Data for 2007

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2007

Name: PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2007
Creator: Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis
License: https://sites.wustl.edu/acag/datasets/surface-pm2-5/

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PM2.5 is the dust, soot and smoke in the air fine enough to reach deep into the lungs. This is the yearly average concentration the typical resident breathes: the country's pollution map weighted by where its people live, estimated from satellites, a chemical model and ground monitors.

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2007 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 85.0; Greenland is lowest, at 1.8. The middle country reads 16.3. Against 2006, 213 values changed (123 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure · Data for 2007

HighestQatar

85.0

LowestGreenland

1.8

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

220countries
4measures per country
2007the year it describes
168distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2007, as published. Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2007: every country, as published by Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	85.0	90.5	100.0	100.0
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	69.5	75.8	100.0	90.5
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	62.4	51.2	100.0	99.1
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59.4	51.2	100.0	85.7
5	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.4	52.1	100.0	94.5
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	54.7	50.6	100.0	100.0
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	51.9	56.6	100.0	100.0
8	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	50.2	29.5	100.0	81.6
9	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	48.3	54.9	100.0	96.7
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.8	49.7	100.0	62.7
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	45.2	38.7	100.0	78.3
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	44.3	37.9	100.0	62.8
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.1	38.9	100.0	86.5
14	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.9	41.8	100.0	89.2
15	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.7	32.2	100.0	52.7
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.6	46.0	100.0	47.7
17	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	39.5	38.1	100.0	76.9
18	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.4	32.9	100.0	51.8
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.4	35.8	100.0	63.7
=20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.3	35.7	100.0	59.1
=20	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	38.3	42.6	100.0	77.4
22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.1	35.6	100.0	64.4
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.7	41.9	100.0	60.3
24	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.4	37.8	100.0	69.0
25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.9	30.3	100.0	64.4
26	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	35.5	35.0	100.0	56.5
=27	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.3	36.0	100.0	53.1
=27	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	35.3	33.4	100.0	43.1
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.9	35.0	100.0	44.9
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.4	34.3	100.0	37.0
31	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	33.3	30.6	100.0	25.7
32	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.3	29.7	100.0	20.3
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.6	29.2	100.0	31.6
34	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.3	33.3	100.0	30.1
35	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	31.0	31.0	100.0	30.4
36	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.4	24.0	100.0	29.1
37	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.9	28.4	100.0	0.1
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.7	27.4	100.0	39.6
39	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	28.6	26.6	100.0	11.5
40	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.7	22.0	100.0	19.6
41	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	27.6	22.0	100.0	19.3
42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.5	26.5	100.0	9.0
43	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.2	17.5	100.0	21.5
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	27.1	27.9	100.0	5.9
45	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	27.0	21.7	100.0	14.4
=46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.6	23.8	100.0	1.8
=46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	26.6	21.7	100.0	11.7
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.4	23.5	99.9	25.0
49	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25.9	26.4	100.0	4.9
=50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.7	24.2	100.0	0.0
=50	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	25.7	25.1	100.0	0.6
=52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.3	26.4	100.0	3.3
=52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.3	16.5	100.0	11.7
=52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.3	30.4	100.0	4.3
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.9	26.8	100.0	11.7
56	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24.8	25.2	100.0	7.1
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.7	20.4	100.0	7.2
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.4	24.0	100.0	3.3
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.0	21.1	100.0	8.6
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.9	24.7	100.0	2.9
61	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	23.6	22.5	100.0	0.0
62	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	23.5	25.1	100.0	3.2
63	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.1	28.9	100.0	5.2
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.9	20.2	100.0	6.3
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.8	21.4	100.0	4.9
=66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	22.3	15.7	100.0	11.5
=66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.3	21.3	100.0	4.0
=66	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	22.3	22.3	100.0	0.0
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.2	23.3	100.0	0.1
70	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	21.7	21.2	100.0	0.0
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	21.5	18.1	100.0	0.1
72	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.3	20.2	100.0	0.0
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.1	21.9	100.0	0.9
=74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.0	18.1	100.0	1.6
=74	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.0	19.0	100.0	5.7
76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	20.9	19.3	100.0	0.3
=77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20.8	18.3	100.0	0.0
=77	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.8	16.2	100.0	0.2
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.4	18.0	100.0	0.2
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.7	18.9	100.0	0.9
=81	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.6	15.2	100.0	0.0
=81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	19.6	15.7	100.0	7.8
83	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.3	19.6	100.0	0.0
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.1	19.5	100.0	0.0
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.0	19.9	100.0	0.0
86	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.8	23.4	100.0	0.4
87	Peru`PER`South America	18.7	17.6	100.0	3.5
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18.6	17.3	100.0	0.0
=89	Chile`CHL`South America	18.2	15.2	99.9	0.0
=89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18.2	16.4	100.0	0.0
=89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.2	15.6	100.0	0.0
=92	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17.3	14.9	100.0	0.0
=92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.3	19.1	100.0	0.1
=94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.2	17.7	99.9	0.0
=94	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	17.2	16.9	100.0	0.0
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.1	17.9	100.0	0.0
=97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	17.0	16.6	100.0	0.0
=97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.0	10.5	100.0	0.0
=97	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	17.0	15.8	100.0	0.0
=100	Colombia`COL`South America	16.9	16.5	100.0	0.0
=100	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.9	14.5	100.0	0.0
102	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.8	18.6	100.0	0.0
=103	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.7	14.8	100.0	0.0
=103	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16.7	12.6	100.0	3.1
=105	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.6	15.5	100.0	0.0
=105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.6	14.8	100.0	0.0
=107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.5	16.3	100.0	0.0
=107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.5	11.1	100.0	0.4
109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.4	10.9	99.8	1.3
=110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.3	17.6	100.0	0.0
=110	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	16.3	14.7	100.0	0.0
=112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.0	14.1	100.0	0.0
=112	Northern Cyprus`XNC`Western Asia	16.0	15.9	100.0	0.0
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.9	13.1	100.0	0.0
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.8	17.0	100.0	0.1
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15.7	15.6	100.0	0.0
=117	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.6	13.4	100.0	0.9
=117	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.6	15.9	100.0	0.0
119	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.5	23.3	100.0	0.3
=120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.4	14.9	100.0	0.0
=120	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.4	14.9	100.0	0.0
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.3	11.1	97.5	7.2
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.1	13.9	100.0	0.0
=124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.9	15.3	100.0	0.0
=124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14.9	13.9	100.0	0.0
=126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.8	13.4	100.0	0.2
=126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.8	12.0	100.0	0.0
=128	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.7	13.1	100.0	0.0
=128	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.7	13.8	100.0	0.2
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	14.6	14.1	100.0	0.0
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.5	14.0	100.0	0.2
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.4	12.7	100.0	0.9
133	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.2	13.7	100.0	0.0
134	Suriname`SUR`South America	14.1	13.8	100.0	0.0
=135	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	13.8	13.0	100.0	0.0
=135	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.8	17.0	100.0	0.3
=135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.8	10.7	100.0	0.0
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13.6	14.5	100.0	0.0
139	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.5	11.3	100.0	0.0
140	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.4	12.1	100.0	0.0
=141	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	13.3	9.7	100.0	0.0
=141	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.3	12.2	100.0	0.0
=143	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.2	11.1	100.0	0.0
=143	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13.2	12.3	100.0	0.0
145	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.0	10.5	100.0	0.0
=146	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.8	11.9	100.0	0.0
=146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.8	12.4	100.0	0.0
=146	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.8	12.0	100.0	0.0
=149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.5	11.6	100.0	0.0
=149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.5	10.1	100.0	0.0
151	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.4	6.1	97.6	0.0
=152	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.1	9.8	99.8	0.0
=152	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12.1	10.2	100.0	0.0
=154	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	12.0	11.4	100.0	0.0
=154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.0	12.5	100.0	0.0
=156	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.8	12.7	100.0	0.0
=156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.8	13.5	100.0	0.0
158	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	11.7	12.0	100.0	0.0
=159	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.4	9.1	99.6	0.0
=159	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.4	11.9	100.0	0.0
=159	United States`USA`Northern America	11.4	7.0	99.2	0.0
=162	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.1	10.7	100.0	0.0
=162	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11.1	10.4	100.0	0.0
=164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.0	9.3	100.0	0.0
=164	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.0	9.0	100.0	0.0
166	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	10.6	10.2	100.0	0.0
167	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	10.5	9.7	100.0	0.0
168	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.4	10.2	100.0	0.0
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	10.2	10.0	98.0	0.0
170	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.1	9.0	94.6	0.0
171	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	9.9	9.3	100.0	0.0
172	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.7	8.2	100.0	0.0
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.3	7.2	90.9	0.0
=174	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.2	8.9	100.0	0.0
=174	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	9.2	9.1	98.3	0.0
176	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.0	8.5	100.0	0.0
177	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.9	8.5	100.0	0.0
178	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	8.6	8.0	100.0	0.0
179	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	8.4	8.3	100.0	0.0
180	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.3	8.2	97.9	0.0
=181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8.2	8.1	100.0	0.0
=181	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	8.2	7.7	98.7	0.0
183	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.1	3.6	95.3	0.0
=184	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	8.0	7.8	97.7	0.0
=184	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	8.0	7.6	100.0	0.0
186	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7.8	7.1	99.9	0.0
187	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7.4	6.7	99.8	0.0
188	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	7.3	6.2	95.7	0.0
189	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.2	4.3	86.7	0.0
=190	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	6.7	6.8	99.6	0.0
=190	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	6.7	6.3	93.9	0.0
192	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.6	4.7	88.1	0.0
193	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.5	6.0	98.4	0.0
194	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6.3	6.3	97.8	0.0
195	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	6.2	6.2	87.4	0.0
196	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.1	3.9	69.7	0.0
197	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.6	5.6	78.9	0.0
198	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.3	5.3	73.9	0.0
199	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4.9	4.9	33.8	0.0
=200	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.6	3.7	38.1	0.0
=200	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.6	4.4	7.3	0.0
202	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	4.4	4.0	11.3	0.0
203	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	3.9	3.9	2.6	0.0
=204	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.8	3.2	19.4	0.0
=204	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3.8	3.7	0.0	0.0
=204	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.8	3.6	1.0	0.0
207	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.6	3.0	3.2	0.0
208	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.4	3.1	0.0	0.0
=209	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	3.3	3.2	0.0	0.0
=209	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	3.3	3.1	0.0	0.0
211	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.2	3.0	0.0	0.0
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	3.1	3.3	0.0	0.0
213	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	3.0	2.9	0.0	0.0
214	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.9	2.8	0.0	0.0
215	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.8	1.6	0.2	0.0
216	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	2.7	2.6	0.0	0.0
=217	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	2.1	2.2	0.0	0.0
=217	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	2.1	-1.9	0.0	0.0
=217	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2.1	2.2	0.0	0.0
220	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.8	1.2	0.0	0.0

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Qatar85.0
2Lesotho69.5
3Niger62.4
4Saudi Arabia59.4
5Bangladesh56.4

Lowest

220Greenland1.8
217French Polynesiashared2.1
217Niueshared2.1
217Cook Islandsshared2.1
216American Samoa2.7

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

PM2.5, geographic mean (µg/m³)
HighestQatar90.5
LowestFrench Polynesia-1.9
Middle country: 14.9
People at or above 5 µg/m³, the WHO guideline (%)
Highest168 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 100.0
People at or above 35 µg/m³, the WHO's first interim target (%)
Highest3 share it
Lowest130 share it
Middle country: 0.0

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

+0 / −0countries joined / left
213values changed, of 220 in both
123 · 90rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho52.1 → 69.5+17.4
Niger48.0 → 62.4+14.4
Qatar72.2 → 85.0+12.8
Gambia29.8 → 39.4+9.6
Nigeria38.3 → 47.8+9.5

Fell most

Singapore27.7 → 15.6−12.1
Malaysia20.9 → 13.8−7.1
Hungary23.0 → 17.0−6.0
Poland26.2 → 20.4−5.8
Czechia22.2 → 16.9−5.3

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

168 distinct values among 220
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 25.3. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 220 countries has every column.

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