Data for 2013

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2013

Name: PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2013
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, 2013 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 85.6; Greenland is lowest, at 1.9. The middle country reads 15.4. Against 2012, 215 values changed (56 up, 159 down), the same countries are covered.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure · Data for 2013

HighestQatar

85.6

LowestGreenland

1.9

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

220countries
4measures per country
2013the year it describes
167distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	85.6	102.7	100.0	100.0
2	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.3	64.2	100.0	97.9
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	64.1	52.2	100.0	90.3
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	59.5	62.2	100.0	98.4
5	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	58.0	64.6	100.0	89.6
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	57.3	58.8	100.0	97.7
7	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	53.8	43.6	100.0	94.6
8	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.1	30.3	100.0	75.9
9	India`IND`Southern Asia	50.3	41.5	100.0	72.0
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.2	41.9	100.0	87.1
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	45.3	54.0	100.0	92.9
12	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.5	32.9	100.0	73.8
13	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.9	32.0	100.0	39.9
14	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.6	40.7	100.0	48.4
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	37.4	40.5	100.0	58.7
16	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.1	34.6	100.0	48.7
17	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.7	37.3	100.0	48.9
18	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.4	36.3	100.0	56.6
19	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.3	35.7	100.0	40.2
20	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	36.2	29.1	100.0	37.6
21	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.8	43.8	100.0	47.6
22	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.4	33.2	100.0	54.4
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.4	36.2	100.0	37.0
=24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.5	30.5	100.0	21.4
=24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.5	34.7	100.0	35.3
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.1	31.5	100.0	46.8
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	33.0	28.8	100.0	36.8
28	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	32.9	34.8	100.0	32.3
29	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.2	30.9	100.0	9.0
=30	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.1	38.9	100.0	15.8
=30	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	31.1	26.8	100.0	36.4
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.3	30.8	100.0	12.0
=33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	29.8	26.9	100.0	19.3
=33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	29.8	29.4	100.0	24.5
35	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	29.7	32.2	100.0	16.2
36	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	29.6	32.7	100.0	15.9
=37	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.5	29.0	100.0	4.6
=37	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	29.5	26.7	100.0	19.6
=39	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.0	27.3	100.0	22.8
=39	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	29.0	27.2	100.0	5.9
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.9	23.6	100.0	22.1
42	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	28.8	21.8	100.0	19.1
43	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	28.7	26.7	100.0	15.7
=44	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.6	22.8	100.0	11.7
=44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	27.6	24.9	100.0	15.5
46	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.5	22.9	100.0	20.0
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	27.3	27.1	100.0	13.8
48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.1	16.8	100.0	23.5
49	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.0	23.4	100.0	11.4
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.6	31.7	100.0	17.2
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.5	19.0	100.0	28.9
=52	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.4	24.8	100.0	8.2
=52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	26.4	24.2	100.0	0.1
54	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.8	24.6	100.0	0.8
55	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.7	29.2	100.0	8.8
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.6	19.2	100.0	4.6
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	25.3	13.6	100.0	14.5
=58	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.2	24.2	100.0	0.0
=58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.2	19.5	98.0	25.1
=60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.8	21.7	100.0	7.4
=60	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24.8	21.3	100.0	0.6
62	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	24.7	25.4	100.0	3.5
63	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.5	23.6	100.0	0.1
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	24.3	22.4	100.0	9.6
65	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	24.2	23.3	100.0	0.0
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.1	25.4	100.0	2.9
67	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	23.1	21.3	100.0	9.2
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.8	17.0	100.0	1.8
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	22.4	21.6	100.0	2.4
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.2	22.7	100.0	1.3
71	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.4	20.0	99.9	0.2
72	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21.3	18.8	100.0	0.3
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	21.2	16.4	100.0	5.2
=74	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.9	20.2	100.0	0.0
=74	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	20.9	25.8	100.0	0.4
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.7	21.8	100.0	0.3
=77	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	20.6	18.9	100.0	0.1
=77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.6	12.7	100.0	1.1
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	20.5	17.6	100.0	0.0
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	20.4	19.1	100.0	0.3
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.9	21.0	100.0	0.0
82	Chile`CHL`South America	19.7	17.2	99.9	1.5
83	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.4	18.8	100.0	1.0
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18.9	12.4	99.9	0.0
85	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.5	17.2	100.0	0.0
86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.4	17.5	100.0	0.0
87	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18.3	14.5	100.0	2.9
88	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	18.2	15.6	100.0	0.0
89	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	18.1	18.1	100.0	0.0
90	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.8	13.2	100.0	1.2
=91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.7	15.3	100.0	0.0
=91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.7	10.3	99.7	0.0
=93	Colombia`COL`South America	17.4	16.3	100.0	0.0
=93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.4	16.1	99.9	0.0
=95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.3	16.5	100.0	0.0
=95	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.3	16.1	100.0	0.0
97	Peru`PER`South America	17.1	16.6	100.0	1.3
=98	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.0	15.2	100.0	0.0
=98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.0	13.5	100.0	0.8
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	16.7	17.5	100.0	0.0
=101	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.6	14.9	100.0	0.0
=101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.6	13.1	100.0	0.4
103	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.3	12.6	99.9	0.0
=104	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.2	17.2	100.0	0.0
=104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.2	13.3	100.0	0.0
=104	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	16.2	13.6	100.0	0.0
107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16.1	15.8	100.0	0.0
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.0	15.7	100.0	0.0
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.7	14.8	100.0	0.0
=110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.4	11.0	99.9	0.0
=110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.4	12.5	100.0	0.0
=112	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.3	14.8	100.0	0.0
=112	Northern Cyprus`XNC`Western Asia	15.3	15.2	100.0	0.0
114	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.2	14.3	100.0	0.0
=115	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.1	13.8	100.0	0.0
=115	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.1	14.4	100.0	0.0
117	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.0	15.2	100.0	0.2
118	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.7	14.2	100.0	0.0
119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.6	24.1	100.0	4.4
=120	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.5	12.7	100.0	0.5
=120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	14.5	12.4	100.0	0.0
122	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.3	11.5	100.0	0.0
=123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.1	16.4	100.0	0.3
=123	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.1	13.5	100.0	0.0
=125	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.0	13.3	100.0	1.3
=125	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.0	13.0	100.0	0.0
127	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.9	12.1	100.0	0.0
=128	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.7	13.5	100.0	0.0
=128	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.7	9.2	98.5	0.0
130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13.6	16.3	100.0	1.0
131	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.5	11.2	99.9	0.0
132	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13.4	13.1	100.0	0.0
=133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.2	11.9	100.0	0.0
=133	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.2	12.0	100.0	0.0
135	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13.1	12.0	100.0	0.0
=136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.0	23.5	100.0	1.4
=136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.0	12.2	100.0	0.0
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.8	12.9	100.0	0.0
139	Suriname`SUR`South America	12.6	10.4	100.0	0.0
140	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12.5	9.9	100.0	0.0
=141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	12.3	10.8	100.0	0.3
=141	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.3	14.0	100.0	0.0
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12.2	11.3	100.0	0.0
144	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.0	8.7	100.0	0.0
145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	11.9	11.8	100.0	0.0
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.8	10.6	99.6	0.0
=147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.7	12.4	100.0	0.0
=147	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11.7	9.9	100.0	0.0
=147	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.7	9.2	99.9	0.0
=150	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.6	11.9	100.0	0.0
=150	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	11.6	9.1	100.0	0.0
152	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	11.4	10.9	100.0	0.0
153	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.2	13.1	100.0	0.0
=154	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11.1	9.5	95.2	3.7
=154	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.1	10.8	100.0	0.0
156	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	11.0	10.4	100.0	0.0
157	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.7	10.7	100.0	0.0
158	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.6	11.1	100.0	0.0
=159	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	10.5	10.2	100.0	0.0
=159	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.5	9.7	100.0	0.0
161	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.4	8.3	100.0	0.0
162	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	10.2	8.4	99.6	0.0
163	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10.0	10.1	100.0	0.0
=164	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.9	9.8	100.0	0.0
=164	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9.9	9.8	97.4	0.0
166	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.7	8.0	99.7	0.0
167	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.4	8.0	97.8	0.0
=168	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	9.3	9.3	100.0	0.0
=168	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	9.3	9.1	100.0	0.0
=170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.2	7.5	99.8	0.0
=170	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.2	8.5	100.0	0.0
=170	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.2	8.9	100.0	0.0
173	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	8.7	8.1	100.0	0.0
174	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	8.6	8.0	100.0	0.0
=175	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8.5	8.1	100.0	0.0
=175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.5	6.5	87.9	0.0
=177	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.4	7.5	100.0	0.0
=177	United States`USA`Northern America	8.4	5.5	98.4	0.0
=179	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	8.0	7.5	100.0	0.0
=179	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	8.0	7.6	99.3	0.0
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	7.7	7.8	99.0	0.0
182	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	7.6	7.1	99.0	0.0
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.4	7.6	82.3	0.0
184	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	7.2	7.1	99.8	0.0
=185	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7.0	6.1	92.1	0.0
=185	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.0	4.3	92.3	0.0
=187	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.4	5.7	97.5	0.0
=187	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	6.4	6.2	84.8	0.0
=189	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6.2	6.0	98.9	0.0
=189	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.2	4.0	84.9	0.0
191	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.1	5.2	89.5	0.0
=192	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5.9	5.9	74.0	0.0
=192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.9	3.7	68.7	0.0
=194	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	5.8	5.5	75.4	0.0
=194	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.8	5.9	98.8	0.0
=194	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.8	5.3	89.3	0.0
197	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.7	3.8	56.1	0.0
198	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5.4	5.8	76.3	0.0
199	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5.3	4.3	53.9	0.0
200	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.0	5.1	47.6	0.0
=201	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4.6	4.6	39.1	0.0
=201	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4.6	4.7	7.9	0.0
=203	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	4.0	4.1	0.3	0.0
=203	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.0	3.8	0.0	0.0
=203	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.0	3.7	6.4	0.0
206	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	3.8	3.9	0.6	0.0
207	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.7	3.4	3.4	0.0
208	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3.6	3.6	0.0	0.0
=209	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	3.4	3.3	0.0	0.0
=209	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	3.4	3.3	0.0	0.0
211	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.2	3.1	0.0	0.0
=212	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	3.1	2.9	0.0	0.0
=212	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3.1	1.9	0.1	0.0
=212	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	3.1	3.1	0.0	0.0
215	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	3.0	3.1	0.0	0.0
216	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2.9	2.7	0.0	0.0
217	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.8	2.9	0.0	0.0
=218	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	2.2	2.3	0.0	0.0
=218	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	2.2	-1.9	0.0	0.0
220	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.9	1.1	0.0	0.0

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1Qatar85.6
2Bangladesh70.3
3Saudi Arabia64.1
4Kuwait59.5
5Lesotho58.0

Lowest

220Greenland1.9
218French Polynesiashared2.2
218Cook Islandsshared2.2
217Micronesia2.8
216Niue2.9

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

PM2.5, geographic mean (µg/m³)
HighestQatar102.7
LowestFrench Polynesia-1.9
Middle country: 13.9
People at or above 5 µg/m³, the WHO guideline (%)
Highest159 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 100.0
People at or above 35 µg/m³, the WHO's first interim target (%)
HighestQatar100.0
Lowest128 share it
Middle country: 0.0

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

+0 / −0countries joined / left
215values changed, of 220 in both
56 · 159rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Libya20.4 → 26.6+6.2
Singapore20.3 → 25.2+4.9
Cambodia21.7 → 25.8+4.1
Armenia22.9 → 26.5+3.6
Vietnam27.8 → 31.1+3.3

Fell most

Gambia46.8 → 27.0−19.8
Senegal46.9 → 29.8−17.1
Mali40.0 → 25.7−14.3
Niger50.6 → 37.4−13.2
Burkina Faso38.4 → 26.4−12.0

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

167 distinct values among 220
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 16.2. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 220 countries has every column.

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