environmental2023
Air pollution (total)
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
91.9deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 75.5deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Solomon Islands
421.4deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
Finland
2.8deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Solomon Islands421.4deaths per 100,000 people
2Myanmar286.5deaths per 100,000 people
3Papua New Guinea283.5deaths per 100,000 people
4Haiti283.4deaths per 100,000 people
5Lao People's Democratic Republic271.8deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
Africa125.3deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Other109.5deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)
Asia105.7deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)
North America44.4deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
South America36.9deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (2.8deaths per 100,000 people)High (421.4deaths per 100,000 people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 91.9deaths per 100,000 people)
Africa (9)
Other (124)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 421.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 2 | Myanmar | 286.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 283.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 4 | Haiti | 283.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 271.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 259.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 252.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 248.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 9 | Chad | 246.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 239.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 11 | Vanuatu | 234.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 12 | Niger | 230.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 13 | Egypt | 223.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 14 | North Korea | 221.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 15 | Yemen | 212.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 210.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 17 | Madagascar | 209.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 18 | Guinea | 209.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 208.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 20 | Sudan | 201.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 21 | Liberia | 200.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 22 | South Sudan | 200.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 197.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 24 | Timor-Leste | 195.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 25 | India | 186.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 26 | Cameroon | 184.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 27 | Republic of The Gambia | 184.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 28 | Iraq | 179.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 29 | Nepal | 178.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 30 | Ghana | 177.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 31 | Pakistan | 176.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 32 | Lesotho | 176.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 33 | Togo | 175.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 34 | Zambia | 172.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 170.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 36 | Burundi | 169.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 37 | Cambodia | 164.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 38 | Mali | 164.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 39 | Rwanda | 163.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 40 | Republic of the Congo | 162.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 41 | Mauritania | 158.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 42 | Malawi | 153.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 43 | Marshall Islands | 152.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 152.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 45 | Nigeria | 150.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 46 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 148.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 47 | Syrian Arab Republic | 147.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 146.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 49 | Benin | 145.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 50 | Senegal | 142.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 51 | Eritrea | 141.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 52 | Samoa | 141.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 140.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 139.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 55 | Philippines | 136.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 136.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 57 | Honduras | 133.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 58 | Mozambique | 129.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 126.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 60 | Mongolia | 124.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 61 | United Republic of Tanzania | 121.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 121.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 63 | Uganda | 120.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 64 | Bahrain | 118.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 118.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 66 | Somalia | 116.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 67 | Tonga | 114.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 113.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 69 | Sao Tome and Principe | 113.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 70 | Guatemala | 108.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 71 | Angola | 107.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 72 | Oman | 107.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 107.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 74 | Bhutan | 106.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 75 | Kiribati | 100.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 76 | Kenya | 100.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 78 | Morocco | 97.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 79 | Djibouti | 96.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 80 | Serbia | 96.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 95.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 82 | Eswatini | 95.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 83 | People's Republic of China | 94.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 84 | Nicaragua | 93.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 85 | Gabon | 93.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 86 | Qatar | 90.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 87 | Namibia | 89.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 88 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 89.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 89 | Vietnam | 89.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 90 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 86.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 91 | Türkiye | 83.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 92 | El Salvador | 83.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 93 | Montenegro | 83.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 94 | Indonesia | 82.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 95 | Kuwait | 82.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 96 | Georgia | 78.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 97 | Venezuela | 77.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 98 | State of Palestine | 77.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 99 | Paraguay | 77.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 100 | Comoros | 76.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 75.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 102 | Bolivia | 75.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 75.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 104 | Jordan | 75.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 105 | Armenia | 73.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 106 | Fiji | 72.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 70.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 108 | Libya | 69.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 109 | South Africa | 68.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 110 | Ukraine | 65.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 111 | Guyana | 63.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 112 | Algeria | 62.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 113 | Tuvalu | 61.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 114 | Tunisia | 60.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 115 | Belize | 59.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 116 | Malaysia | 58.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 117 | Albania | 56.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 56.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 119 | Moldova, Republic of | 55.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 120 | Lebanon | 55.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 54.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 122 | Mauritius | 54.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 123 | Nauru | 54.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 124 | Romania | 53.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 125 | Suriname | 52.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 126 | Jamaica | 50.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 127 | Botswana | 49.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 128 | Peru | 48.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 129 | Thailand | 48.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 130 | Mexico | 47.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 131 | Maldives | 47.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 132 | Belarus | 47.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 133 | Croatia | 46.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 134 | Hungary | 45.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 135 | Cyprus | 42.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 136 | Ecuador | 42.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 137 | Latvia | 41.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 38.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 139 | American Samoa | 37.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 140 | South Korea | 37.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 141 | Slovakia | 37.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 142 | Poland | 37.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 143 | Colombia | 36.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 144 | Argentina | 36.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 34.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 146 | Brazil | 34.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 147 | Chile | 34.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 148 | Panama | 33.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 149 | Dominica | 33.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 150 | Grenada | 32.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 151 | Taiwan, Province of China | 31.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 152 | Israel | 30.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 153 | Greece | 29.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 154 | Lithuania | 29.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 155 | Czech Republic | 29.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 157 | Barbados | 27.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 158 | Italy | 26.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 159 | Uruguay | 25.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 160 | Singapore | 25.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 161 | Palau | 24.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 162 | Cuba | 24.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 163 | Monaco | 23.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 164 | Slovenia | 22.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 166 | Saint Lucia | 21.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 21.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 168 | Malta | 20.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 169 | Seychelles | 19.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 170 | Northern Mariana Islands | 19.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 171 | San Marino | 18.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 172 | Niue | 17.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 173 | Japan | 17.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 174 | Austria | 16.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 175 | Spain | 16.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 177 | Germany | 14.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 178 | Portugal | 14.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 179 | United Kingdom | 14.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 180 | United States of America | 13.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 181 | Netherlands | 12.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 182 | Belgium | 12.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 183 | Tokelau | 12.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 184 | Andorra | 11.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 185 | Switzerland | 11.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 186 | Denmark | 10.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 187 | France | 9.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 188 | Ireland | 9.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 189 | Puerto Rico | 9.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 190 | New Zealand | 9.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 191 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 9.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 192 | Guam | 9.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 193 | Luxembourg | 9.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 194 | Cook Islands | 8.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 195 | Canada | 8.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 196 | Bahamas | 8.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 197 | Australia | 7.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 198 | Estonia | 6.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 199 | Bermuda | 5.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 200 | Norway | 4.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 201 | Iceland | 4.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 202 | Sweden | 3.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 203 | Greenland | 3.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 204 | Finland | 2.8deaths per 100,000 people |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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