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Countries Ranked by PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)

Showing every country with available data for 2017 • World Bank: EN.ATM.PM25.MC.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who guideline value (% of total) data for 2017, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 194 countries reporting, the median value is 100.00, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

American Samoa

100.00

Europe & Central Asia

Albania

100.00

Latin America & Caribbean

Jamaica

100.00

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Algeria

100.00

North America

Bermuda

100.00

South Asia

Nepal

100.00

Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe

100.00

Rank Country PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
1 Zimbabwe 100.00
2 Albania 100.00
3 Algeria 100.00
4 American Samoa 100.00
5 Iran, Islamic Rep. 100.00
6 Iraq 100.00
7 Israel 100.00
8 Jamaica 100.00
9 Jordan 100.00
10 Kenya 100.00
11 Kiribati 100.00
12 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 100.00
13 Korea, Rep. 100.00
14 Kuwait 100.00
15 Lao PDR 100.00
16 Lebanon 100.00
17 Lesotho 100.00
18 Liberia 100.00
19 Libya 100.00
20 Madagascar 100.00
21 Malawi 100.00
22 Mali 100.00
23 Malta 100.00
24 Mauritania 100.00
25 Mauritius 100.00
26 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 100.00
27 Moldova 100.00
28 Montenegro 100.00
29 Morocco 100.00
30 Mozambique 100.00
31 Myanmar 100.00
32 Namibia 100.00
33 Nepal 100.00
34 Niger 100.00
35 Nigeria 100.00
36 North Macedonia 100.00
37 Oman 100.00
38 Pakistan 100.00
39 Qatar 100.00
40 Rwanda 100.00
41 Samoa 100.00
42 Sao Tome and Principe 100.00
43 Saudi Arabia 100.00
44 Senegal 100.00
45 Serbia 100.00
46 Seychelles 100.00
47 Sierra Leone 100.00
48 Singapore 100.00
49 Slovak Republic 100.00
50 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 100.00
51 South Africa 100.00
52 South Sudan 100.00
53 St. Lucia 100.00
54 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 100.00
55 Sudan 100.00
56 Suriname 100.00
57 Syrian Arab Republic 100.00
58 Tajikistan 100.00
59 Tanzania 100.00
60 Thailand 100.00
61 Timor-Leste 100.00
62 Togo 100.00
63 Trinidad and Tobago 100.00
64 Tunisia 100.00
65 Turkiye 100.00
66 Turkmenistan 100.00
67 Uganda 100.00
68 Ukraine 100.00
69 United Arab Emirates 100.00
70 Uzbekistan 100.00
71 Vanuatu 100.00
72 Viet Nam 100.00
73 West Bank and Gaza 100.00
74 Yemen, Rep. 100.00
75 Zambia 100.00
76 Afghanistan 100.00
77 Angola 100.00
78 Antigua and Barbuda 100.00
79 Armenia 100.00
80 Azerbaijan 100.00
81 Bahamas, The 100.00
82 Bahrain 100.00
83 Bangladesh 100.00
84 Barbados 100.00
85 Belize 100.00
86 Benin 100.00
87 Bermuda 100.00
88 Bhutan 100.00
89 Botswana 100.00
90 Burkina Faso 100.00
91 Burundi 100.00
92 Cabo Verde 100.00
93 Cambodia 100.00
94 Cameroon 100.00
95 Central African Republic 100.00
96 Chad 100.00
97 Comoros 100.00
98 Congo, Dem. Rep. 100.00
99 Congo, Rep. 100.00
100 Cote d'Ivoire 100.00
101 Cuba 100.00
102 Cyprus 100.00
103 Djibouti 100.00
104 Dominica 100.00
105 Egypt, Arab Rep. 100.00
106 El Salvador 100.00
107 Equatorial Guinea 100.00
108 Eritrea 100.00
109 Eswatini 100.00
110 Ethiopia 100.00
111 Gabon 100.00
112 Gambia, The 100.00
113 Georgia 100.00
114 Ghana 100.00
115 Greece 100.00
116 Grenada 100.00
117 Guatemala 100.00
118 Guinea 100.00
119 Guinea-Bissau 100.00
120 Haiti 100.00
121 Hungary 100.00
122 India 100.00
123 Marshall Islands 100.00
124 Bolivia 100.00
125 China 100.00
126 Papua New Guinea 100.00
127 Guyana 99.99
128 Honduras 99.98
129 Poland 99.97
130 Peru 99.96
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.96
132 Venezuela, RB 99.93
133 Belarus 99.93
134 Solomon Islands 99.92
135 Dominican Republic 99.91
136 Nicaragua 99.90
137 Bulgaria 99.89
138 Tonga 99.81
139 Croatia 99.78
140 Costa Rica 99.69
141 Czechia 99.68
142 Mexico 99.66
143 Netherlands 99.60
144 Slovenia 99.49
145 Paraguay 99.06
146 Ecuador 98.32
147 Romania 98.02
148 Chile 97.66
149 Kyrgyz Republic 97.43
150 Mongolia 97.01
151 Philippines 96.37
152 Lithuania 96.00
153 Indonesia 95.57
154 Italy 94.78
155 Argentina 93.85
156 Colombia 92.10
157 Belgium 91.95
158 Russian Federation 91.61
159 Malaysia 90.54
160 Germany 89.17
161 Latvia 89.01
162 Kazakhstan 87.41
163 Austria 85.05
164 Guam 83.33
165 Fiji 82.80
166 Greenland 80.02
167 France 78.21
168 Japan 76.76
169 Panama 71.64
170 Luxembourg 68.78
171 Brazil 68.14
172 United Kingdom 66.53
173 Denmark 56.91
174 Switzerland 49.30
175 Sri Lanka 45.54
176 Spain 41.12
177 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 40.00
178 Northern Mariana Islands 26.92
179 Australia 24.89
180 Uruguay 22.39
181 Andorra 17.82
182 Portugal 16.01
183 Iceland 10.29
184 Puerto Rico (US) 3.67
185 Sweden 3.64
186 United States 3.34
187 Norway 2.04
188 Ireland 0.27
189 Estonia 0.00
190 New Zealand 0.00
191 Maldives 0.00
192 Finland 0.00
193 Brunei Darussalam 0.00
194 Canada 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2017; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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