Environment

Air pollution (PM2.5)

Mean annual population-weighted exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

Year

Lowest · 2023

Micronesia

3.5 µg/m³

Coverage · 2023

194

countries

Method

Lower is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2023

Ranking 2023

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#	Country	Value	Score
1	Micronesia	3.5 µg/m³	100.0
2	Kiribati	3.9 µg/m³	99.7
3	Marshall Islands	4.1 µg/m³	99.4
4	Finland	4.6 µg/m³	99.0
5	Samoa	4.6 µg/m³	99.0
6	Tonga	4.7 µg/m³	98.9
7	Nauru	4.8 µg/m³	98.7
8	Iceland	4.9 µg/m³	98.6
9	Palau	4.9 µg/m³	98.6
10	Tuvalu	5.2 µg/m³	98.4
11	Sweden	5.3 µg/m³	98.3
12	Bahamas	5.3 µg/m³	98.3
13	Norway	5.5 µg/m³	98.1
14	Estonia	5.9 µg/m³	97.7
15	Australia	6.4 µg/m³	97.2
16	Fiji	6.4 µg/m³	97.2
17	Canada	6.6 µg/m³	97.1
18	New Zealand	6.9 µg/m³	96.8
19	United States	7.0 µg/m³	96.7
20	Vanuatu	7.0 µg/m³	96.7
21	Luxembourg	7.4 µg/m³	96.2
22	Denmark	7.5 µg/m³	96.2
23	Ireland	7.5 µg/m³	96.2
24	Brunei	7.6 µg/m³	96.1
25	Puerto Rico	7.8 µg/m³	95.9
26	France	8.2 µg/m³	95.5
27	Switzerland	8.3 µg/m³	95.4
28	Antigua and Barbuda	8.4 µg/m³	95.3
29	Belgium	8.4 µg/m³	95.3
30	Netherlands	8.6 µg/m³	95.1
31	Portugal	8.8 µg/m³	95.0
32	Germany	8.8 µg/m³	94.9
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.9 µg/m³	94.9
34	Andorra	8.9 µg/m³	94.9
35	Seychelles	9.3 µg/m³	94.5
36	Cuba	9.4 µg/m³	94.3
37	United Kingdom	9.5 µg/m³	94.3
38	Solomon Islands	9.8 µg/m³	94.0
39	Austria	10.0 µg/m³	93.7
40	Spain	10.1 µg/m³	93.7
41	Comoros	10.2 µg/m³	93.6
42	Saint Lucia	10.4 µg/m³	93.4
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.6 µg/m³	93.2
44	Lithuania	10.7 µg/m³	93.1
45	Malta	10.8 µg/m³	93.0
46	Uruguay	10.9 µg/m³	93.0
47	Barbados	10.9 µg/m³	92.9
48	Grenada	11.0 µg/m³	92.8
49	Maldives	11.2 µg/m³	92.7
50	Monaco	11.4 µg/m³	92.5
51	Japan	11.5 µg/m³	92.4
52	Dominica	11.5 µg/m³	92.3
53	Russia	11.6 µg/m³	92.3
54	Belarus	12.0 µg/m³	91.9
55	Timor-Leste	12.0 µg/m³	91.9
56	Madagascar	12.4 µg/m³	91.5
57	Slovenia	12.6 µg/m³	91.3
58	San Marino	12.7 µg/m³	91.2
59	Czechia	12.7 µg/m³	91.1
60	Latvia	13.0 µg/m³	90.9
61	Botswana	13.2 µg/m³	90.7
62	Brazil	13.4 µg/m³	90.5
63	Dominican Republic	13.5 µg/m³	90.4
64	Hungary	13.7 µg/m³	90.2
65	Slovakia	13.7 µg/m³	90.2
66	Mozambique	13.7 µg/m³	90.2
67	Trinidad and Tobago	13.8 µg/m³	90.2
68	Mauritius	14.1 µg/m³	89.9
69	Papua New Guinea	14.1 µg/m³	89.8
70	Greece	14.1 µg/m³	89.8
71	Namibia	14.2 µg/m³	89.7
72	Italy	14.3 µg/m³	89.7
73	Argentina	14.3 µg/m³	89.6
74	Ukraine	14.9 µg/m³	89.1
75	Moldova	14.9 µg/m³	89.0
76	Zimbabwe	15.0 µg/m³	89.0
77	São Tomé and Príncipe	15.1 µg/m³	88.9
78	Panama	15.1 µg/m³	88.9
79	Singapore	15.1 µg/m³	88.8
80	Paraguay	15.3 µg/m³	88.7
81	Albania	15.5 µg/m³	88.5
82	Suriname	15.7 µg/m³	88.3
83	Croatia	15.8 µg/m³	88.2
84	Haiti	15.8 µg/m³	88.2
85	Malaysia	15.9 µg/m³	88.2
86	Romania	16.0 µg/m³	88.0
87	Cyprus	16.1 µg/m³	88.0
88	Poland	16.5 µg/m³	87.5
89	Algeria	16.5 µg/m³	87.5
90	Mexico	16.6 µg/m³	87.4
91	Malawi	16.7 µg/m³	87.3
92	Eswatini	16.7 µg/m³	87.3
93	Belize	16.8 µg/m³	87.3
94	Guyana	16.9 µg/m³	87.1
95	Costa Rica	17.7 µg/m³	86.4
96	Liberia	17.9 µg/m³	86.2
97	Colombia	18.4 µg/m³	85.8
98	Montenegro	18.5 µg/m³	85.7
99	Somalia	18.5 µg/m³	85.6
100	Georgia	18.6 µg/m³	85.6
101	Ecuador	18.6 µg/m³	85.5
102	Morocco	18.7 µg/m³	85.4
103	Tunisia	18.9 µg/m³	85.3
104	Venezuela	19.2 µg/m³	85.0
105	Serbia	19.3 µg/m³	84.8
106	Cambodia	19.4 µg/m³	84.7
107	Kazakhstan	19.6 µg/m³	84.6
108	Bulgaria	19.7 µg/m³	84.5
109	Angola	19.9 µg/m³	84.3
110	Libya	20.0 µg/m³	84.2
111	Kyrgyzstan	20.1 µg/m³	84.1
112	Tanzania	20.2 µg/m³	84.0
113	Cabo Verde	20.2 µg/m³	84.0
114	Zambia	20.2 µg/m³	84.0
115	Kenya	20.3 µg/m³	83.9
116	Côte d'Ivoire	20.4 µg/m³	83.8
117	Nicaragua	20.4 µg/m³	83.8
118	Indonesia	20.8 µg/m³	83.4
119	Jamaica	21.7 µg/m³	82.6
120	North Korea	21.8 µg/m³	82.5
121	North Macedonia	21.8 µg/m³	82.4
122	South Korea	21.9 µg/m³	82.4
123	Israel	21.9 µg/m³	82.4
124	Philippines	22.2 µg/m³	82.1
125	West Bank and Gaza	22.4 µg/m³	81.9
126	Sierra Leone	22.5 µg/m³	81.8
127	Sri Lanka	22.7 µg/m³	81.6
128	Chile	23.1 µg/m³	81.2
129	Thailand	23.5 µg/m³	80.8
130	South Sudan	23.7 µg/m³	80.7
131	Azerbaijan	23.7 µg/m³	80.6
132	Ethiopia	23.8 µg/m³	80.5
133	Vietnam	24.8 µg/m³	79.6
134	Laos	26.0 µg/m³	78.5
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.1 µg/m³	78.3
136	Turkey	26.4 µg/m³	78.0
137	Lesotho	26.4 µg/m³	78.0
138	Lebanon	26.7 µg/m³	77.8
139	Guinea	27.3 µg/m³	77.2
140	South Africa	27.7 µg/m³	76.8
141	Bolivia	28.1 µg/m³	76.4
142	Ghana	28.1 µg/m³	76.4
143	Armenia	28.6 µg/m³	76.0
144	El Salvador	29.6 µg/m³	75.0
145	Guatemala	29.7 µg/m³	74.9
146	Bhutan	30.1 µg/m³	74.5
147	Honduras	30.7 µg/m³	73.9
148	Peru	31.1 µg/m³	73.5
149	Uganda	31.2 µg/m³	73.4
150	Turkmenistan	31.2 µg/m³	73.4
151	Gabon	31.3 µg/m³	73.3
152	China	32.0 µg/m³	72.7
153	Syria	32.1 µg/m³	72.6
154	Guinea-Bissau	32.3 µg/m³	72.4
155	Jordan	32.6 µg/m³	72.1
156	Uzbekistan	32.8 µg/m³	71.9
157	Central African Republic	33.3 µg/m³	71.4
158	Tajikistan	33.3 µg/m³	71.4
159	Eritrea	33.7 µg/m³	71.1
160	Togo	34.3 µg/m³	70.4
161	Myanmar	35.1 µg/m³	69.7
162	Mali	35.5 µg/m³	69.3
163	Burundi	35.7 µg/m³	69.1
164	DR Congo	35.8 µg/m³	69.0
165	Rwanda	36.0 µg/m³	68.8
166	Congo	36.5 µg/m³	68.3
167	Burkina Faso	37.3 µg/m³	67.6
168	Sudan	37.6 µg/m³	67.3
169	Afghanistan	37.9 µg/m³	67.0
170	Gambia	38.3 µg/m³	66.7
171	Benin	39.7 µg/m³	65.3
172	Iran	40.2 µg/m³	64.8
173	Djibouti	40.3 µg/m³	64.7
174	Senegal	41.6 µg/m³	63.4
175	Equatorial Guinea	42.2 µg/m³	62.9
176	Mongolia	42.7 µg/m³	62.4
177	Chad	43.0 µg/m³	62.2
178	Egypt	43.1 µg/m³	62.0
179	Mauritania	46.5 µg/m³	58.8
180	Yemen	46.8 µg/m³	58.4
181	Oman	46.9 µg/m³	58.4
182	Iraq	49.5 µg/m³	55.9
183	Nepal	53.2 µg/m³	52.3
184	India	54.1 µg/m³	51.5
185	Cameroon	55.6 µg/m³	50.0
186	Bahrain	56.6 µg/m³	49.1
187	United Arab Emirates	57.2 µg/m³	48.5
188	Pakistan	58.4 µg/m³	47.4
189	Kuwait	62.3 µg/m³	43.6
190	Niger	65.2 µg/m³	40.8
191	Nigeria	65.7 µg/m³	40.3
192	Bangladesh	69.3 µg/m³	36.9
193	Saudi Arabia	73.5 µg/m³	32.8
194	Qatar	107.8 µg/m³	0.0

Source: World Bank — Air pollution (PM2.5) · Unit: Micrograms per cubic metre · Year: 2023 · 194 entries