Rank	Country	Value
1	Qatar	107.76 µg/m³
2	Saudi Arabia	73.52 µg/m³
3	Bangladesh	69.25 µg/m³
4	Nigeria	65.74 µg/m³
5	Niger	65.23 µg/m³
6	Kuwait	62.35 µg/m³
7	Pakistan	58.37 µg/m³
8	United Arab Emirates	57.19 µg/m³
9	Bahrain	56.57 µg/m³
10	Cameroon	55.60 µg/m³
11	India	54.05 µg/m³
12	Nepal	53.20 µg/m³
13	Iraq	49.47 µg/m³
14	Oman	46.86 µg/m³
15	Yemen	46.84 µg/m³
16	Mauritania	46.50 µg/m³
17	Egypt	43.15 µg/m³
18	Chad	42.96 µg/m³
19	Mongolia	42.69 µg/m³
20	Equatorial Guinea	42.22 µg/m³
21	Senegal	41.65 µg/m³
22	Djibouti	40.30 µg/m³
23	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.25 µg/m³
24	Benin	39.66 µg/m³
25	Gambia	38.27 µg/m³
26	Afghanistan	37.95 µg/m³
27	Sudan	37.61 µg/m³
28	Burkina Faso	37.32 µg/m³
29	Congo	36.54 µg/m³
30	Rwanda	36.01 µg/m³
31	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	35.81 µg/m³
32	Burundi	35.69 µg/m³
33	Mali	35.52 µg/m³
34	Myanmar	35.07 µg/m³
35	Togo	34.33 µg/m³
36	Eritrea	33.66 µg/m³
37	Tajikistan	33.35 µg/m³
38	Central African Republic	33.29 µg/m³
39	Uzbekistan	32.77 µg/m³
40	Jordan	32.63 µg/m³
41	Guinea-Bissau	32.29 µg/m³
42	Syrian Arab Republic	32.06 µg/m³
43	China	31.99 µg/m³
44	Gabon	31.32 µg/m³
45	Turkmenistan	31.25 µg/m³
46	Uganda	31.21 µg/m³
47	Peru	31.09 µg/m³
48	Honduras	30.72 µg/m³
49	Bhutan	30.07 µg/m³
50	Guatemala	29.68 µg/m³
51	El Salvador	29.59 µg/m³
52	Armenia	28.55 µg/m³
53	Ghana	28.14 µg/m³
54	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	28.14 µg/m³
55	South Africa	27.72 µg/m³
56	Guinea	27.26 µg/m³
57	Lebanon	26.69 µg/m³
58	Lesotho	26.44 µg/m³
59	Türkiye	26.40 µg/m³
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.09 µg/m³
61	Lao People's Democratic Republic	25.98 µg/m³
62	Viet Nam	24.78 µg/m³
63	Ethiopia	23.80 µg/m³
64	Azerbaijan	23.71 µg/m³
65	South Sudan	23.67 µg/m³
66	Thailand	23.49 µg/m³
67	Chile	23.10 µg/m³
68	Sri Lanka	22.68 µg/m³
69	Sierra Leone	22.46 µg/m³
70	Palestine, State of	22.39 µg/m³
71	Philippines	22.21 µg/m³
72	Israel	21.90 µg/m³
73	Korea, Republic of	21.89 µg/m³
74	North Macedonia	21.81 µg/m³
75	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	21.78 µg/m³
76	Jamaica	21.65 µg/m³
77	Indonesia	20.84 µg/m³
78	Nicaragua	20.42 µg/m³
79	Côte d'Ivoire	20.39 µg/m³
80	Kenya	20.25 µg/m³
81	Zambia	20.24 µg/m³
82	Cabo Verde	20.19 µg/m³
83	Tanzania, United Republic of	20.17 µg/m³
84	Kyrgyzstan	20.12 µg/m³
85	Libya	20.01 µg/m³
86	Angola	19.91 µg/m³
87	Bulgaria	19.68 µg/m³
88	Kazakhstan	19.60 µg/m³
89	Cambodia	19.43 µg/m³
90	Serbia	19.34 µg/m³
91	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	19.20 µg/m³
92	Tunisia	18.87 µg/m³
93	Morocco	18.72 µg/m³
94	Ecuador	18.61 µg/m³
95	Georgia	18.57 µg/m³
96	Somalia	18.54 µg/m³
97	Montenegro	18.45 µg/m³
98	Colombia	18.36 µg/m³
99	Liberia	17.92 µg/m³
100	Costa Rica	17.70 µg/m³
101	Guyana	16.95 µg/m³
102	Belize	16.76 µg/m³
103	Eswatini	16.75 µg/m³
104	Malawi	16.72 µg/m³
105	Mexico	16.61 µg/m³
106	Algeria	16.54 µg/m³
107	Poland	16.52 µg/m³
108	Cyprus	16.07 µg/m³
109	Romania	16.01 µg/m³
110	Malaysia	15.87 µg/m³
111	Haiti	15.81 µg/m³
112	Croatia	15.78 µg/m³
113	Suriname	15.67 µg/m³
114	Albania	15.51 µg/m³
115	Paraguay	15.33 µg/m³
116	Singapore	15.14 µg/m³
117	Panama	15.12 µg/m³
118	Sao Tome and Principe	15.12 µg/m³
119	Zimbabwe	15.03 µg/m³
120	Moldova, Republic of	14.95 µg/m³
121	Ukraine	14.85 µg/m³
122	Argentina	14.35 µg/m³
123	Italy	14.29 µg/m³
124	Namibia	14.23 µg/m³
125	Greece	14.12 µg/m³
126	Papua New Guinea	14.11 µg/m³
127	Mauritius	14.06 µg/m³
128	Trinidad and Tobago	13.78 µg/m³
129	Mozambique	13.72 µg/m³
130	Slovakia	13.72 µg/m³
131	Hungary	13.72 µg/m³
132	Dominican Republic	13.51 µg/m³
133	Brazil	13.38 µg/m³
134	Botswana	13.24 µg/m³
135	Latvia	13.01 µg/m³
136	Czechia	12.75 µg/m³
137	San Marino	12.74 µg/m³
138	Slovenia	12.56 µg/m³
139	Madagascar	12.39 µg/m³
140	Timor-Leste	11.99 µg/m³
141	Belarus	11.98 µg/m³
142	Russian Federation	11.57 µg/m³
143	Dominica	11.52 µg/m³
144	Japan	11.45 µg/m³
145	Monaco	11.38 µg/m³
146	Maldives	11.16 µg/m³
147	Grenada	11.03 µg/m³
148	Barbados	10.91 µg/m³
149	Uruguay	10.85 µg/m³
150	Malta	10.81 µg/m³
151	Lithuania	10.75 µg/m³
152	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.60 µg/m³
153	Saint Lucia	10.43 µg/m³
154	Comoros	10.17 µg/m³
155	Spain	10.08 µg/m³
156	Austria	10.03 µg/m³
157	Solomon Islands	9.77 µg/m³
158	United Kingdom	9.46 µg/m³
159	Cuba	9.45 µg/m³
160	Seychelles	9.26 µg/m³
161	Andorra	8.88 µg/m³
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.87 µg/m³
163	Germany	8.81 µg/m³
164	Portugal	8.77 µg/m³
165	Netherlands	8.59 µg/m³
166	Belgium	8.45 µg/m³
167	Antigua and Barbuda	8.42 µg/m³
168	Switzerland	8.32 µg/m³
169	France	8.23 µg/m³
170	Puerto Rico	7.84 µg/m³
171	Brunei Darussalam	7.57 µg/m³
172	Ireland	7.51 µg/m³
173	Denmark	7.50 µg/m³
174	Luxembourg	7.43 µg/m³
175	Vanuatu	6.99 µg/m³
176	United States	6.97 µg/m³
177	New Zealand	6.88 µg/m³
178	Virgin Islands, U.S.	6.79 µg/m³
179	Canada	6.55 µg/m³
180	Fiji	6.45 µg/m³
181	Australia	6.41 µg/m³
182	Estonia	5.92 µg/m³
183	Norway	5.52 µg/m³
184	Bahamas	5.28 µg/m³
185	Sweden	5.26 µg/m³
186	Tuvalu	5.22 µg/m³
187	Palau	4.94 µg/m³
188	Iceland	4.93 µg/m³
189	Nauru	4.84 µg/m³
190	Tonga	4.69 µg/m³
191	Bermuda	4.63 µg/m³
192	Samoa	4.58 µg/m³
193	Finland	4.57 µg/m³
194	American Samoa	4.33 µg/m³
195	Marshall Islands	4.10 µg/m³
196	Kiribati	3.87 µg/m³
197	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.52 µg/m³
198	Guam	3.47 µg/m³
199	Northern Mariana Islands	2.68 µg/m³
200	Greenland	1.64 µg/m³

About This Indicator

Population-weighted exposure to ambient PM2.5 pollution is defined as the average level of exposure of a nation's population to concentrations of suspended particles measuring less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter, which are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing severe health damage. Exposure is calculated by weighting mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 by population in both urban and rural areas.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators

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