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PM2.5 pollution (mean annual exposure)

Name: PM2.5 pollution (mean annual exposure) by country, 2023
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PM2.5 pollution (mean annual exposure) league table
#	Country	micrograms	Region	Income
1	Greenland	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Northern Mariana Islands	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Guam	3.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	3.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Kiribati	3.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
6	Marshall Islands	4.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
7	American Samoa	4.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Finland	4.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Samoa	4.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
10	Bermuda	4.6	North America	High income
11	Tonga	4.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
12	Naoero	4.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
13	Iceland	4.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Palau	4.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
15	Tuvalu	5.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
16	Sweden	5.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Bahamas, The	5.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
18	Norway	5.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Estonia	5.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Australia	6.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
21	Fiji	6.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
22	Canada	6.6	North America	High income
23	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	6.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
24	New Zealand	6.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
25	United States	7	North America	High income
26	Vanuatu	7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
27	Luxembourg	7.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Denmark	7.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Ireland	7.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Brunei Darussalam	7.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
31	Puerto Rico (US)	7.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
32	France	8.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Switzerland	8.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Antigua and Barbuda	8.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
35	Belgium	8.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Netherlands	8.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Portugal	8.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Germany	8.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	St. Kitts and Nevis	8.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
40	Andorra	8.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Seychelles	9.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
42	Cuba	9.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	United Kingdom	9.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Solomon Islands	9.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
45	Austria	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Spain	10.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Comoros	10.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	St. Lucia	10.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	Lithuania	10.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Malta	10.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
52	Uruguay	10.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
53	Barbados	10.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
54	Grenada	11	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Maldives	11.2	South Asia	Upper middle income
56	Monaco	11.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Japan	11.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
58	Dominica	11.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Russian Federation	11.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Belarus	12	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Timor-Leste	12	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Madagascar	12.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Slovenia	12.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	San Marino	12.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Czechia	12.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Latvia	13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Botswana	13.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
68	Brazil	13.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Dominican Republic	13.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Hungary	13.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Slovak Republic	13.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Mozambique	13.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
73	Trinidad and Tobago	13.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Mauritius	14.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
75	Papua New Guinea	14.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
76	Greece	14.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Namibia	14.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Italy	14.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Argentina	14.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Ukraine	14.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Moldova	14.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
82	Zimbabwe	15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Sao Tome and Principe	15.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Panama	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
85	Singapore	15.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
86	Paraguay	15.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Albania	15.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	Suriname	15.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Croatia	15.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Haiti	15.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
91	Malaysia	15.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
92	Romania	16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Cyprus	16.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Poland	16.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Algeria	16.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
96	Mexico	16.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Malawi	16.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Eswatini	16.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
99	Belize	16.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Guyana	16.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
101	Costa Rica	17.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
102	Liberia	17.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
103	Colombia	18.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Montenegro	18.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
105	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Georgia	18.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Ecuador	18.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Morocco	18.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
109	Tunisia	18.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
110	Venezuela, RB	19.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
111	Serbia	19.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Cambodia	19.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
113	Kazakhstan	19.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
114	Bulgaria	19.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Angola	19.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	Libya	20	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
117	Kyrgyz Republic	20.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
118	Tanzania	20.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Cabo Verde	20.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
120	Zambia	20.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Kenya	20.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Cote d'Ivoire	20.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Nicaragua	20.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
124	Indonesia	20.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Jamaica	21.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	21.8	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
127	North Macedonia	21.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	Korea, Rep.	21.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
129	Israel	21.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
130	Philippines	22.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
131	West Bank and Gaza	22.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
132	Sierra Leone	22.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Sri Lanka	22.7	South Asia	Upper middle income
134	Chile	23.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
135	Thailand	23.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
136	South Sudan	23.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	Azerbaijan	23.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
138	Ethiopia	23.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Viet Nam	24.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
140	Lao PDR	26	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	Turkiye	26.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
143	Lesotho	26.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Lebanon	26.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
145	Guinea	27.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	South Africa	27.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
147	Bolivia	28.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
148	Ghana	28.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Armenia	28.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	El Salvador	29.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Guatemala	29.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Bhutan	30.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
153	Honduras	30.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
154	Peru	31.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
155	Uganda	31.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
156	Turkmenistan	31.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
157	Gabon	31.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
158	China	32	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Syrian Arab Republic	32.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
160	Guinea-Bissau	32.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Jordan	32.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
162	Uzbekistan	32.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
163	Central African Republic	33.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Tajikistan	33.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
165	Eritrea	33.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Togo	34.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
167	Myanmar	35.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
168	Mali	35.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Burundi	35.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Congo, Dem. Rep.	35.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Rwanda	36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Congo, Rep.	36.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Burkina Faso	37.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Sudan	37.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
175	Afghanistan	37.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
176	Gambia, The	38.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Benin	39.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Iran, Islamic Rep.	40.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
179	Djibouti	40.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
180	Senegal	41.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
181	Equatorial Guinea	42.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
182	Mongolia	42.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
183	Chad	43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Egypt, Arab Rep.	43.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
185	Mauritania	46.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
186	Yemen, Rep.	46.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
187	Oman	46.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
188	Iraq	49.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
189	Nepal	53.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
190	India	54.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
191	Cameroon	55.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
192	Bahrain	56.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
193	United Arab Emirates	57.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
194	Pakistan	58.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
195	Kuwait	62.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
196	Niger	65.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
197	Nigeria	65.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
198	Bangladesh	69.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
199	Saudi Arabia	73.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
200	Qatar	107.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income

PM2.5 pollution (mean annual exposure)