Exposure to PM2.5 Air Pollution

This key economic indicator for the Air Pollution sector has been recently updated.

  1. Nigeria grew 0.8% of Exposure to PM2.5 Air Pollution in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Nigeria Exposure to PM2.5 Air Pollution grew 3.4% year on year totalising 70.5 Micrograms Per Cubic Meter.
  3. In 2019 Niger was number 3 in Exposure to PM2.5 Air Pollution.

Top Countries in Exposure to PM2.5 Air Pollution

Micrograms Per Cubic Meter - 1990 to 2019

# 164 Countries Micrograms Per Cubic Meter Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
India
83.30 2019 +0.1 % -2.8 % View data
2 #2
Nepal
82.83 2019 +0.2 % -2.8 % View data
3 #3
Niger
80.07 2019 +0.2 % +2.9 % View data
4 #4
Qatar
77.11 2019 -1.4 % +0.9 % View data
5 #5
Nigeria
70.50 2019 +0.8 % +3.4 % View data
6 #6
Egypt
67.92 2019 -0.8 % -1.2 % View data
7 #7
Mauritania
66.55 2019 +0.2 % +1.9 % View data
8 #8
Cameroon
66.15 2019 +1.1 % +2.7 % View data
9 #9
Saudi Arabia
64.06 2019 -0.7 % +1.6 % View data
10 #10
Pakistan
63.86 2019 +0.3 % -2.5 % View data
11 #11
Bangladesh
63.55 2019 +0.2 % -2.8 % View data
12 #12
Kuwait
62.67 2019 -1.0 % +1.2 % View data
13 #13
Mali
60.67 2019 +0.1 % +1.6 % View data
14 #14
Senegal
60.17 2019 +0.2 % +1.7 % View data
15 #15
Chad
59.43 2019 +0.2 % +2.1 % View data
16 #16
Bahrain
58.66 2019 -2.0 % -0.1 % View data
17 #17
Gambia
58.21 2019 +0.1 % +1.6 % View data
18 #18
Sudan
56.04 2019 +1.8 % +3.3 % View data
19 #19
Ivory Coast
55.93 2019 +0.1 % +3.0 % View data
20 #20
Ghana
54.48 2019 -0.4 % +2.8 % View data
21 #21
Guinea-Bissau
54.02 2019 +0.1 % +1.9 % View data
22 #22
Burkina Faso
53.68 2019 +0.0 % +2.1 % View data
23 #23
Afghanistan
53.00 2019 -0.8 % -3.3 % View data
24 #24
Guinea
52.82 2019 +0.1 % +1.7 % View data
25 #25
Sierra Leone
51.28 2019 +0.4 % +2.0 % View data
26 #26
Liberia
50.63 2019 +0.4 % +2.4 % View data
27 #27
Iraq
49.62 2019 -1.3 % +0.4 % View data
28 #28
China
47.73 2019 -3.3 % -4.6 % View data
29 #29
Equatorial Guinea
47.03 2019 +0.9 % +3.0 % View data
30 #30
Central African Republic
46.90 2019 +0.6 % +1.8 % View data
31 #31
Benin
46.24 2019 +1.1 % +3.5 % View data
32 #32
Togo
46.13 2019 -0.5 % +2.5 % View data
33 #33
North Korea
45.18 2019 +0.1 % -2.0 % View data
34 #34
Eritrea
44.78 2019 +1.5 % +2.3 % View data
35 #35
Yemen
44.65 2019 -1.5 % +0.4 % View data
36 #36
Oman
44.24 2019 +0.5 % +1.7 % View data
37 #37
United Arab Emirates
43.08 2019 -0.3 % +1.1 % View data
38 #38
Mongolia
42.29 2019 +0.4 % +0.6 % View data
39 #39
Bhutan
40.37 2019 -0.2 % -3.6 % View data
40 #40
Tajikistan
39.91 2019 +0.4 % -0.7 % View data
41 #41
Republic of Congo
39.25 2019 -1.1 % +0.2 % View data
42 #42
Iran
39.00 2019 -1.5 % -0.9 % View data
43 #43
Gabon
37.44 2019 -0.3 % +1.6 % View data
44 #44
Uzbekistan
36.35 2019 +0.0 % -1.4 % View data
45 #45
Democratic Republic of the Congo
36.27 2019 -1.5 % -0.3 % View data
46 #46
Rwanda
36.22 2019 -1.3 % -0.8 % View data
47 #47
Libya
35.99 2019 -1.1 % -0.7 % View data
48 #48
Uganda
35.23 2019 -5.3 % -2.9 % View data
49 #49
Morocco
34.99 2019 +3.2 % +3.5 % View data
50 #50
Armenia
34.24 2019 -1.1 % -2.5 % View data
51 #51
Ethiopia
33.83 2019 -0.2 % +0.5 % View data
52 #52
Burundi
33.32 2019 -1.4 % -1.0 % View data
53 #53
Algeria
32.92 2019 +0.5 % +0.6 % View data
54 #54
Macedonia
32.67 2019 -2.1 % -2.8 % View data
55 #55
Palestine
32.56 2019 -1.9 % -2.0 % View data
56 #56
Syria
31.33 2019 -1.3 % -1.0 % View data
57 #57
Peru
31.06 2019 +0.5 % +0.3 % View data
58 #58
Tunisia
30.55 2019 -0.6 % -1.3 % View data
59 #59
Bosnia and Herzegovina
30.29 2019 -1.6 % -1.4 % View data
60 #60
Somalia
30.15 2019 +1.6 % +0.9 % View data
61 #61
Jordan
30.13 2019 -2.7 % -2.1 % View data
62 #62
Myanmar
29.91 2019 -0.4 % -1.8 % View data
63 #63
Lebanon
29.05 2019 -1.3 % -1.5 % View data
64 #64
South Africa
28.33 2019 -0.4 % -0.3 % View data
65 #65
Angola
28.02 2019 -1.0 % -0.3 % View data
66 #66
Guatemala
27.81 2019 -1.3 % -1.2 % View data
67 #67
Lesotho
27.80 2019 -4.1 % -3.4 % View data
68 #68
Bolivia
27.49 2019 -0.8 % -0.8 % View data
69 #69
South Korea
27.45 2019 +0.0 % -0.6 % View data
70 #70
Thailand
27.32 2019 -0.3 % -1.5 % View data
71 #71
Turkey
26.85 2019 -2.0 % -1.4 % View data
72 #72
Azerbaijan
26.27 2019 +1.5 % -1.5 % View data
73 #73
Zambia
25.92 2019 -1.7 % -1.1 % View data
74 #74
Serbia
25.50 2019 -2.2 % -2.2 % View data
75 #75
Botswana
25.33 2019 -0.6 % -0.3 % View data
76 #76
Turkmenistan
25.31 2019 -1.8 % -3.2 % View data
77 #77
Kyrgyzstan
24.60 2019 -0.6 % -1.6 % View data
78 #78
Tanzania
24.60 2019 -3.1 % -1.9 % View data
79 #79
Namibia
24.24 2019 -2.3 % -1.5 % View data
80 #80
Chile
23.68 2019 +0.2 % +0.4 % View data
81 #81
Taiwan
23.53 2019 -1.1 % -2.6 % View data
82 #82
Eswatini
23.37 2019 +0.7 % +0.2 % View data
83 #83
Honduras
22.93 2019 -2.1 % -2.2 % View data
84 #84
Poland
22.77 2019 -0.4 % -1.1 % View data
85 #85
Colombia
22.53 2019 -0.5 % -1.6 % View data
86 #86
El Salvador
22.35 2019 -1.9 % -1.8 % View data
87 #87
Malawi
22.33 2019 -4.8 % -3.6 % View data
88 #88
Montenegro
22.32 2019 -1.9 % -2.1 % View data
89 #89
Venezuela
22.22 2019 +0.4 % -0.1 % View data
90 #90
Cambodia
22.14 2019 -0.9 % -1.9 % View data
91 #91
Trinidad and Tobago
22.07 2019 +0.4 % +1.3 % View data
92 #92
Kenya
21.54 2019 -7.4 % -4.6 % View data
93 #93
Kazakhstan
21.05 2019 -0.0 % -1.3 % View data
94 #94
Zimbabwe
20.85 2019 -5.7 % -4.5 % View data
95 #95
Laos
20.77 2019 +0.2 % -0.9 % View data
96 #96
Mozambique
20.72 2019 -3.5 % -2.5 % View data
97 #97
Ecuador
20.61 2019 -0.5 % -0.9 % View data
98 #98
Nicaragua
20.54 2019 -0.6 % -0.9 % View data
99 #99
Vietnam
20.19 2019 -0.8 % -1.9 % View data
100 #100
Mexico
20.11 2019 -1.3 % -1.8 % View data
101 #101
Sri Lanka
19.96 2019 +1.4 % -1.0 % View data
102 #102
Bulgaria
19.93 2019 -1.4 % -2.2 % View data
103 #103
Indonesia
19.67 2019 +1.4 % +0.5 % View data
104 #104
Israel
19.42 2019 -1.6 % -2.0 % View data
105 #105
Haiti
19.32 2019 -0.6 % -0.2 % View data
106 #106
Singapore
19.00 2019 +1.5 % +1.1 % View data
107 #107
Philippines
18.79 2019 +0.6 % -0.8 % View data
108 #108
Slovakia
18.53 2019 -0.7 % -1.0 % View data
109 #109
Albania
18.46 2019 -1.1 % -1.4 % View data
110 #110
Georgia
18.25 2019 +0.0 % -1.8 % View data
111 #111
Croatia
18.23 2019 -0.8 % -1.1 % View data
112 #112
Dominican Republic
18.15 2019 -0.0 % +0.3 % View data
113 #113
Cuba
17.95 2019 -2.7 % -1.9 % View data
114 #114
Madagascar
17.86 2019 -2.3 % -1.5 % View data
115 #115
Costa Rica
17.44 2019 -0.6 % -1.0 % View data
116 #116
Slovenia
17.06 2019 -0.7 % -1.3 % View data
117 #117
Czech Republic
16.97 2019 -1.2 % -1.5 % View data
118 #118
Hungary
16.60 2019 -0.9 % -1.3 % View data
119 #119
Belarus
16.57 2019 -0.6 % -4.2 % View data
120 #120
Malaysia
16.55 2019 +0.7 % -0.8 % View data
121 #121
Jamaica
16.25 2019 -0.5 % -0.3 % View data
122 #122
Papua New Guinea
16.05 2019 -0.1 % +0.6 % View data
123 #123
Italy
15.85 2019 -1.1 % -1.3 % View data
124 #124
Cyprus
15.79 2019 -0.1 % -1.1 % View data
125 #125
Timor-Leste
15.75 2019 +0.8 % -0.7 % View data
126 #126
Mauritius
15.27 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
127 #127
Romania
15.06 2019 -2.1 % -2.1 % View data
128 #128
Ukraine
14.70 2019 -0.6 % -3.5 % View data
129 #129
Greece
14.32 2019 -1.8 % -1.9 % View data
130 #130
Moldova
13.96 2019 -1.1 % -3.5 % View data
131 #131
Argentina
13.85 2019 -0.9 % -0.4 % View data
132 #132
Japan
13.65 2019 -0.1 % -0.4 % View data
133 #133
Panama
13.23 2019 -3.1 % -3.1 % View data
134 #134
Malta
13.07 2019 -0.3 % -1.1 % View data
135 #135
Paraguay
12.84 2019 +0.3 % -2.0 % View data
136 #136
Belgium
12.73 2019 -0.7 % -0.3 % View data
137 #137
Latvia
12.71 2019 -1.6 % -5.8 % View data
138 #138
Austria
12.22 2019 -1.3 % -1.1 % View data
139 #139
Netherlands
12.03 2019 -0.3 % -0.3 % View data
140 #140
Germany
11.93 2019 -1.0 % -0.7 % View data
141 #141
Russia
11.78 2019 -0.3 % -3.6 % View data
142 #142
Brazil
11.67 2019 +0.3 % -2.1 % View data
143 #143
France
11.37 2019 -1.1 % -0.3 % View data
144 #144
Fiji
10.86 2019 +0.1 % +0.4 % View data
145 #145
Lithuania
10.47 2019 -1.1 % -5.0 % View data
146 #146
Liechtenstein
10.15 2019 -2.9 % -0.2 % View data
147 #147
Luxembourg
10.09 2019 -0.6 % -0.1 % View data
148 #148
Switzerland
10.04 2019 -2.4 % -1.4 % View data
149 #149
United Kingdom
10.02 2019 -0.8 % -1.5 % View data
150 #150
Spain
9.99 2019 -0.4 % -0.2 % View data
151 #151
Denmark
9.78 2019 -0.9 % -2.4 % View data
152 #152
Uruguay
9.57 2019 -0.5 % -0.7 % View data
153 #153
Portugal
8.18 2019 -0.5 % -1.1 % View data
154 #154
Ireland
7.85 2019 -0.8 % -1.6 % View data
155 #155
Brunei
7.72 2019 +0.0 % -0.1 % View data
156 #156
United States
7.68 2019 -1.4 % -1.9 % View data
157 #157
Canada
7.09 2019 +0.2 % -1.1 % View data
158 #158
Australia
6.75 2019 +0.1 % -0.4 % View data
159 #159
Norway
6.67 2019 -0.9 % -2.3 % View data
160 #160
Iceland
6.37 2019 +0.2 % -0.8 % View data
161 #161
New Zealand
6.05 2019 +0.3 % +0.0 % View data
162 #162
Estonia
5.95 2019 -1.5 % -6.2 % View data
163 #163
Sweden
5.72 2019 -0.8 % -2.7 % View data
164 #164
Finland
5.64 2019 -0.7 % -2.8 % View data

Source: OECD

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