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

· lower is better · 194 countries

World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2017
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  1. 1Malawi0
  2. 1Suriname0
  3. 1Estonia0
  4. 1Belgium0
  5. 1Germany0
  6. 1Finland0
  7. 1Czechia0
  8. 1Fiji0
  9. 1Cyprus0
  10. 1France0
  11. 1El Salvador0
  12. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0
  13. 1Sierra Leone0
  14. 1Cuba0
  15. 1Solomon Islands0
  16. 1United Kingdom0
  17. 1Singapore0
  18. 1Timor-Leste0
  19. 1Costa Rica0
  20. 1Tonga0
  21. 1Andorra0
  22. 1Guinea0
  23. 1Trinidad and Tobago0
  24. 1Guinea-Bissau0
  25. 1Comoros0
  26. 1Moldova0
  27. 1Romania0
  28. 1Colombia0
  29. 1Grenada0
  30. 1Bahamas, The0
  31. 1Greenland0
  32. 1Paraguay0
  33. 1Guatemala0
  34. 1Guam0
  35. 1Portugal0
  36. 1Guyana0
  37. 1Honduras0
  38. 1Puerto Rico (US)0
  39. 1Croatia0
  40. 1Haiti0
  41. 1Austria0
  42. 1Papua New Guinea0
  43. 1Hungary0
  44. 1Philippines0
  45. 1Ukraine0
  46. 1Panama0
  47. 1Ireland0
  48. 1Uruguay0
  49. 1New Zealand0
  50. 1Iceland0
  51. 1Norway0
  52. 1Italy0
  53. 1Switzerland0
  54. 1Netherlands0
  55. 1Jamaica0
  56. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
  57. 1Nicaragua0
  58. 1Belize0
  59. 1Canada0
  60. 1Australia0
  61. 1Venezuela, RB0
  62. 1Japan0
  63. 1Namibia0
  64. 1Kazakhstan0
  65. 1Virgin Islands (U.S.)0
  66. 1Malaysia0
  67. 1Albania0
  68. 1Botswana0
  69. 1Cambodia0
  70. 1Mauritius0
  71. 1Kiribati0
  72. 1Korea, Rep.0
  73. 1Mozambique0
  74. 1Vanuatu0
  75. 1Northern Mariana Islands0
  76. 1Antigua and Barbuda0
  77. 1Samoa0
  78. 1Brunei Darussalam0
  79. 1Liberia0
  80. 1Barbados0
  81. 1Malta0
  82. 1St. Lucia0
  83. 1Sri Lanka0
  84. 1Bolivia0
  85. 1Lithuania0
  86. 1Marshall Islands0
  87. 1Luxembourg0
  88. 1Latvia0
  89. 1Bermuda0
  90. 1Maldives0
  91. 1American Samoa0
  92. 1Madagascar0
  93. 1Zimbabwe0
  94. 1Dominican Republic0
  95. 1Seychelles0
  96. 1Denmark0
  97. 1Eswatini0
  98. 1Ecuador0
  99. 1Sweden0
  100. 1Slovenia0
  101. 1Dominica0
  102. 1Slovak Republic0
  103. 1Spain0
  104. 2Lebanon0
  105. 3Zambia0.01
  106. 4United States0.02
  107. 5Argentina0.06
  108. 6Bulgaria0.11
  109. 7Greece0.12
  110. 8Lesotho0.14
  111. 9Georgia0.17
  112. 10Serbia0.24
  113. 11Montenegro0.26
  114. 12Chile0.29
  115. 13Poland0.39
  116. 14Azerbaijan0.56
  117. 15Indonesia0.59
  118. 16Russian Federation0.79
  119. 17Turkmenistan0.81
  120. 18Sao Tome and Principe1.3
  121. 19Mexico1.6
  122. 20Belarus1.8
  123. 21Brazil2
  124. 22Cote d'Ivoire2.8
  125. 23Thailand3.2
  126. 24Lao PDR4.1
  127. 25Israel6.1
  128. 26South Africa6.2
  129. 27Peru11.7
  130. 28Kyrgyz Republic12.6
  131. 29Bosnia and Herzegovina13.4
  132. 30Gambia, The17.2
  133. 31Uzbekistan18
  134. 32Tanzania19.3
  135. 33Korea, Dem. People's Rep.19.3
  136. 34Somalia, Fed. Rep.19.7
  137. 35Jordan19.8
  138. 36Kenya20.8
  139. 37North Macedonia21.2
  140. 38Morocco21.9
  141. 39Angola23.9
  142. 40West Bank and Gaza29.7
  143. 41Cabo Verde30
  144. 42Armenia34.3
  145. 43Viet Nam34.5
  146. 44Myanmar42.9
  147. 45Ghana45.1
  148. 46Benin45.2
  149. 47Iran, Islamic Rep.49.6
  150. 48Togo51.9
  151. 49Bhutan54.9
  152. 50Mongolia63.3
  153. 51Mali64.2
  154. 52Syrian Arab Republic69.8
  155. 53Tunisia77
  156. 54Ethiopia77
  157. 55Tajikistan80
  158. 56China81.2
  159. 57Senegal83.8
  160. 58Algeria84.4
  161. 59India84.8
  162. 60Nigeria85.5
  163. 61Congo, Dem. Rep.89.6
  164. 62Turkiye91.6
  165. 63Burkina Faso94.4
  166. 64United Arab Emirates98.3
  167. 65Oman98.9
  168. 66Pakistan99.6
  169. 67Afghanistan99.7
  170. 68Kuwait99.9
  171. 69Bangladesh100
  172. 70Nepal100
  173. 71Gabon100
  174. 72Egypt, Arab Rep.100
  175. 73Equatorial Guinea100
  176. 74Libya100
  177. 74Mauritania100
  178. 74Rwanda100
  179. 74Saudi Arabia100
  180. 74Sudan100
  181. 74Eritrea100
  182. 74Djibouti100
  183. 74Burundi100
  184. 74Yemen, Rep.100
  185. 74South Sudan100
  186. 74Chad100
  187. 74Cameroon100
  188. 74Iraq100
  189. 74Uganda100
  190. 74Congo, Rep.100
  191. 74Bahrain100
  192. 74Niger100
  193. 74Qatar100
  194. 74Central African Republic100

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