Ozone exposure

 

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
Marshall Islands 1 100.00 0.80
Saint Lucia 1 100.00 14.20
Papua New Guinea 1 100.00 14.70
Dominica 1 100.00 16.40
Micronesia 1 100.00 17.70
Antigua and Barbuda 1 100.00 NA
Barbados 1 100.00 NA
Guyana 1 100.00 NA
Mauritius 1 100.00 NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 100.00 0.20
Trinidad and Tobago 1 100.00 4.60
Solomon Islands 1 100.00 14.50
Suriname 1 100.00 NA
Grenada 14 84.30 5.50
Ireland 15 84.00 25.60
Philippines 16 79.70 20.00
Finland 17 79.60 13.30
Fiji 18 78.10 -6.60
Australia 18 78.10 -11.80
Peru 20 77.10 -20.10
Estonia 21 76.20 6.00
Lithuania 22 74.60 12.80
Latvia 23 73.80 3.90
New Zealand 24 71.30 -10.90
Bahamas 25 70.40 8.50
Ecuador 26 69.80 -17.20
Brunei Darussalam 27 68.80 -1.10
Sweden 28 68.50 7.60
United Kingdom 29 68.30 6.90
Dominican Republic 30 67.10 3.60
Romania 31 66.80 21.50
Panama 32 66.50 -10.00
Colombia 33 66.20 -5.10
Seychelles 34 66.10 -32.40
Iceland 35 65.80 4.30
Chile 35 65.80 5.60
Costa Rica 37 64.60 -12.20
Japan 38 63.80 6.10
Albania 39 63.70 16.40
Comoros 39 63.70 -33.20
Guatemala 41 62.80 -5.20
Vanuatu 42 62.70 -1.90
Norway 43 62.20 8.50
Belarus 44 62.10 10.00
France 45 61.50 1.90
Singapore 46 60.90 -19.90
Cuba 47 59.70 6.30
Russia 48 59.60 15.20
Uruguay 49 59.50 -3.80
Venezuela 50 59.20 -7.40
Montenegro 51 58.60 -0.40
North Macedonia 52 56.90 22.00
Moldova 53 56.70 18.00
Serbia 53 56.70 20.30
Canada 55 56.30 1.90
Portugal 56 54.70 9.00
Nicaragua 57 54.50 -8.10
Cabo Verde 58 54.00 -17.80
Ukraine 59 53.80 10.60
Tonga 60 53.60 6.20
Slovakia 61 52.80 6.90
El Salvador 62 52.70 -9.60
Jamaica 63 52.60 4.90
Gabon 63 52.60 -23.40
Argentina 65 51.80 -4.00
Poland 65 51.80 3.00
Belize 67 51.60 -5.70
Luxembourg 68 51.20 1.90
Tanzania 69 50.80 -20.50
Mauritania 70 50.70 -19.40
Netherlands 71 50.50 -3.80
Taiwan 72 50.20 11.00
Mozambique 73 50.10 -13.20
Paraguay 74 49.80 -17.40
Germany 75 49.30 -0.80
Switzerland 75 49.30 0.50
Belgium 77 48.60 -0.20
Liberia 77 48.60 -27.60
Bulgaria 77 48.60 7.50
Slovenia 80 48.50 -2.10
Turkmenistan 81 48.40 2.80
Kuwait 82 46.90 2.10
Sri Lanka 82 46.90 -25.60
Malawi 84 46.30 -6.10
Greece 85 46.20 8.40
Samoa 86 46.00 6.20
Denmark 87 45.80 3.60
Malta 88 45.20 -3.50
Austria 89 44.90 -1.10
Mongolia 90 44.80 11.90
South Korea 91 44.40 -6.10
Madagascar 92 44.20 -32.80
Israel 93 44.00 4.10
Italy 94 43.90 -4.50
Bosnia and Herzegovina 95 43.50 0.40
Zimbabwe 95 43.50 -4.40
Czech Republic 97 43.40 -3.50
Timor-Leste 98 43.20 -19.30
Jordan 99 43.00 7.20
Iraq 100 42.70 3.60
Malaysia 100 42.70 -14.60
Bolivia 102 42.40 -21.80
Thailand 102 42.40 -6.80
Kenya 104 41.80 -26.80
Croatia 105 41.60 0.10
Lebanon 106 41.30 6.50
Viet Nam 106 41.30 3.30
Brazil 108 41.20 -15.70
South Africa 109 41.10 -2.60
Djibouti 110 40.70 -14.80
Senegal 110 40.70 -14.70
Spain 112 40.20 -0.60
Georgia 113 40.00 -0.20
Burkina Faso 113 40.00 -17.40
Cambodia 115 39.90 -7.80
Haiti 116 39.70 NA
Sierra Leone 117 39.40 -12.00
Equatorial Guinea 118 39.30 -27.50
Mexico 119 38.80 4.80
Tunisia 119 38.80 -3.30
Cote d'Ivoire 121 38.70 -24.60
Honduras 122 38.10 -10.00
Uzbekistan 123 36.90 3.60
Angola 124 36.80 8.90
United States of America 125 36.70 5.00
Cyprus 126 36.50 -0.80
Zambia 127 36.40 1.20
Indonesia 128 36.30 -10.60
Uganda 129 36.10 -20.40
Ethiopia 130 35.90 -12.60
Hungary 131 35.80 4.70
Algeria 132 35.60 -0.40
Gambia 132 35.60 -13.50
Azerbaijan 134 35.50 -4.60
Oman 135 35.00 7.80
Eswatini 136 34.80 -7.90
Botswana 137 33.60 0.80
Nigeria 138 33.10 -6.80
Eritrea 139 32.80 -1.20
Sudan 139 32.80 -7.90
Republic of Congo 141 32.30 -14.70
Morocco 142 32.20 -7.60
Guinea 142 32.20 -14.50
Cameroon 144 31.70 -12.00
Iran 145 31.60 -1.30
Ghana 146 31.40 -19.70
Guinea-Bissau 147 31.30 -12.30
Saudi Arabia 148 31.10 2.10
Mali 149 30.80 -21.10
Niger 150 30.60 -12.30
Qatar 150 30.60 2.10
Chad 152 30.50 -7.10
Benin 153 29.10 -12.60
Togo 154 28.80 -14.70
Namibia 155 28.40 1.60
Rwanda 156 28.30 -22.90
Armenia 157 28.10 -0.60
Laos 158 28.00 -4.20
Sao Tome and Principe 159 27.80 -16.00
Turkey 160 27.70 3.40
Egypt 161 26.80 2.70
Maldives 162 26.30 -15.30
Kiribati 163 26.10 -16.40
Burundi 164 26.00 -19.60
Bahrain 165 25.00 7.00
Tajikistan 166 24.00 5.20
Kazakhstan 167 23.90 -3.00
Dem. Rep. Congo 168 23.50 -9.20
China 169 22.10 16.80
Kyrgyzstan 170 20.70 8.90
Lesotho 171 20.60 -5.20
United Arab Emirates 172 20.40 8.80
Myanmar 173 19.90 -0.20
Afghanistan 174 18.40 4.40
Central African Republic 175 13.80 -4.10
Bangladesh 176 10.30 1.50
Bhutan 177 2.90 1.00
Pakistan 178 2.10 -0.40
India 179 NA -0.10
Nepal 179 NA NA