Ranking Countries

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Air pollution (PM2.5)

Population-weighted exposure to fine particles (PM2.5). Countries are modeled population-weighted means; states average EPA ground monitors without population weighting, and data years differ.

Darker = better (lower), by rank · 192 countries · World Bank (satellite-derived) · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

192 · World Bank (satellite-derived)
  1. 1stMicronesia3.5
  2. 2ndKiribati3.9
  3. 3rdMarshall Islands4.1
  4. 4thFinland4.6
  5. 5thSamoa4.6
  6. 6thTonga4.7
  7. 7thNauru4.8
  8. 8thIceland4.9
  9. 9thPalau4.9
  10. 10thTuvalu5.2
  11. 11thSweden5.3
  12. 12thBahamas5.3
  13. 13thNorway5.5
  14. 14thEstonia5.9
  15. 15thAustralia6.4
  16. 16thFiji6.4
  17. 17thCanada6.6
  18. 18thNew Zealand6.9
  19. 19thUnited States7
  20. 20thVanuatu7
  21. 21stLuxembourg7.4
  22. 22ndDenmark7.5
  23. 23rdIreland7.5
  24. 24thBrunei7.6
  25. 25thFrance8.2
  26. 26thSwitzerland8.3
  27. 27thAntigua and Barbuda8.4
  28. 28thBelgium8.4
  29. 29thNetherlands8.6
  30. 30thPortugal8.8
  31. 31stGermany8.8
  32. 32ndSaint Kitts and Nevis8.9
  33. 33rdAndorra8.9
  34. 34thSeychelles9.3
  35. 35thCuba9.4
  36. 36thUnited Kingdom9.5
  37. 37thSolomon Islands9.8
  38. 38thAustria10
  39. 39thSpain10.1
  40. 40thComoros10.2
  41. 41stSaint Lucia10.4
  42. 42ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines10.6
  43. 43rdLithuania10.7
  44. 44thMalta10.8
  45. 45thUruguay10.9
  46. 46thBarbados10.9
  47. 47thGrenada11
  48. 48thMaldives11.2
  49. 49thMonaco11.4
  50. 50thJapan11.5
  51. 51stDominica11.5
  52. 52ndRussia11.6
  53. 53rdBelarus12
  54. 54thTimor-Leste12
  55. 55thMadagascar12.4
  56. 56thSlovenia12.6
  57. 57thSan Marino12.7
  58. 58thCzechia12.7
  59. 59thLatvia13
  60. 60thBotswana13.2
  61. 61stBrazil13.4
  62. 62ndDominican Republic13.5
  63. 63rdHungary13.7
  64. 64thSlovakia13.7
  65. 65thMozambique13.7
  66. 66thTrinidad and Tobago13.8
  67. 67thMauritius14.1
  68. 68thPapua New Guinea14.1
  69. 69thGreece14.1
  70. 70thNamibia14.2
  71. 71stItaly14.3
  72. 72ndArgentina14.3
  73. 73rdUkraine14.9
  74. 74thMoldova14.9
  75. 75thZimbabwe15
  76. 76thSão Tomé and Príncipe15.1
  77. 77thPanama15.1
  78. 78thSingapore15.1
  79. 79thParaguay15.3
  80. 80thAlbania15.5
  81. 81stSuriname15.7
  82. 82ndCroatia15.8
  83. 83rdHaiti15.8
  84. 84thMalaysia15.9
  85. 85thRomania16
  86. 86thCyprus16.1
  87. 87thPoland16.5
  88. 88thAlgeria16.5
  89. 89thMexico16.6
  90. 90thMalawi16.7
  91. 91stEswatini16.7
  92. 92ndBelize16.8
  93. 93rdGuyana16.9
  94. 94thCosta Rica17.7
  95. 95thLiberia17.9
  96. 96thColombia18.4
  97. 97thMontenegro18.5
  98. 98thSomalia18.5
  99. 99thGeorgia18.6
  100. 100thEcuador18.6
  101. 101stMorocco18.7
  102. 102ndTunisia18.9
  103. 103rdVenezuela19.2
  104. 104thSerbia19.3
  105. 105thCambodia19.4
  106. 106thKazakhstan19.6
  107. 107thBulgaria19.7
  108. 108thAngola19.9
  109. 109thLibya20
  110. 110thKyrgyzstan20.1
  111. 111thTanzania20.2
  112. 112thCape Verde20.2
  113. 113thZambia20.2
  114. 114thKenya20.3
  115. 115thIvory Coast20.4
  116. 116thNicaragua20.4
  117. 117thIndonesia20.8
  118. 118thJamaica21.7
  119. 119thNorth Korea21.8
  120. 120thNorth Macedonia21.8
  121. 121stSouth Korea21.9
  122. 122ndIsrael21.9
  123. 123rdPhilippines22.2
  124. 124thSierra Leone22.5
  125. 125thSri Lanka22.7
  126. 126thChile23.1
  127. 127thThailand23.5
  128. 128thSouth Sudan23.7
  129. 129thAzerbaijan23.7
  130. 130thEthiopia23.8
  131. 131stVietnam24.8
  132. 132ndLaos26
  133. 133rdBosnia and Herzegovina26.1
  134. 134thTürkiye26.4
  135. 135thLesotho26.4
  136. 136thLebanon26.7
  137. 137thGuinea27.3
  138. 138thSouth Africa27.7
  139. 139thBolivia28.1
  140. 140thGhana28.1
  141. 141stArmenia28.6
  142. 142ndEl Salvador29.6
  143. 143rdGuatemala29.7
  144. 144thBhutan30.1
  145. 145thHonduras30.7
  146. 146thPeru31.1
  147. 147thUganda31.2
  148. 148thTurkmenistan31.2
  149. 149thGabon31.3
  150. 150thChina32
  151. 151stSyria32.1
  152. 152ndGuinea-Bissau32.3
  153. 153rdJordan32.6
  154. 154thUzbekistan32.8
  155. 155thCentral African Republic33.3
  156. 156thTajikistan33.3
  157. 157thEritrea33.7
  158. 158thTogo34.3
  159. 159thMyanmar35.1
  160. 160thMali35.5
  161. 161stBurundi35.7
  162. 162ndDR Congo35.8
  163. 163rdRwanda36
  164. 164thRepublic of the Congo36.5
  165. 165thBurkina Faso37.3
  166. 166thSudan37.6
  167. 167thAfghanistan37.9
  168. 168thGambia38.3
  169. 169thBenin39.7
  170. 170thIran40.2
  171. 171stDjibouti40.3
  172. 172ndSenegal41.6
  173. 173rdEquatorial Guinea42.2
  174. 174thMongolia42.7
  175. 175thChad43
  176. 176thEgypt43.1
  177. 177thMauritania46.5
  178. 178thYemen46.8
  179. 179thOman46.9
  180. 180thIraq49.5
  181. 181stNepal53.2
  182. 182ndIndia54.1
  183. 183rdCameroon55.6
  184. 184thBahrain56.6
  185. 185thUnited Arab Emirates57.2
  186. 186thPakistan58.4
  187. 187thKuwait62.3
  188. 188thNiger65.2
  189. 189thNigeria65.7
  190. 190thBangladesh69.3
  191. 191stSaudi Arabia73.5
  192. 192ndQatar107.8

US states

51 · EPA AirData (monitor annual means)
  1. 1stWyoming3.2
  2. 2ndHawaii3.8
  3. 3rdNew Hampshire5.3
  4. 4thMontana5.3
  5. 5thMaine5.6
  6. 6thVermont5.6
  7. 7thNevada5.7
  8. 8thColorado5.8
  9. 9thRhode Island5.9
  10. 10thMassachusetts6
  11. 11thUtah6
  12. 12thWashington6.1
  13. 13thOregon6.3
  14. 14thMaryland6.3
  15. 15thNebraska6.3
  16. 16thVirginia6.6
  17. 17thConnecticut6.6
  18. 18thFlorida6.8
  19. 19thSouth Dakota6.8
  20. 20thIdaho6.8
  21. 21stDelaware6.8
  22. 22ndNew Jersey6.9
  23. 23rdDistrict of Columbia6.9
  24. 24thNew York7
  25. 25thAlaska7.2
  26. 26thKentucky7.2
  27. 27thNorth Carolina7.2
  28. 28thTennessee7.2
  29. 29thWest Virginia7.3
  30. 30thNorth Dakota7.5
  31. 31stPennsylvania7.6
  32. 32ndArizona7.7
  33. 33rdIowa7.7
  34. 34thKansas7.7
  35. 35thMissouri7.9
  36. 36thCalifornia7.9
  37. 37thAlabama7.9
  38. 38thSouth Carolina7.9
  39. 39thWisconsin7.9
  40. 40thLouisiana8
  41. 41stMississippi8.2
  42. 42ndOklahoma8.2
  43. 43rdMichigan8.2
  44. 44thNew Mexico8.4
  45. 45thIndiana8.4
  46. 46thIllinois8.4
  47. 47thMinnesota8.6
  48. 48thGeorgia8.7
  49. 49thOhio8.8
  50. 50thTexas9.2
  51. 51stArkansas9.3

192 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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