We measure ozone exposure using the number of age-standardized disability-adjusted life-years lost per 100,000 persons (DALY rate) due to exposure to ground-level ozone pollution. A score of 100 indicates a country has among the lowest DALY rates in the world (≤5th-percentile), while a score of 0 indicates a country is among the highest (≥99th-percentile). Data for this indicator come from the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation’s (IHME) Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.
Ozone exposure
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micronesia | 1 | 100 | 8.7 |
| Guyana | 1 | 100 | 0.5 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 100 | - |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 100 | - |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 100 | 11.2 |
| Dominica | 1 | 100 | 11 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 100 | 9.5 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 100 | - |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 100 | - |
| Barbados | 1 | 100 | - |
| Suriname | 11 | 99.5 | -0.5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 96 | 5.1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 95.3 | 7.7 |
| Grenada | 14 | 79.8 | 4.9 |
| Ireland | 15 | 79.5 | 19.9 |
| Philippines | 16 | 75.4 | 19.8 |
| Finland | 17 | 75.3 | 13.1 |
| Fiji | 18 | 73.9 | -9.9 |
| Australia | 19 | 73.8 | -12.6 |
| Peru | 20 | 72.9 | -14.9 |
| Estonia | 21 | 72.1 | 6.8 |
| Lithuania | 22 | 70.5 | 11.3 |
| Latvia | 23 | 69.8 | 3.8 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 67.4 | -8.3 |
| Bahamas | 25 | 66.6 | 9.1 |
| Ecuador | 26 | 66 | -14.1 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 27 | 65 | -2 |
| Sweden | 28 | 64.7 | 7.4 |
| United Kingdom | 29 | 64.5 | 3.7 |
| Dominican Republic | 30 | 63.3 | 4.2 |
| Romania | 31 | 63 | 17.3 |
| Panama | 32 | 62.7 | -8.8 |
| Colombia | 33 | 62.5 | -6 |
| Seychelles | 34 | 62.4 | -30.2 |
| Chile | 35 | 62.1 | 4 |
| Iceland | 35 | 62.1 | 4.6 |
| Costa Rica | 37 | 61 | -7.5 |
| Japan | 38 | 60.2 | 3.8 |
| Comoros | 39 | 60.1 | -27.3 |
| Albania | 39 | 60.1 | 12.1 |
| Guatemala | 41 | 59.2 | -1.1 |
| Vanuatu | 42 | 59.1 | -5.8 |
| Norway | 43 | 58.7 | 8.5 |
| Belarus | 44 | 58.6 | 8.3 |
| France | 45 | 58 | 2.1 |
| Singapore | 46 | 57.4 | -14.1 |
| Cuba | 47 | 56.3 | 7.4 |
| Russia | 48 | 56.2 | 14 |
| Uruguay | 49 | 56.1 | -4 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 55.8 | -7.5 |
| Montenegro | 51 | 55.2 | -1.8 |
| North Macedonia | 52 | 53.6 | 16.7 |
| Serbia | 53 | 53.4 | 16.5 |
| Moldova | 53 | 53.4 | 15.6 |
| Canada | 55 | 53 | 0.7 |
| Portugal | 56 | 51.6 | 7.6 |
| Nicaragua | 57 | 51.4 | -5.1 |
| Cabo Verde | 58 | 50.9 | -11.6 |
| Ukraine | 59 | 50.6 | 8 |
| Tonga | 60 | 50.5 | 4.5 |
| Slovakia | 61 | 49.7 | 6.4 |
| El Salvador | 62 | 49.6 | -7.7 |
| Jamaica | 63 | 49.5 | 0.9 |
| Gabon | 63 | 49.5 | -20.3 |
| Poland | 65 | 48.7 | 1.3 |
| Argentina | 65 | 48.7 | -3.7 |
| Belize | 67 | 48.6 | -3 |
| Luxembourg | 68 | 48.2 | 3.1 |
| Tanzania | 69 | 47.8 | -17.3 |
| Mauritania | 70 | 47.7 | -14.3 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 47.5 | -4.5 |
| Taiwan | 72 | 47.3 | 10.4 |
| Mozambique | 73 | 47.1 | -13.6 |
| Paraguay | 74 | 46.8 | -15.4 |
| Germany | 75 | 46.4 | -1 |
| Switzerland | 75 | 46.4 | 0.9 |
| Liberia | 77 | 45.7 | -20.4 |
| Bulgaria | 77 | 45.7 | 6 |
| Belgium | 77 | 45.7 | -0.6 |
| Slovenia | 80 | 45.6 | -1.7 |
| Turkmenistan | 81 | 45.5 | -1.6 |
| Kuwait | 82 | 44.1 | -1.5 |
| Sri Lanka | 83 | 44 | -19.4 |
| Malawi | 84 | 43.5 | -7 |
| Greece | 85 | 43.4 | 7.1 |
| Samoa | 86 | 43.2 | 4.7 |
| Denmark | 87 | 43.1 | 2.9 |
| Malta | 88 | 42.5 | -1.6 |
| Austria | 89 | 42.2 | -0.9 |
| Mongolia | 90 | 42.1 | 10.9 |
| South Korea | 91 | 41.7 | -6.6 |
| Madagascar | 92 | 41.5 | -26.1 |
| Israel | 93 | 41.3 | 3.5 |
| Italy | 94 | 41.2 | -3.5 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95 | 40.8 | 0.6 |
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 40.8 | -5.1 |
| Czech Republic | 97 | 40.7 | -3.4 |
| Timor-Leste | 98 | 40.5 | -12.2 |
| Jordan | 99 | 40.4 | 5.3 |
| Malaysia | 100 | 40.1 | -10.6 |
| Iraq | 101 | 40 | 1.4 |
| Bolivia | 102 | 39.8 | -17.7 |
| Thailand | 102 | 39.8 | -2 |
| Kenya | 104 | 39.2 | -22.3 |
| Croatia | 105 | 39 | -0.3 |
| Lebanon | 106 | 38.7 | 5.6 |
| Viet Nam | 106 | 38.7 | 5.3 |
| Brazil | 108 | 38.6 | -12.6 |
| South Africa | 109 | 38.5 | -4 |
| Djibouti | 110 | 38.2 | -12.2 |
| Senegal | 111 | 38.1 | -11.3 |
| Spain | 112 | 37.7 | -0.5 |
| Georgia | 113 | 37.5 | -2.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 114 | 37.4 | -13.6 |
| Cambodia | 114 | 37.4 | -2.1 |
| Haiti | 116 | 37.1 | 1.4 |
| Sierra Leone | 117 | 36.9 | -9.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 118 | 36.8 | -21.1 |
| Mexico | 119 | 36.4 | 4.9 |
| Tunisia | 120 | 36.3 | -1.1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 120 | 36.3 | -18.3 |
| Honduras | 122 | 35.6 | -6.9 |
| Uzbekistan | 123 | 34.5 | -0.1 |
| Angola | 124 | 34.4 | 7.6 |
| United States of America | 125 | 34.3 | 4.4 |
| Cyprus | 126 | 34.2 | 0.6 |
| Zambia | 127 | 34 | 0.1 |
| Indonesia | 128 | 33.9 | -6.7 |
| Uganda | 129 | 33.7 | -16.9 |
| Ethiopia | 130 | 33.5 | -11.8 |
| Hungary | 130 | 33.5 | 4.1 |
| Gambia | 132 | 33.3 | -10.3 |
| Algeria | 133 | 33.2 | -0.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 134 | 33.1 | -6.2 |
| Oman | 135 | 32.7 | 4.4 |
| Eswatini | 136 | 32.5 | -13.1 |
| Botswana | 137 | 31.4 | -1.1 |
| Nigeria | 138 | 30.9 | -4.9 |
| Eritrea | 139 | 30.6 | -2.6 |
| Sudan | 139 | 30.6 | -7 |
| Republic of Congo | 141 | 30.1 | -10.3 |
| Guinea | 142 | 30 | -10.9 |
| Morocco | 142 | 30 | -6.8 |
| Cameroon | 144 | 29.6 | -10.1 |
| Iran | 145 | 29.4 | -3 |
| Ghana | 146 | 29.2 | -14.6 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 146 | 29.2 | -9.7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 148 | 29 | 0.7 |
| Mali | 149 | 28.7 | -16.8 |
| Niger | 150 | 28.5 | -10.4 |
| Qatar | 150 | 28.5 | -0.3 |
| Chad | 152 | 28.4 | -7.2 |
| Benin | 153 | 27.1 | -9 |
| Togo | 154 | 26.8 | -10.7 |
| Namibia | 155 | 26.4 | - |
| Rwanda | 156 | 26.3 | -17 |
| Armenia | 157 | 26.1 | -2.3 |
| Laos | 158 | 26 | -0.8 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 159 | 25.8 | -12.3 |
| Turkey | 160 | 25.7 | 2.4 |
| Egypt | 161 | 24.9 | 2.1 |
| Maldives | 162 | 24.4 | -12.6 |
| Kiribati | 163 | 24.2 | -12.6 |
| Burundi | 164 | 24.1 | -14.4 |
| Bahrain | 165 | 23.1 | 3 |
| Tajikistan | 166 | 22.1 | 2.7 |
| Kazakhstan | 167 | 22 | -4.1 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 168 | 21.7 | -6.9 |
| China | 169 | 20.3 | 14.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 170 | 19.1 | 4.5 |
| Lesotho | 171 | 18.9 | -8.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 172 | 18.8 | 5.3 |
| Myanmar | 173 | 18.3 | -0.3 |
| Afghanistan | 174 | 16.9 | 1.8 |
| Central African Republic | 175 | 12.5 | -4.2 |
| Bangladesh | 176 | 9.2 | 1.6 |
| Bhutan | 177 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
| Pakistan | 178 | 1.3 | -1.6 |
| Nepal | 179 | - | - |
| India | 179 | - | -0.4 |