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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
Sri Lanka	100	32.50	3.50
Timor-Leste	100	32.50	-3.90
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
Montenegro	110	30.70	5.20
Vanuatu	110	30.70	-1.40
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

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