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Outdoor air pollution exposure (population-weighted PM2.5)
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216 countries · 1998–2024
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2024
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Country
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Value
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1
Greenland
1.1
2
Northern Mariana Islands
1.5
3
Guam
1.9
4
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2.3
5
Marshall Islands
2.8
6
Palau
3.3
7
French Polynesia
3.6
8
Kiribati
3.7
9
American Samoa
3.8
10
Naoero
3.8
11
Tonga
3.8
12
Bermuda
3.9
13
Faroe Islands
4
14
Samoa
4.1
15
Tuvalu
4.5
16
Iceland
4.6
17
New Caledonia
4.9
18
Bahamas, The
5.2
19
Finland
5.4
20
Australia
5.4
21
British Virgin Islands
5.7
22
Fiji
5.7
23
Sweden
5.7
24
Vanuatu
5.8
25
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
6.1
26
Isle of Man
6.5
27
St. Martin (French part)
6.6
28
Norway
6.7
29
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
6.7
30
Estonia
6.7
31
St. Kitts and Nevis
6.8
32
Seychelles
6.9
33
Canada
7
34
New Zealand
7
35
Solomon Islands
7
36
Puerto Rico (US)
7.3
37
Ireland
7.4
38
United States
7.5
39
Antigua and Barbuda
7.8
40
Turks and Caicos Islands
8.4
41
Luxembourg
8.4
42
Andorra
8.7
43
United Kingdom
8.8
44
Brunei Darussalam
8.9
45
France
8.9
46
Switzerland
9
47
Denmark
9
48
Germany
9.1
49
Dominica
9.1
50
Belgium
9.3
51
Netherlands
9.6
52
Cuba
9.9
53
Spain
10
54
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
10.2
55
Austria
10.3
56
St. Lucia
10.4
57
Liechtenstein
10.4
58
Comoros
10.5
59
Japan
10.5
60
Portugal
10.5
61
Grenada
10.6
62
Maldives
10.7
63
Monaco
10.7
64
Timor-Leste
10.8
65
Aruba
10.9
66
Papua New Guinea
11
67
Malta
11.1
68
Barbados
11.2
69
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
11.5
70
Lithuania
11.6
71
Madagascar
11.6
72
Uruguay
11.9
73
Curacao
12
74
Czechia
12.1
75
Singapore
12.2
76
Dominican Republic
12.3
77
Moldova
12.6
78
Gibraltar
12.6
79
Latvia
12.7
80
Russian Federation
12.9
81
Belarus
12.9
82
San Marino
12.9
83
Mauritius
13
84
Slovak Republic
13.2
85
Hungary
13.4
86
Slovenia
13.5
87
Suriname
13.5
88
Trinidad and Tobago
13.5
89
Haiti
14
90
Ukraine
14.2
91
Romania
14.3
92
Belize
14.4
93
Algeria
14.4
94
Argentina
14.5
95
Croatia
14.6
96
Panama
14.7
97
Guyana
14.8
98
Cayman Islands
15
99
Greece
15.1
100
Colombia
15.1
101
Italy
15.2
102
Malaysia
15.3
103
Brazil
15.3
104
Namibia
15.5
105
Poland
15.6
106
Sao Tome and Principe
15.6
107
Hong Kong SAR, China
15.8
108
Venezuela, RB
15.8
109
Kazakhstan
16
110
Cyprus
16.6
111
Taiwan
16.6
112
Botswana
16.7
113
Albania
16.9
114
Cabo Verde
17
115
Kyrgyz Republic
17
116
Mozambique
17
117
Libya
17.1
118
Montenegro
17.2
119
Liberia
17.2
120
Morocco
17.4
121
Serbia
17.6
122
Jamaica
17.6
123
Ecuador
17.7
124
Mexico
18.3
125
Indonesia
18.5
126
Cambodia
19
127
Macao SAR, China
19.7
128
Eswatini
20
129
Zimbabwe
20.1
130
Ethiopia
20.2
131
Cote d'Ivoire
20.2
132
Sierra Leone
20.2
133
Tunisia
20.2
134
Costa Rica
20.3
135
Israel
20.4
136
Nicaragua
20.5
137
Bulgaria
20.6
138
North Macedonia
20.7
139
Sri Lanka
20.7
140
Korea, Rep.
21
141
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
21.2
142
Paraguay
21.3
143
Georgia
21.5
144
Malawi
21.8
145
Kenya
22
146
Philippines
23.1
147
Chile
23.2
148
West Bank and Gaza
23.2
149
Thailand
23.3
150
Azerbaijan
23.7
151
Guinea
23.9
152
South Sudan
24.1
153
South Africa
24.4
154
Lesotho
24.5
155
Tanzania
24.6
156
Bhutan
24.7
157
Eritrea
25
158
Bosnia and Herzegovina
25.2
159
Zambia
25.4
160
Viet Nam
25.6
161
Turkiye
25.6
162
Angola
26.1
163
Lebanon
26.2
164
Lao PDR
27
165
Peru
27.6
166
Guatemala
27.7
167
Ghana
28.2
168
Sudan
28.8
169
Guinea-Bissau
29
170
Turkmenistan
29.1
171
Uzbekistan
30
172
El Salvador
30.7
173
Syrian Arab Republic
30.8
174
Mali
31
175
Togo
31
176
Djibouti
31.1
177
Myanmar
31.2
178
China
31.3
179
Honduras
31.6
180
Armenia
31.8
181
Gabon
32.2
182
Central African Republic
32.3
183
Jordan
32.6
184
Tajikistan
32.6
185
Oman
34.1
186
Burkina Faso
34.6
187
Yemen, Rep.
35
188
Mauritania
35.2
189
Benin
35.3
190
Equatorial Guinea
35.4
191
Gambia, The
35.7
192
Senegal
36.5
193
Uganda
37.3
194
Iran, Islamic Rep.
37.7
195
Mongolia
38.2
196
Chad
39.2
197
Afghanistan
40
198
Congo, Rep.
40.3
199
Burundi
40.4
200
Bolivia
40.6
201
Nepal
40.7
202
Congo, Dem. Rep.
41.2
203
Egypt, Arab Rep.
41.3
204
Rwanda
41.8
205
India
44.2
206
Niger
47.9
207
Bahrain
48.1
208
Iraq
48.8
209
Nigeria
50
210
Saudi Arabia
50.4
211
Cameroon
51.5
212
Pakistan
53.8
213
United Arab Emirates
55.7
214
Kuwait
57.3
215
Bangladesh
65
216
Qatar
75.5
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