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PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-2 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. 1Latvia0
  2. 1Solomon Islands0
  3. 1Marshall Islands0
  4. 1Kiribati0
  5. 1Singapore0
  6. 1Canada0
  7. 1Slovenia0
  8. 1Norway0
  9. 1Dominica0
  10. 1Netherlands0
  11. 1Denmark0
  12. 1Bermuda0
  13. 1Dominican Republic0
  14. 1Lithuania0
  15. 1Slovak Republic0
  16. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0
  17. 1Seychelles0
  18. 1Andorra0
  19. 1Ecuador0
  20. 1Bahamas, The0
  21. 1Luxembourg0
  22. 1Malaysia0
  23. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
  24. 1Maldives0
  25. 1Timor-Leste0
  26. 1Tonga0
  27. 1Iceland0
  28. 1United Kingdom0
  29. 1Switzerland0
  30. 1Estonia0
  31. 1Haiti0
  32. 1Mauritius0
  33. 1Northern Mariana Islands0
  34. 1Eswatini0
  35. 1Guam0
  36. 1Romania0
  37. 1Brunei Darussalam0
  38. 1Hungary0
  39. 1Sweden0
  40. 1Finland0
  41. 1Austria0
  42. 1Vanuatu0
  43. 1Liberia0
  44. 1Paraguay0
  45. 1Fiji0
  46. 1Moldova0
  47. 1Portugal0
  48. 1Greenland0
  49. 1Barbados0
  50. 1Puerto Rico (US)0
  51. 1Australia0
  52. 1Comoros0
  53. 1Japan0
  54. 1France0
  55. 1St. Lucia0
  56. 1Papua New Guinea0
  57. 1Costa Rica0
  58. 1Uruguay0
  59. 1Ireland0
  60. 1Jamaica0
  61. 1Panama0
  62. 1Cyprus0
  63. 1Antigua and Barbuda0
  64. 1Grenada0
  65. 1Belgium0
  66. 1Sri Lanka0
  67. 1Malta0
  68. 1Germany0
  69. 1New Zealand0
  70. 1Virgin Islands (U.S.)0
  71. 1Samoa0
  72. 1American Samoa0
  73. 2Spain0.04
  74. 3United States0.05
  75. 4Colombia1.3
  76. 5Kazakhstan1.4
  77. 6Sierra Leone1.9
  78. 7Venezuela, RB2
  79. 8Nicaragua2.1
  80. 9Belize2.7
  81. 10Albania3.1
  82. 11Argentina3.6
  83. 12Greece3.7
  84. 13Russian Federation4
  85. 14Belarus4.4
  86. 15Mozambique4.5
  87. 16Brazil4.7
  88. 17Czechia4.9
  89. 18Azerbaijan5.7
  90. 19Croatia5.9
  91. 20Philippines6.2
  92. 21Indonesia6.5
  93. 22Italy6.7
  94. 23Bulgaria7.1
  95. 24Zimbabwe8.1
  96. 25Israel8.2
  97. 26Ukraine8.5
  98. 27Honduras8.9
  99. 28Madagascar11.6
  100. 29Malawi11.8
  101. 30Mexico18.6
  102. 31Poland19.1
  103. 32Montenegro19.2
  104. 33Trinidad and Tobago20.2
  105. 34Cuba20.7
  106. 35Turkmenistan23
  107. 36Guyana23.7
  108. 37Guatemala24
  109. 38Bolivia24.5
  110. 39Chile31.2
  111. 40Georgia32.4
  112. 41Botswana34.4
  113. 42El Salvador34.8
  114. 43Peru39.2
  115. 44Kyrgyz Republic42.4
  116. 45South Africa42.5
  117. 46Serbia48.2
  118. 47Guinea52.1
  119. 48Korea, Rep.53
  120. 49Lao PDR54.7
  121. 50Tanzania55.3
  122. 51Suriname55.6
  123. 52Cambodia55.8
  124. 53Kenya62
  125. 54Bosnia and Herzegovina63.2
  126. 55Namibia63.6
  127. 56North Macedonia67
  128. 57Thailand67.1
  129. 58Cote d'Ivoire68.6
  130. 59Uzbekistan72.2
  131. 60Viet Nam76.7
  132. 61Armenia78
  133. 62Mongolia80.6
  134. 63West Bank and Gaza89.1
  135. 64Jordan91.6
  136. 65Bhutan93.3
  137. 66India93.7
  138. 67Myanmar96.1
  139. 68China97.2
  140. 69Zambia98
  141. 70Iran, Islamic Rep.98.5
  142. 71Morocco98.8
  143. 72Lesotho99.3
  144. 73Lebanon99.5
  145. 74Tajikistan99.9
  146. 75Nigeria99.9
  147. 76Korea, Dem. People's Rep.99.9
  148. 77Pakistan99.9
  149. 78Syrian Arab Republic100
  150. 79Turkiye100
  151. 80Egypt, Arab Rep.100
  152. 81Nepal100
  153. 82Qatar100
  154. 82Bangladesh100
  155. 82Djibouti100
  156. 82United Arab Emirates100
  157. 82Rwanda100
  158. 82Ethiopia100
  159. 82Kuwait100
  160. 82Burkina Faso100
  161. 82Saudi Arabia100
  162. 82Sudan100
  163. 82Mali100
  164. 82Libya100
  165. 82Benin100
  166. 82Sao Tome and Principe100
  167. 82Senegal100
  168. 82Central African Republic100
  169. 82Equatorial Guinea100
  170. 82Algeria100
  171. 82Niger100
  172. 82Burundi100
  173. 82Afghanistan100
  174. 82Somalia, Fed. Rep.100
  175. 82Tunisia100
  176. 82Congo, Rep.100
  177. 82Guinea-Bissau100
  178. 82Togo100
  179. 82Bahrain100
  180. 82Congo, Dem. Rep.100
  181. 82South Sudan100
  182. 82Gambia, The100
  183. 82Eritrea100
  184. 82Cabo Verde100
  185. 82Gabon100
  186. 82Oman100
  187. 82Mauritania100
  188. 82Chad100
  189. 82Ghana100
  190. 82Cameroon100
  191. 82Iraq100
  192. 82Yemen, Rep.100
  193. 82Angola100
  194. 82Uganda100

PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-2 value (% of total)