Global Rankings: Pm25 Air Pollution µg/m³ (2020)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Niger	85.12
2	Qatar	75.66
3	Mauritania	70.82
4	Senegal	63.74
5	Bahrain	58.50
6	Burkina Faso	58.47
7	Gambia	58.36
8	Mali	56.78
9	Nigeria	56.53
10	Egypt	54.86
11	Ghana	54.24
12	Kuwait	53.72
13	Saudi Arabia	53.15
14	Togo	51.67
15	Benin	51.05
16	Guinea-Bissau	50.21
17	Côte d'Ivoire	49.50
18	Chad	49.14
19	India	48.39
20	Afghanistan	46.09
21	Sudan	45.83
22	Nepal	45.72
23	Guinea	43.77
24	Sierra Leone	43.22
25	Pakistan	43.00
26	Bangladesh	42.38
27	Liberia	42.36
28	Cabo Verde	42.32
29	Cameroon	39.81
30	Oman	39.58
31	Iraq	38.18
32	Tajikistan	37.05
33	United Arab Emirates	36.31
34	Djibouti	35.92
35	Equatorial Guinea	35.38
36	Yemen	34.83
37	China	34.81
38	Central African Republic	34.43
39	Uganda	33.81
40	Libya	32.97
41	Eritrea	32.35
42	Myanmar	32.32
43	Iran, Islamic Republic of	32.29
44	Uzbekistan	31.96
45	Rwanda	31.29
46	Thailand	31.01
47	South Sudan	30.74
48	Armenia	30.58
49	Gabon	29.95
50	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	29.93
51	Mongolia	29.65
52	Burundi	29.65
53	Jordan	28.77
54	Belize	28.65
55	Congo	28.57
56	Sao Tome and Principe	27.34
57	Suriname	27.31
58	Ethiopia	27.31
59	Peru	27.04
60	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	26.65
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.60
62	Palestine, State of	26.36
63	North Macedonia	26.12
64	Korea, Republic of	25.94
65	Trinidad and Tobago	25.60
66	Algeria	25.55
67	Guyana	25.46
68	Angola	25.15
69	Tanzania, United Republic of	25.08
70	Syrian Arab Republic	24.71
71	Grenada	24.66
72	Somalia	24.53
73	Kenya	24.39
74	Kyrgyzstan	24.38
75	Zambia	24.31
76	Tunisia	24.18
77	Cambodia	24.14
78	Bhutan	23.95
79	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.93
80	Saint Lucia	23.76
81	South Africa	23.75
82	Barbados	23.73
83	Malawi	23.70
84	Lesotho	23.44
85	Chile	23.28
86	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	22.88
87	Serbia	22.51
88	Lao People's Democratic Republic	22.32
89	Azerbaijan	21.73
90	Guatemala	21.64
91	Türkiye	21.61
92	Haiti	21.35
93	Morocco	21.32
94	Cuba	21.24
95	Viet Nam	20.80
96	Dominica	20.67
97	Honduras	20.31
98	Philippines	20.29
99	Mozambique	20.08
100	El Salvador	20.03
101	Kazakhstan	20.03
102	Namibia	19.99
103	Sri Lanka	19.96
104	Dominican Republic	19.83
105	Antigua and Barbuda	19.70
106	Turkmenistan	19.60
107	Zimbabwe	19.49
108	Lebanon	19.23
109	Bahamas	18.94
110	Botswana	18.91
111	Eswatini	18.78
112	Israel	18.60
113	Montenegro	17.98
114	Poland	17.96
115	Indonesia	17.88
116	Jamaica	17.41
117	Timor-Leste	17.41
118	Papua New Guinea	17.31
119	Bulgaria	17.15
120	Georgia	17.04
121	Nicaragua	16.81
122	Ecuador	16.66
123	Malaysia	16.19
124	Croatia	16.12
125	Albania	15.71
126	Slovakia	15.39
127	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	15.26
128	Mexico	14.99
129	Argentina	14.91
130	Ukraine	14.90
131	Romania	14.85
132	Moldova, Republic of	14.76
133	Italy	14.66
134	Belarus	14.61
135	Greece	14.41
136	Costa Rica	14.31
137	Slovenia	14.29
138	Colombia	14.18
139	Hungary	14.14
140	Czechia	14.11
141	Vanuatu	14.08
142	Solomon Islands	13.95
143	Singapore	13.87
144	Cyprus	13.51
145	Japan	12.84
146	Madagascar	12.75
147	Samoa	12.55
148	Tonga	12.48
149	Fiji	12.42
150	Brazil	12.18
151	Micronesia, Federated States of	12.11
152	Maldives	12.01
153	Comoros	11.93
154	Malta	11.72
155	Latvia	11.60
156	Panama	11.47
157	Russian Federation	11.27
158	Kiribati	11.26
159	Belgium	11.22
160	Austria	10.93
161	Netherlands	10.89
162	Marshall Islands	10.73
163	San Marino	10.69
164	Uruguay	10.57
165	Germany	10.29
166	Paraguay	10.09
167	United Kingdom	9.91
168	Northern Mariana Islands	9.71
169	France	9.60
170	Monaco	9.58
171	Spain	9.58
172	Guam	9.58
173	Lithuania	9.22
174	Mauritius	9.15
175	Andorra	9.08
176	Denmark	9.07
177	Switzerland	9.06
178	Luxembourg	8.67
179	Virgin Islands, U.S.	8.63
180	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.59
181	Seychelles	8.50
182	Portugal	8.45
183	Australia	8.25
184	Ireland	8.17
185	United States	7.81
186	Brunei Darussalam	7.60
187	Bermuda	7.34
188	Palau	7.33
189	Puerto Rico	7.19
190	American Samoa	6.72
191	Canada	6.57
192	Greenland	6.56
193	New Zealand	6.49
194	Estonia	6.15
195	Nauru	6.06
196	Norway	6.06
197	Tuvalu	5.92
198	Sweden	5.64
199	Iceland	5.11
200	Finland	4.90

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.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators