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Air Quality

The Air Quality issue category measures the impacts of air pollution on human health in each country. It consists of seven indicators: anthropogenic PM2.5 exposure, household solid fuels, ozone exposure, nitrogen oxides exposure, sulfur dioxide exposure, carbon monoxide exposure, and volatile organic compound exposure.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Iceland 1 89.7 1.8
Trinidad and Tobago 2 87.2 2.5
Barbados 3 85.8 0.5
New Zealand 4 83.1 -0.3
Norway 5 82.9 4.3
Finland 6 82.2 8.2
Sweden 7 81.2 7.3
Australia 8 81.0 3.1
Seychelles 9 80.2 -1.3
Antigua and Barbuda 10 77.8 0.2
Ireland 11 76.8 4.0
Bahamas 12 76.4 2.3
Mauritius 13 75.8 1.9
Grenada 14 74.4 2.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15 74.1 1.6
Saint Lucia 16 73.7 2.0
Canada 17 72.3 4.2
Denmark 18 70.9 6.7
Malta 19 69.9 2.5
United Kingdom 19 69.9 5.6
Brunei Darussalam 21 68.7 3.9
Suriname 22 68.3 1.2
Switzerland 23 67.5 2.1
Netherlands 24 67.4 6.7
Luxembourg 25 67.1 6.2
Germany 26 66.9 6.8
United States of America 27 65.8 3.6
Guyana 28 65.4 1.6
France 29 65.2 3.1
Belgium 30 64.8 6.3
Micronesia 30 64.8 0.6
Marshall Islands 32 63.4 0.2
Cabo Verde 33 63.1 0.3
Dominica 34 62.0 -2.3
Fiji 35 61.7 0.8
Austria 36 61.5 5.4
Portugal 37 61.1 0.7
Estonia 38 60.9 8.5
Tonga 39 60.3 0.5
Solomon Islands 40 60.1 0.2
Japan 41 59.9 3.1
Samoa 42 57.9 0.3
Panama 43 57.5 3.5
Vanuatu 43 57.5 0.4
Spain 45 56.2 -1.0
Cyprus 46 55.9 -0.5
Kiribati 47 54.5 -0.5
Venezuela 48 54.2 1.2
Turkmenistan 49 54.1 3.4
Greece 50 53.8 1.2
Israel 51 53.7 -0.4
Singapore 52 53.6 6.6
Mauritania 53 53.5 -0.7
Lithuania 54 53.2 9.5
Cuba 55 52.5 1.8
Italy 56 52.3 0.7
Uruguay 56 52.3 2.2
Belarus 58 51.3 10.9
Slovakia 59 50.6 7.7
Russia 60 50.5 6.7
Czech Republic 61 50.4 7.7
Costa Rica 62 49.6 1.7
Senegal 63 49.5 -0.7
Maldives 64 47.8 4.3
Argentina 65 47.6 -0.8
Oman 66 47.5 -2.0
Gambia 67 46.9 -0.4
Comoros 68 46.8 -5.9
Dominican Republic 69 46.3 2.6
United Arab Emirates 70 46.2 -1.8
Algeria 71 46.1 -0.9
Slovenia 72 45.8 2.9
Latvia 73 45.1 7.0
Mali 74 44.7 -0.6
Morocco 74 44.7 -1.6
Kazakhstan 76 44.5 4.4
South Korea 76 44.5 3.6
Tunisia 78 44.3 -0.2
Liberia 79 43.2 -2.8
Malaysia 79 43.2 6.3
Guinea-Bissau 81 42.9 -1.2
Jordan 81 42.9 0.2
Qatar 83 42.4 1.5
Kuwait 84 41.5 -3.8
Belize 85 41.3 2.0
Sao Tome and Principe 86 40.9 -3.3
Croatia 87 40.6 2.8
Taiwan 88 40.1 6.0
Lebanon 89 40.0 0.6
Papua New Guinea 89 40.0 -0.7
Ukraine 89 40.0 7.8
Burkina Faso 92 39.8 -2.4
Colombia 93 39.6 2.1
Romania 94 39.4 5.2
Hungary 95 38.7 6.3
Poland 96 38.5 8.8
Timor-Leste 97 38.3 0.8
Azerbaijan 98 38.2 5.1
Sierra Leone 98 38.2 -0.8
Ecuador 100 37.3 -0.4
Cote d'Ivoire 101 37.0 -4.5
Iran 102 36.9 0.1
Guinea 103 36.8 -0.9
Nicaragua 104 36.7 -0.2
Albania 105 36.5 2.9
Niger 105 36.5 -3.7
Brazil 107 36.2 -0.8
Jamaica 108 35.8 2.3
Montenegro 109 35.3 2.0
Sudan 109 35.3 -1.3
Turkiye 111 34.8 3.3
Saudi Arabia 112 34.7 -1.1
Botswana 113 34.5 1.1
Georgia 113 34.5 3.5
Moldova 113 34.5 6.8
Chad 116 33.6 -0.2
Paraguay 116 33.6 0.4
Bahrain 118 32.7 -2.6
Equatorial Guinea 119 32.4 -4.2
Ghana 119 32.4 -4.3
Bulgaria 121 32.0 3.7
Egypt 122 31.7 3.7
Serbia 123 31.6 4.3
Armenia 124 30.9 2.5
Madagascar 125 30.8 -2.0
Gabon 126 30.6 -2.3
Kyrgyzstan 126 30.6 4.1
North Macedonia 128 29.9 5.5
Mexico 129 29.7 0.7
Chile 130 29.2 -2.1
Djibouti 130 29.2 -1.0
Iraq 132 27.7 0.2
Uzbekistan 133 27.5 1.9
Namibia 134 27.4 -0.8
Eritrea 135 26.9 -1.9
Mozambique 135 26.9 -2.7
Togo 137 26.8 -4.1
Peru 138 26.6 -2.5
Thailand 139 25.5 3.1
Ethiopia 140 25.4 -1.3
Benin 141 25.0 -4.6
Haiti 141 25.0 1.1
Kenya 141 25.0 -2.2
Tanzania 144 23.9 -1.8
Bolivia 145 23.0 -2.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 146 22.9 2.0
El Salvador 146 22.9 1.0
Indonesia 148 22.8 5.1
Philippines 148 22.8 1.4
Zimbabwe 148 22.8 -1.8
Eswatini 151 22.5 -1.5
South Africa 152 20.4 -0.6
Guatemala 153 20.1 1.0
Sri Lanka 153 20.1 1.4
Malawi 155 20.0 -3.0
Angola 156 19.9 -0.4
Honduras 157 18.7 0.4
Cambodia 158 18.2 0.2
Nigeria 159 18.0 -4.1
Mongolia 160 17.8 2.9
Tajikistan 161 17.4 -0.4
Cameroon 162 17.0 -1.6
Bhutan 163 16.8 4.3
Zambia 164 16.7 -1.4
Afghanistan 165 15.8 -1.2
Central African Republic 166 15.6 0.8
Viet Nam 167 15.5 3.5
China 168 14.3 4.0
Uganda 169 14.0 -0.9
Laos 170 13.7 3.5
Republic of Congo 171 12.2 -0.6
Lesotho 172 11.8 -3.1
Burundi 173 9.1 -0.6
Myanmar 173 9.1 1.0
Rwanda 175 8.5 -0.4
Dem. Rep. Congo 176 8.2 0.1
India 177 6.8 1.0
Pakistan 178 6.4 0.7
Bangladesh 179 6.3 0.9
Nepal 180 6.2 0.2