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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 2.3
Trinidad and Tobago 2 87.1 2.2
Barbados 3 85.8 0.6
New Zealand 4 83.0 -0.7
Norway 5 82.9 4.8
Finland 6 82.2 8.6
Sweden 7 81.1 7.4
Australia 8 80.9 2.8
Seychelles 9 80.0 -0.3
Antigua and Barbuda 10 77.8 0.4
Ireland 11 76.8 3.8
Bahamas 12 76.4 2.5
Mauritius 13 75.7 1.9
Grenada 14 74.3 2.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15 73.9 1.8
Saint Lucia 16 73.6 2.6
Canada 17 72.4 4.1
Denmark 18 70.9 7.2
United Kingdom 19 69.9 6.0
Malta 20 69.8 2.5
Brunei Darussalam 21 68.6 4.7
Suriname 22 68.3 1.5
Switzerland 23 67.5 2.5
Netherlands 24 67.4 7.1
Luxembourg 25 67.1 6.1
Germany 26 66.9 7.2
United States of America 27 65.8 3.7
Guyana 28 65.4 2.4
France 29 65.2 3.2
Belgium 30 64.8 6.7
Micronesia 30 64.8 1.6
Marshall Islands 32 63.2 0.3
Cabo Verde 33 63.0 0.3
Dominica 34 61.9 -2.0
Austria 35 61.5 5.5
Fiji 35 61.5 1.2
Portugal 37 61.1 0.8
Estonia 38 60.9 8.6
Tonga 39 60.2 0.9
Japan 40 59.9 3.3
Solomon Islands 40 59.9 0.4
Samoa 42 57.8 0.7
Vanuatu 43 57.5 0.6
Panama 44 57.4 3.9
Spain 45 56.2 -1.0
Cyprus 46 55.9 -0.4
Kiribati 47 54.4 0.0
Venezuela 48 54.1 0.4
Turkmenistan 49 54.0 3.1
Greece 50 53.7 0.9
Singapore 50 53.7 7.7
Israel 52 53.6 -0.3
Mauritania 53 53.5 -0.3
Lithuania 54 53.2 9.9
Cuba 55 52.5 1.6
Uruguay 56 52.3 1.7
Italy 57 52.2 0.7
Belarus 58 51.3 9.5
Russia 59 50.5 5.9
Slovakia 59 50.5 7.6
Czech Republic 61 50.4 8.2
Costa Rica 62 49.6 1.7
Senegal 63 49.4 -0.1
Argentina 64 47.6 -1.2
Maldives 65 47.5 4.1
Oman 65 47.5 -1.8
Gambia 67 46.8 -0.2
Comoros 68 46.6 -4.7
Dominican Republic 69 46.3 2.8
United Arab Emirates 70 46.2 -1.4
Algeria 71 46.0 -1.0
Slovenia 72 45.8 2.8
Latvia 73 45.1 7.4
Morocco 74 44.7 -1.3
Mali 75 44.6 -0.2
South Korea 76 44.5 3.5
Kazakhstan 77 44.4 3.5
Tunisia 78 44.3 -0.2
Malaysia 79 43.2 6.8
Liberia 80 43.0 -2.0
Jordan 81 42.9 0.2
Guinea-Bissau 82 42.8 -0.5
Qatar 83 42.4 1.3
Kuwait 84 41.5 -3.9
Belize 85 41.2 1.9
Sao Tome and Principe 86 40.9 -2.9
Croatia 87 40.5 3.0
Taiwan 88 40.1 6.4
Lebanon 89 40.0 0.2
Ukraine 90 39.9 7.1
Burkina Faso 91 39.8 -1.8
Papua New Guinea 91 39.8 -0.1
Colombia 93 39.6 2.5
Romania 94 39.3 5.2
Hungary 95 38.6 6.6
Poland 96 38.5 9.2
Azerbaijan 97 38.2 4.1
Timor-Leste 97 38.2 1.2
Sierra Leone 99 38.1 -0.3
Ecuador 100 37.2 -0.5
Cote d'Ivoire 101 37.0 -3.7
Iran 102 36.9 0.1
Guinea 103 36.6 -0.7
Nicaragua 103 36.6 0.0
Albania 105 36.4 3.3
Niger 105 36.4 -3.2
Brazil 107 36.2 -1.0
Jamaica 108 35.7 2.7
Montenegro 109 35.2 2.5
Sudan 109 35.2 -1.1
Turkiye 111 34.8 3.4
Saudi Arabia 112 34.6 -0.9
Georgia 113 34.5 3.4
Moldova 113 34.5 6.6
Botswana 115 34.3 1.3
Paraguay 116 33.6 0.2
Chad 117 33.5 0.0
Bahrain 118 32.7 -3.0
Ghana 119 32.3 -4.1
Equatorial Guinea 120 32.2 -4.9
Bulgaria 121 31.9 4.0
Egypt 122 31.7 3.7
Serbia 123 31.6 4.3
Armenia 124 30.9 2.5
Madagascar 125 30.7 -1.1
Kyrgyzstan 126 30.6 4.1
Gabon 127 30.5 -1.8
North Macedonia 128 29.8 5.7
Mexico 129 29.7 0.7
Chile 130 29.2 -2.8
Djibouti 131 29.1 -0.9
Iraq 132 27.6 -0.4
Uzbekistan 133 27.5 2.1
Namibia 134 27.3 -1.0
Eritrea 135 26.8 -2.1
Mozambique 135 26.8 -2.0
Togo 137 26.7 -3.9
Peru 138 26.6 -2.8
Thailand 139 25.4 2.9
Ethiopia 140 25.3 -1.3
Haiti 141 25.0 1.2
Benin 142 24.9 -4.2
Kenya 142 24.9 -1.8
Tanzania 144 23.8 -1.4
Bolivia 145 23.0 -2.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 146 22.9 2.2
El Salvador 147 22.8 1.7
Indonesia 148 22.7 5.6
Philippines 148 22.7 1.9
Zimbabwe 148 22.7 -1.8
Eswatini 151 22.4 -0.5
South Africa 152 20.3 -0.6
Guatemala 153 20.1 1.2
Malawi 154 20.0 -3.1
Sri Lanka 154 20.0 1.7
Angola 156 19.9 -0.1
Honduras 157 18.6 1.0
Cambodia 158 18.1 0.2
Nigeria 159 17.9 -4.3
Mongolia 160 17.7 2.2
Tajikistan 161 17.3 -0.8
Cameroon 162 16.9 -1.3
Bhutan 163 16.6 4.0
Zambia 163 16.6 -1.3
Afghanistan 165 15.8 -1.3
Central African Republic 166 15.4 0.2
Viet Nam 166 15.4 3.4
China 168 14.3 3.6
Uganda 169 13.8 -0.6
Laos 170 13.6 3.7
Republic of Congo 171 12.1 -0.6
Lesotho 172 11.6 -2.8
Burundi 173 9.0 -0.5
Myanmar 173 9.0 1.2
Rwanda 175 8.4 -0.3
Dem. Rep. Congo 176 8.1 0.2
India 177 6.8 1.0
Bangladesh 178 6.3 0.7
Pakistan 178 6.3 0.7
Nepal 180 6.1 0.0