The Air Quality issue category measures the direct impacts of air pollution on human health in each country. It consists of seven indicators: PM2.5 exposure, household solid fuels, ozone exposure, nitrogen oxides exposure, sulfur dioxide exposure, carbon monoxide exposure, and volatile organic compound exposure.
Air Quality
Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
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Iceland | 1 | 96.00 | 1.80 |
Sweden | 2 | 94.00 | 5.90 |
Finland | 3 | 93.50 | 8.90 |
New Zealand | 4 | 93.20 | 4.00 |
Norway | 5 | 92.40 | 8.40 |
Australia | 6 | 91.10 | 4.70 |
Ireland | 7 | 89.10 | 12.80 |
Canada | 8 | 88.00 | 5.50 |
Switzerland | 9 | 84.30 | 8.80 |
France | 10 | 82.00 | 9.50 |
Luxembourg | 11 | 81.00 | 10.00 |
Denmark | 12 | 80.50 | 9.50 |
Japan | 13 | 78.90 | 1.70 |
United Kingdom | 14 | 78.60 | 7.00 |
Portugal | 15 | 78.10 | 12.80 |
United States of America | 16 | 77.00 | 9.10 |
Netherlands | 17 | 76.80 | 7.50 |
Germany | 18 | 75.20 | 7.10 |
Austria | 19 | 75.00 | 9.70 |
Belgium | 20 | 74.60 | 9.30 |
Estonia | 20 | 74.60 | 19.40 |
Spain | 22 | 74.00 | 9.30 |
Malta | 23 | 73.20 | 11.10 |
Italy | 24 | 69.40 | 8.60 |
Singapore | 25 | 69.20 | 5.10 |
Cyprus | 26 | 68.30 | 9.90 |
Israel | 27 | 68.00 | 6.90 |
Barbados | 28 | 65.30 | 1.90 |
Uruguay | 29 | 63.60 | 3.90 |
South Korea | 30 | 62.90 | 3.10 |
Greece | 31 | 62.00 | 8.90 |
Brunei Darussalam | 32 | 61.70 | -0.70 |
Lithuania | 33 | 58.40 | 14.40 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 34 | 56.50 | 3.80 |
Slovenia | 35 | 55.10 | 7.30 |
Seychelles | 36 | 54.80 | 2.30 |
Bahamas | 37 | 54.50 | 3.80 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 38 | 54.30 | 3.30 |
Czech Republic | 39 | 53.30 | 7.30 |
Argentina | 40 | 52.00 | 3.90 |
Maldives | 40 | 52.00 | 6.50 |
Panama | 42 | 51.90 | 5.60 |
Costa Rica | 43 | 51.40 | 0.90 |
Latvia | 44 | 51.10 | 13.50 |
Slovakia | 45 | 50.90 | 9.30 |
Jordan | 46 | 50.70 | 8.30 |
Mauritius | 46 | 50.70 | 7.40 |
Cuba | 48 | 50.60 | 4.20 |
Russia | 49 | 48.80 | 13.70 |
Chile | 50 | 48.40 | 4.20 |
Kuwait | 51 | 47.00 | 8.60 |
Venezuela | 52 | 46.70 | 4.00 |
Taiwan | 53 | 46.20 | 4.20 |
Belarus | 54 | 46.10 | 13.00 |
Saint Lucia | 55 | 46.00 | 2.60 |
Croatia | 56 | 45.80 | 8.30 |
Brazil | 57 | 44.90 | 7.40 |
Turkey | 58 | 44.60 | 9.50 |
Ecuador | 59 | 44.10 | 4.80 |
Colombia | 60 | 44.00 | 6.60 |
Dominica | 60 | 44.00 | 0.90 |
Malaysia | 62 | 43.70 | 5.10 |
Grenada | 63 | 43.50 | 2.40 |
Paraguay | 64 | 43.30 | 3.10 |
Tunisia | 64 | 43.30 | 8.30 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 66 | 42.70 | 1.10 |
Qatar | 67 | 42.10 | 1.00 |
Tonga | 68 | 41.90 | 0.90 |
United Arab Emirates | 69 | 41.70 | 1.80 |
Iran | 70 | 41.60 | 9.20 |
Peru | 71 | 41.50 | 3.70 |
Lebanon | 72 | 41.20 | 8.60 |
Moldova | 73 | 40.50 | 14.00 |
Poland | 74 | 40.40 | 8.50 |
Jamaica | 75 | 39.80 | 2.70 |
Algeria | 76 | 39.40 | 7.10 |
Romania | 77 | 39.20 | 9.20 |
Turkmenistan | 78 | 38.70 | 5.80 |
Comoros | 79 | 38.40 | -1.30 |
Hungary | 80 | 38.20 | 7.90 |
Nicaragua | 80 | 38.20 | 0.20 |
Mozambique | 82 | 37.90 | -2.40 |
Belize | 83 | 37.60 | NA |
Albania | 84 | 37.50 | 5.00 |
Suriname | 85 | 36.90 | 2.80 |
El Salvador | 86 | 36.70 | 2.00 |
Samoa | 87 | 36.00 | 0.50 |
Ukraine | 88 | 35.90 | 6.60 |
Malawi | 89 | 35.70 | 0.60 |
Marshall Islands | 90 | 34.90 | 1.30 |
Bahrain | 91 | 34.70 | 7.70 |
Egypt | 92 | 34.60 | 6.50 |
Thailand | 93 | 34.40 | 5.20 |
Mexico | 94 | 34.20 | 2.30 |
Ethiopia | 95 | 33.70 | -2.00 |
Madagascar | 96 | 33.60 | -2.00 |
Dominican Republic | 97 | 33.50 | -1.00 |
Tanzania | 98 | 33.20 | -1.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 99 | 32.80 | 7.00 |
Timor-Leste | 100 | 32.50 | -3.90 |
Sri Lanka | 100 | 32.50 | 3.50 |
Armenia | 102 | 32.10 | 7.60 |
Guyana | 102 | 32.10 | 5.10 |
Kiribati | 102 | 32.10 | -1.00 |
Iraq | 105 | 31.80 | 9.70 |
Oman | 105 | 31.80 | 6.70 |
Papua New Guinea | 107 | 31.70 | -0.10 |
Micronesia | 108 | 31.60 | 0.80 |
Honduras | 109 | 31.30 | -2.00 |
Burundi | 110 | 30.70 | -1.10 |
Vanuatu | 110 | 30.70 | -1.40 |
Montenegro | 110 | 30.70 | 5.20 |
Fiji | 113 | 30.30 | 0.70 |
Bolivia | 114 | 30.00 | 2.80 |
Kenya | 114 | 30.00 | 1.00 |
Serbia | 116 | 29.40 | 8.80 |
Guatemala | 117 | 29.10 | 0.70 |
Bulgaria | 118 | 28.60 | 5.80 |
Kazakhstan | 118 | 28.60 | 6.60 |
Solomon Islands | 118 | 28.60 | -3.70 |
Liberia | 121 | 28.30 | -3.00 |
Haiti | 122 | 28.20 | -1.60 |
Cabo Verde | 123 | 28.00 | -5.50 |
Georgia | 124 | 27.90 | 4.70 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 125 | 27.80 | 4.30 |
Uganda | 126 | 27.40 | -2.60 |
Niger | 127 | 27.10 | -2.10 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 128 | 26.80 | -3.20 |
Mali | 129 | 26.70 | -2.10 |
Viet Nam | 130 | 26.50 | 4.20 |
Burkina Faso | 131 | 26.10 | -3.90 |
Cambodia | 132 | 25.90 | 2.40 |
Philippines | 132 | 25.90 | 4.30 |
Gabon | 134 | 25.70 | 5.30 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 135 | 25.10 | -4.00 |
Rwanda | 136 | 24.70 | -2.20 |
Chad | 137 | 24.30 | -2.10 |
Zimbabwe | 138 | 23.90 | 1.70 |
Zambia | 139 | 23.60 | -0.70 |
Kyrgyzstan | 140 | 23.50 | 6.00 |
Angola | 141 | 23.10 | -1.80 |
Equatorial Guinea | 142 | 22.90 | -0.60 |
Morocco | 143 | 22.70 | 3.20 |
Laos | 144 | 22.60 | 3.20 |
North Macedonia | 144 | 22.60 | 6.80 |
Benin | 146 | 22.30 | -3.60 |
Namibia | 147 | 22.20 | 2.80 |
South Africa | 147 | 22.20 | 7.50 |
Azerbaijan | 149 | 22.10 | 4.60 |
Senegal | 149 | 22.10 | -0.90 |
Sierra Leone | 151 | 21.60 | -0.80 |
Indonesia | 152 | 21.50 | 2.90 |
Mauritania | 153 | 21.10 | 0.10 |
Guinea | 154 | 21.00 | -1.40 |
Togo | 154 | 21.00 | -2.40 |
Gambia | 156 | 20.70 | -3.70 |
China | 157 | 20.60 | 6.60 |
Bhutan | 158 | 19.60 | -0.50 |
Djibouti | 158 | 19.60 | 0.50 |
Guinea-Bissau | 160 | 19.40 | -0.60 |
Eritrea | 161 | 19.30 | -1.80 |
Central African Republic | 162 | 19.00 | -0.50 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 163 | 18.20 | -1.50 |
Botswana | 164 | 17.10 | 2.80 |
Eswatini | 165 | 16.90 | 2.70 |
Myanmar | 165 | 16.90 | 4.40 |
Republic of Congo | 167 | 16.70 | -0.80 |
Uzbekistan | 167 | 16.70 | 3.70 |
Sudan | 169 | 15.60 | -2.40 |
Afghanistan | 170 | 15.50 | -4.30 |
Ghana | 171 | 15.30 | -1.40 |
Mongolia | 172 | 14.90 | 2.60 |
Bangladesh | 173 | 14.40 | 0.20 |
Nigeria | 174 | 13.80 | -3.00 |
Cameroon | 175 | 13.20 | -1.80 |
Tajikistan | 176 | 12.20 | NA |
Lesotho | 177 | 11.10 | 0.40 |
Nepal | 178 | 9.50 | -1.80 |
India | 179 | 7.80 | NA |
Pakistan | 180 | 5.70 | -0.30 |