Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted), by location (micrograms per cubic meter) by country
Countries reporting
256
Highest
58.09
Qatar
Lowest
4.12
Finland
Median
13
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
4,088
What the numbers show
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted), by location (micrograms per cubic meter) is currently reported for 256 countries. The highest value is 58.09 in Qatar; the lowest is 4.12 in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 13, and the mean is 17.03.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 198 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 37.0%), and the largest decrease in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (down 50.2%).
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 58.09 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Nigeria | 54.33 | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 53.52 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Cameroon | 52.97 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 5 | Niger | 50.7 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 49.35 | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 7 | Kuwait | 48.82 | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 8 | Chad | 47.98 | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 9 | Nepal | 46.65 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 10 | Bahrain | 46.05 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 43.87 | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 43.85 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 13 | Pakistan | 42.86 | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 14 | Senegal | 42.52 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 15 | India | 42.5 | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 16 | Ghana | 41.51 | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 17 | Mauritania | 40.57 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 39.8 | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 19 | Gambia | 39.6 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 36.21 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 35.26 | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 22 | Yemen | 34.04 | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 34.01 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.83 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 33.26 | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 26 | Mali | 33.12 | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 27 | Mongolia | 33.11 | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 32.89 | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 29 | Togo | 32.72 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 30 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 32.33 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 31 | China | 31.57 | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 32 | Tajikistan | 31.52 | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 35 | Armenia | 30.11 | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 36 | Oman | 30.05 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 37 | Uganda | 29.55 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 38 | Liberia | 29.54 | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 39 | Rwanda | 29.34 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 40 | Myanmar | 28.8 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 41 | Benin | 28.6 | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 42 | Sudan | 28.45 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 43 | Cabo Verde | 28.28 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 44 | Syria | 27.85 | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 44 | Syrian Arab Republic | 27.85 | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 46 | Djibouti | 27.63 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27.49 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.28 | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 49 | Lebanon | 26.48 | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 50 | Laos | 26.09 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 26.09 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26.09 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 53 | Haiti | 25.95 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 25.79 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 55 | Western Sahara | 25.52 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 25 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 57 | Thailand | 24.98 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 58 | El Salvador | 24.86 | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 59 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 24.74 | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 24.14 | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 61 | Bhutan | 24.12 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 62 | Libya | 24.12 | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 63 | Guatemala | 24.06 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 64 | Eritrea | 23.85 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 65 | Burundi | 23.57 | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 23.56 | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 67 | Jordan | 23.53 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 69 | Vietnam | 22.76 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 69 | Viet Nam | 22.76 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 71 | Honduras | 22.54 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 22.24 | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 73 | Gabon | 21.98 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 21.83 | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 75 | Ethiopia | 21.76 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 76 | Tunisia | 21.61 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 21.47 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 21.23 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 79 | Angola | 21.22 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 80 | Cambodia | 20.85 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 81 | Turkey | 20.58 | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 81 | Türkiye | 20.58 | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.56 | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 84 | Brazil | 20.44 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 85 | State of Palestine | 20.39 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 86 | South Korea | 19.18 | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 86 | Republic of Korea | 19.18 | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 88 | Algeria | 18.58 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 89 | South Africa | 18.25 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 18.12 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 91 | Serbia | 18.06 | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 92 | Caribbean | 17.79 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 93 | Malaysia | 17.59 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 94 | Lesotho | 17.46 | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 95 | Indonesia | 17.37 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 96 | Kenya | 17.35 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 97 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 17.16 | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 98 | Georgia | 17.06 | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 99 | Israel | 16.9 | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 100 | Philippines | 16.73 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 16.48 | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 102 | Somalia | 16.48 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 103 | Paraguay | 16.33 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 104 | Peru | 16.19 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 105 | Mexico | 16.13 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 15.96 | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 15.48 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 108 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15.41 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 109 | Zambia | 14.81 | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 110 | Poland | 14.73 | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 111 | Eswatini | 14.64 | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 112 | Malawi | 14.58 | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 113 | Colombia | 14.56 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 114 | Montenegro | 14.46 | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 115 | Greece | 14.38 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 116 | United Republic of Tanzania | 14.31 | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 117 | Botswana | 14.23 | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 118 | Cyprus | 14.23 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 119 | Morocco | 14.22 | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 120 | Curacao | 14.19 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 120 | Curaçao | 14.19 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 122 | Holy See | 14.17 | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13.94 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 124 | Aruba | 13.92 | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 13.49 | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 126 | Italy | 13.3 | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 127 | Croatia | 13.29 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 128 | Albania | 13.15 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 129 | Namibia | 12.84 | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 12.57 | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 131 | Argentina | 12.48 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 132 | Slovakia | 12.31 | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 133 | Cuba | 12.16 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 134 | Slovenia | 12.12 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 135 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 11.94 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 136 | Mozambique | 11.91 | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 137 | Mayotte | 11.89 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 138 | East Timor | 11.88 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 138 | Timor-Leste | 11.88 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 140 | Panama | 11.87 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 141 | Singapore | 11.84 | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Helena | 11.77 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 143 | Uruguay | 11.54 | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 144 | Comoros | 11.47 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 145 | Belize | 11.37 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 146 | Hungary | 11.21 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 147 | Malta | 11.19 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 148 | Jamaica | 11.11 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 149 | Czechia | 10.97 | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 150 | Madagascar | 10.59 | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 151 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 10.51 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 152 | Romania | 10.41 | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 10.28 | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 154 | Maldives | 10.08 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 155 | Guyana | 9.99 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 156 | Cayman Islands | 9.97 | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 157 | United States | 9.83 | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 158 | Barbados | 9.77 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 159 | Latvia | 9.64 | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.58 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 161 | Seychelles | 9.58 | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 162 | Belgium | 9.56 | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 163 | Austria | 9.53 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 164 | Suriname | 9.47 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 165 | Belarus | 9.32 | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 166 | Ukraine | 9.3 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 167 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 9.03 | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 168 | Grenada | 8.9 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 169 | Moldova | 8.88 | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 169 | Republic of Moldova | 8.88 | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 171 | Canada | 8.83 | 2023 | up 23.7% | flat |
| 172 | Martinique | 8.81 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 173 | France | 8.81 | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 8.78 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 175 | Monaco | 8.72 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 176 | Germany | 8.69 | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 177 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.65 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 178 | Andorra | 8.65 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 179 | San Marino | 8.62 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.61 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 181 | French Guiana | 8.6 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.57 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 183 | Japan | 8.5 | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 184 | Gibraltar | 8.44 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 185 | Guernsey | 8.3 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | 8.22 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 187 | Lithuania | 8.17 | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 188 | Ecuador | 8.14 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 189 | Switzerland | 8.13 | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 190 | Bahamas | 8.07 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 191 | Mauritius | 8.06 | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 192 | Spain | 8.03 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 193 | Jersey | 7.99 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 194 | Guadeloupe | 7.97 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 195 | United Kingdom | 7.95 | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 195 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.95 | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 7.87 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 198 | Saint Barthélemy | 7.82 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 199 | Anguilla | 7.72 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 200 | Denmark | 7.71 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 201 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.69 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 202 | Dominica | 7.63 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 203 | Saint Martin (French part) | 7.61 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 204 | Russia | 7.36 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 204 | Russian Federation | 7.36 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 206 | Guam | 7.3 | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 207 | Bermuda | 7.28 | 2023 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 208 | Montserrat | 7.23 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.14 | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 210 | Luxembourg | 6.97 | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 211 | Liechtenstein | 6.97 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 212 | Christmas Island | 6.68 | 2023 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 213 | Ireland | 6.62 | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 214 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 6.41 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 215 | Marshall Islands | 6.37 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 216 | Micronesia | 6.33 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 217 | American Samoa | 6.32 | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 218 | Fiji | 6.24 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 219 | Australia | 6.23 | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 220 | Papua New Guinea | 6.22 | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 221 | Portugal | 6.21 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 222 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.2 | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 223 | Melanesia | 6.19 | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 224 | Tonga | 6.19 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 225 | Vanuatu | 6.15 | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 226 | Isle of Man | 6.12 | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 227 | Palau | 5.96 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 228 | Polynesia | 5.94 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 229 | Samoa | 5.94 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 230 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5.92 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 231 | Reunion | 5.92 | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 231 | Réunion | 5.92 | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 233 | New Zealand | 5.9 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 234 | Solomon Islands | 5.87 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 235 | Faroe Islands | 5.82 | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 236 | French Polynesia | 5.81 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 237 | New Caledonia | 5.81 | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 238 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.78 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 239 | Niue | 5.77 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 240 | Kiribati | 5.75 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 241 | Tuvalu | 5.75 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 242 | Iceland | 5.64 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 243 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 5.63 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 244 | Cook Islands | 5.62 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 245 | Norfolk Island | 5.32 | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 246 | Estonia | 5.25 | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 247 | Nauru | 5.2 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 247 | Naoero | 5.2 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 249 | Norway | 5.09 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 250 | Tokelau | 4.97 | 2023 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 251 | Brunei | 4.77 | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 251 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.77 | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 253 | Greenland | 4.64 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 254 | Sweden | 4.62 | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 255 | Pitcairn | 4.42 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 256 | Finland | 4.12 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Africa 44.94
- Southern Asia 42
- Central and Southern Asia 41.18
- Asia 31.97
- Northern Africa 31.03
- Middle Africa 30.93
- Developing regions 29.92
- Eastern Asia 29.72
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 28.68
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 28.38
- Africa 28.2
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.71
- Western Asia 27.59
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 26.4
- World 26.06
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 25.32
- Central Asia 21.59
- South-eastern Asia 19.56
- Eastern Africa 18.02
- Southern Africa 17.47
- Central America 17.17
- Latin America and the Caribbean 16.98
- South America 16.84
- Americas 12.88
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 12.61
- Southern Europe 11.11
- United States of America 9.83
- Northern America 9.72
- Eastern Europe 9.36
- Europe and Northern America 9.24
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 9.08
- Europe 8.92
- Western Europe 8.82
- Northern Europe 7.38
- Oceania 6.19
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 6.18