Environment > PM10 > Country level > Micrograms per cubic meter: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a countryÂ’s technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Sudan	181.54 mcg/mÂ³	2004
2	Mali	165.2 mcg/mÂ³	2004
3	Niger	144.16 mcg/mÂ³	2004
4	Bangladesh	139.99 mcg/mÂ³	2004
5	Iraq	138.32 mcg/mÂ³	2004
6	Egypt	134.79 mcg/mÂ³	2004
7	Uruguay	134.24 mcg/mÂ³	2004
8	Saudi Arabia	133.25 mcg/mÂ³	2004
9	Pakistan	128 mcg/mÂ³	2004
10	Chad	126.75 mcg/mÂ³	2004
11	United Arab Emirates	125.6 mcg/mÂ³	2004
12	Oman	119.53 mcg/mÂ³	2004
13	Trinidad and Tobago	114.44 mcg/mÂ³	2004
14	Kuwait	107.92 mcg/mÂ³	2004
15	Sri Lanka	103.8 mcg/mÂ³	2004
16	Mauritania	103.26 mcg/mÂ³	2004
17	Indonesia	102.1 mcg/mÂ³	2004
18	Paraguay	100.61 mcg/mÂ³	2004
19	Libya	98.1 mcg/mÂ³	2004
20	The Gambia	94.82 mcg/mÂ³	2004
21	Burkina Faso	93.71 mcg/mÂ³	2004
22	Angola	91.35 mcg/mÂ³	2004
23	Yemen	90.8 mcg/mÂ³	2004
24	Algeria	88.14 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	OPEC countries average (profile)	88.07 mcg/mÂ³	2004
25	Bolivia	86.23 mcg/mÂ³	2004
26	Syria	86.14 mcg/mÂ³	2004
27	Congo, Republic of the	85.39 mcg/mÂ³	2004
28	Eritrea	84.69 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	82.38 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	South Asia average (profile)	82.34 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Muslim countries average (profile)	80.11 mcg/mÂ³	2004
29	North Korea	79.45 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	failed states average (profile)	78.54 mcg/mÂ³	2004
30	Guinea-Bissau	78.09 mcg/mÂ³	2004
31	Argentina	77.94 mcg/mÂ³	2004
32	Ethiopia	76.03 mcg/mÂ³	2004
33	Senegal	75.75 mcg/mÂ³	2004
34	Uzbekistan	75.52 mcg/mÂ³	2004
35	Thailand	73.4 mcg/mÂ³	2004
36	China	72.18 mcg/mÂ³	2004
37	India	71.59 mcg/mÂ³	2004
38	Guinea	70.63 mcg/mÂ³	2004
39	Burma	68.8 mcg/mÂ³	2004
40	Armenia	68.71 mcg/mÂ³	2004
41	Botswana	68.58 mcg/mÂ³	2004
42	Mongolia	68.44 mcg/mÂ³	2004
43	Guatemala	67.46 mcg/mÂ³	2004
44	New Caledonia	67.02 mcg/mÂ³	2004
45	Nigeria	67 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Former French colonies average (profile)	65.71 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	65.57 mcg/mÂ³	2004
46	Bahrain	65.41 mcg/mÂ³	2004
47	Vietnam	65.17 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Hot countries average (profile)	64.91 mcg/mÂ³	2002
48	Peru	64.8 mcg/mÂ³	2004
49	Cameroon	64.32 mcg/mÂ³	2004
50	Cambodia	63.6 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	63.56 mcg/mÂ³	2004
51	Turkmenistan	61.9 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	59.93 mcg/mÂ³	2004
52	Azerbaijan	59.22 mcg/mÂ³	2004
53	Zambia	58.17 mcg/mÂ³	2004
54	Iran	57.8 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Religious countries average (profile)	57.54 mcg/mÂ³	2004
55	Sierra Leone	55.68 mcg/mÂ³	2004
56	Albania	55.52 mcg/mÂ³	2004
57	Bulgaria	55.29 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Former British colonies average (profile)	55.05 mcg/mÂ³	2004
58	Tajikistan	54.54 mcg/mÂ³	2004
59	Qatar	54.49 mcg/mÂ³	2004
60	Chile	54.44 mcg/mÂ³	2004
61	Lesotho	53.84 mcg/mÂ³	2004
62	Democratic Republic of the Congo	52.49 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	51.56 mcg/mÂ³	2004
63	Jordan	50.31 mcg/mÂ³	2004
64	Djibouti	48.31 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	48.14 mcg/mÂ³	2004
65	Sao Tome and Principe	47.95 mcg/mÂ³	2004
66	Turkey	47.66 mcg/mÂ³	2004
67	Central African Republic	47.63 mcg/mÂ³	2004
68	Laos	47.36 mcg/mÂ³	2004
69	Honduras	47.05 mcg/mÂ³	2004
70	Cyprus	46.99 mcg/mÂ³	2004
71	Malawi	46.46 mcg/mÂ³	2004
72	Afghanistan	46.44 mcg/mÂ³	2004
73	Macau	46.21 mcg/mÂ³	2004
74	Comoros	46.19 mcg/mÂ³	2004
75	Brunei	45.43 mcg/mÂ³	2004
76	Madagascar	45.35 mcg/mÂ³	2004
77	Georgia	44.92 mcg/mÂ³	2004
78	Singapore	44.41 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	44.02 mcg/mÂ³	2004
79	Liberia	43.95 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Emerging markets average (profile)	43.71 mcg/mÂ³	2004
80	Togo	43.37 mcg/mÂ³	2004
81	Benin	42.88 mcg/mÂ³	2004
82	Namibia	42.61 mcg/mÂ³	2004
83	Haiti	42.46 mcg/mÂ³	2004
84	Jamaica	42.23 mcg/mÂ³	2004
85	Lebanon	41.84 mcg/mÂ³	2004
86	Somalia	41.3 mcg/mÂ³	2004
87	Greece	41.11 mcg/mÂ³	2004
88	Mexico	39.33 mcg/mÂ³	2004
89	Costa Rica	39.3 mcg/mÂ³	2004
=90	Suriname	39.06 mcg/mÂ³	2004
=90	Mozambique	39.06 mcg/mÂ³	2004
92	Burundi	38.92 mcg/mÂ³	2004
93	Moldova	38.91 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	38.85 mcg/mÂ³	2004
94	Nepal	38.7 mcg/mÂ³	2004
95	Kenya	38.69 mcg/mÂ³	2004
96	Virgin Islands	38.54 mcg/mÂ³	2002
97	Cote d'Ivoire	38.34 mcg/mÂ³	2004
98	South Korea	38.22 mcg/mÂ³	2004
99	Poland	37.99 mcg/mÂ³	2004
100	Guyana	37.57 mcg/mÂ³	2004
101	Israel	37.51 mcg/mÂ³	2004
102	Maldives	36.91 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Catholic countries average (profile)	36.75 mcg/mÂ³	2004
103	Rwanda	36.73 mcg/mÂ³	2004
104	The Bahamas	36.72 mcg/mÂ³	2002
105	Panama	36.57 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	36.17 mcg/mÂ³	2004
106	Solomon Islands	35.92 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	35.68 mcg/mÂ³	2004
107	El Salvador	35.49 mcg/mÂ³	2004
108	Ghana	34.82 mcg/mÂ³	2004
109	Austria	34.54 mcg/mÂ³	2004
110	Swaziland	34.23 mcg/mÂ³	2004
111	Liechtenstein	34.12 mcg/mÂ³	2004
112	Netherlands	34.11 mcg/mÂ³	2004
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33.6 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	33.42 mcg/mÂ³	2004
114	Spain	33.25 mcg/mÂ³	2004
115	Tunisia	33.16 mcg/mÂ³	2004
116	Philippines	32.22 mcg/mÂ³	2004
117	Japan	31.17 mcg/mÂ³	2004
118	Croatia	31.05 mcg/mÂ³	2004
119	Nicaragua	30.99 mcg/mÂ³	2004
120	Dominica	30.53 mcg/mÂ³	2004
121	Slovenia	30.49 mcg/mÂ³	2004
122	Barbados	30.19 mcg/mÂ³	2004
123	Netherlands Antilles	29.77 mcg/mÂ³	2002
124	Dominican Republic	29.56 mcg/mÂ³	2004
125	Malaysia	28.94 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Cold countries average (profile)	28.65 mcg/mÂ³	2004
=126	Tanzania	28.33 mcg/mÂ³	2004
=126	Saint Lucia	28.33 mcg/mÂ³	2004
128	Zimbabwe	28.3 mcg/mÂ³	2004
129	Brazil	28.05 mcg/mÂ³	2004
130	Andorra	27.86 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Europe average (profile)	27.63 mcg/mÂ³	2004
131	Ukraine	27.31 mcg/mÂ³	2004
132	Italy	27.12 mcg/mÂ³	2004
133	Portugal	26.15 mcg/mÂ³	2004
134	South Africa	26.14 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	NATO countries average (profile)	25.69 mcg/mÂ³	2004
135	Bhutan	25.69 mcg/mÂ³	2004
136	Fiji	25.63 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Eurozone average (profile)	25.57 mcg/mÂ³	2004
137	Belgium	25.41 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	European Union average (profile)	24.94 mcg/mÂ³	2004
138	Ecuador	24.89 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	24.8 mcg/mÂ³	2004
139	Kyrgyzstan	24.43 mcg/mÂ³	2004
140	Switzerland	24.42 mcg/mÂ³	2004
141	Colombia	23.23 mcg/mÂ³	2004
142	Czech Republic	22.99 mcg/mÂ³	2004
143	United States	22.63 mcg/mÂ³	2004
144	Vanuatu	21.59 mcg/mÂ³	2004
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	21.17 mcg/mÂ³	2004
145	Puerto Rico	20.33 mcg/mÂ³	2004
146	Cayman Islands	20.28 mcg/mÂ³	2002
=147	Denmark	20.02 mcg/mÂ³	2004
=147	Russia	20.02 mcg/mÂ³	2004
149	Morocco	19.81 mcg/mÂ³	2004
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.4 mcg/mÂ³	2004
151	Germany	19.3 mcg/mÂ³	2004
152	Papua New Guinea	19.29 mcg/mÂ³	2004
153	Finland	19.14 mcg/mÂ³	2004
154	Cuba	19.11 mcg/mÂ³	2004
155	Canada	19.09 mcg/mÂ³	2004
156	Kazakhstan	18.8 mcg/mÂ³	2004
157	Ireland	18.69 mcg/mÂ³	2004
158	Grenada	18.39 mcg/mÂ³	2004
159	Iceland	18.13 mcg/mÂ³	2004
160	Belize	18.09 mcg/mÂ³	2004
161	Hungary	17.91 mcg/mÂ³	2004
162	Luxembourg	17.55 mcg/mÂ³	2004
163	Uganda	16.52 mcg/mÂ³	2004
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16.33 mcg/mÂ³	2004
165	Romania	16.01 mcg/mÂ³	2004
166	Mauritius	15.95 mcg/mÂ³	2004
167	Australia	15.91 mcg/mÂ³	2004
168	Latvia	15.85 mcg/mÂ³	2004
169	Slovakia	15.67 mcg/mÂ³	2004
170	Estonia	15.52 mcg/mÂ³	2004
171	New Zealand	15.5 mcg/mÂ³	2004
172	Faroe Islands	15.14 mcg/mÂ³	2004
173	United Kingdom	15.06 mcg/mÂ³	2004
174	France	13.85 mcg/mÂ³	2004
175	Serbia and Montenegro	13.42 mcg/mÂ³	2004
176	Equatorial Guinea	12.49 mcg/mÂ³	2004
177	Sweden	12.24 mcg/mÂ³	2004
178	Norway	11.54 mcg/mÂ³	2004
179	Antigua and Barbuda	11.14 mcg/mÂ³	2004
180	Lithuania	10.1 mcg/mÂ³	2004
181	San Marino	10.03 mcg/mÂ³	2004
182	Venezuela	6.84 mcg/mÂ³	2004
183	Belarus	6.73 mcg/mÂ³	2004
184	Gabon	6.37 mcg/mÂ³	2004

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