  45. 13Uruguay1,400
  46. 13Norway1,400
  47. 14Mongolia1,500
  48. 14Albania1,500
  49. 15Mauritania1,600
  50. 15Paraguay1,600
  51. 15North Macedonia1,600
  52. 15Finland1,600
  53. 16Singapore1,700
  54. 17Sierra Leone1,900
  55. 18Israel2,100
  56. 18Latvia2,100
  57. 18Lebanon2,100
  58. 18Denmark2,100
  59. 18Eritrea2,100
  60. 19Sweden2,200
  61. 19El Salvador2,200
  62. 20Armenia2,300
  63. 21Congo, Rep.2,400
  64. 22Togo2,500
  65. 22Switzerland2,500
  66. 23United Arab Emirates2,600
  67. 23Libya2,600
  68. 24Kyrgyz Republic2,700
  69. 24Lithuania2,700
  70. 25Bosnia and Herzegovina2,800
  71. 26Moldova2,900
  72. 27Lao PDR3,000
  73. 27Papua New Guinea3,000
  74. 27Ecuador3,000
  75. 28Honduras3,100
  76. 28Turkmenistan3,100
  77. 29Dominican Republic3,300
  78. 30Australia3,400
  79. 31Croatia3,500
  80. 31Slovak Republic3,500
  81. 32Portugal3,700
  82. 33Zimbabwe3,800
  83. 34Georgia3,900
  84. 35Tajikistan4,000
  85. 35Austria4,000
  86. 36Bolivia4,100
  87. 36Central African Republic4,100
  88. 37Rwanda4,200
  89. 38Somalia, Fed. Rep.4,300
  90. 38Benin4,300
  91. 39Tunisia4,500
  92. 40Guinea4,600
  93. 40Malawi4,600
  94. 40Burundi4,600
  95. 41Haiti4,700
  96. 42Guatemala4,900
  97. 43Senegal5,000
  98. 44Mali5,100
  99. 45South Sudan5,500
  100. 46Belgium5,600
  101. 46Zambia5,600
  102. 47Chile5,900
  103. 48Cambodia6,100
  104. 48Azerbaijan6,100
  105. 49Mozambique6,600
  106. 49Syrian Arab Republic6,600
  107. 49Cuba6,600
  108. 50Greece6,700
  109. 50Burkina Faso6,700
  110. 51Netherlands6,800
  111. 52Kenya7,000
  112. 53Canada7,100
  113. 54Serbia7,200
  114. 55Madagascar7,500
  115. 56Cote d'Ivoire7,700
  116. 56Sri Lanka7,700
  117. 57Czechia7,800
  118. 57Chad7,800
  119. 58Saudi Arabia8,000
  120. 59Peru8,400
  121. 60Ghana8,600
  122. 60Hungary8,600
  123. 61Venezuela, RB9,300
  124. 62Malaysia9,500
  125. 62Bulgaria9,500
  126. 63Morocco9,800
  127. 64Kazakhstan10,100
  128. 65Angola10,200
  129. 66Niger10,600
  130. 67Colombia10,900
  131. 67Taiwan10,900
  132. 68Algeria12,000
  133. 69Belarus12,200
  134. 70Yemen, Rep.12,500
  135. 71Cameroon12,900
  136. 72Spain13,400
  137. 73Tanzania13,700
  138. 74Uganda15,100
  139. 75Iraq15,700
  140. 76Argentina16,600
  141. 77Uzbekistan17,500
  142. 78Romania18,100
  143. 79Korea, Rep.18,200
  144. 80Nepal18,300
  145. 81Korea, Dem. People's Rep.18,800
  146. 82Sudan19,200
  147. 83France20,300
  148. 84South Africa24,900
  149. 85Turkiye26,700
  150. 86United Kingdom27,200
  151. 87Poland27,900
  152. 88Mexico29,000
  153. 89Afghanistan29,500
  154. 90Myanmar31,100
  155. 90Ethiopia31,100
  156. 91Iran, Islamic Rep.33,300
  157. 92Italy33,700
  158. 93Thailand37,600
  159. 94Philippines40,600
  160. 95Viet Nam42,200
  161. 96Germany43,100
  162. 97Nigeria50,900
  163. 98Brazil52,300
  164. 99Ukraine59,000
  165. 100Egypt, Arab Rep.60,200
  166. 101Japan60,600
  167. 102Indonesia78,600
  168. 103United States88,400
  169. 104Bangladesh122,400
  170. 105Pakistan135,100
  171. 106Russian Federation136,900
  172. 107India1.09M
  173. 108China1.11M

Absolute deaths from ambient PM2.5 air pollution- State of Global Air