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Air Pollution

The Air Pollution issue category (previously called "Acid Rain") measures countries' contribution and exposure to air pollution. It consists of two indicators measuring trends in the emissions of acid rain precursors (sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides), and two pilot indicators measuring exposure to ground-level ozone in a country's croplands and Key Biodiversity Areas.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Dem. Rep. Congo 1 100.0 54.7
Gabon 2 98.9 58.5
Australia 3 95.9 10.7
Belgium 4 94.3 -1.4
Luxembourg 4 94.3 -0.9
Slovakia 6 94.1 -1.0
Czech Republic 7 93.8 -0.9
Poland 8 93.5 -0.5
Hungary 9 93.3 -1.4
Austria 10 92.9 -1.1
Ukraine 10 92.9 31.3
Finland 12 92.8 0.0
France 12 92.8 -0.5
Slovenia 14 92.7 0.1
Germany 15 92.6 2.4
Netherlands 15 92.6 -2.8
Switzerland 17 92.5 -1.8
Bulgaria 18 92.3 -1.3
United Kingdom 19 92.0 -1.5
Estonia 20 91.5 6.7
Croatia 21 91.1 4.9
Norway 22 90.9 12.1
Canada 23 90.8 1.0
Brazil 24 90.6 29.3
Sweden 24 90.6 -0.3
Denmark 26 90.3 -2.0
Iceland 27 89.8 30.1
Italy 28 89.5 14.7
Spain 29 89.3 -0.2
Mexico 30 89.1 16.2
United States of America 30 89.1 -0.2
Portugal 32 88.7 4.5
Zimbabwe 32 88.7 42.7
Greece 34 88.0 11.0
Honduras 35 87.8 32.7
China 36 87.3 18.8
Ireland 36 87.3 -0.2
Montenegro 36 87.3 18.8
South Korea 36 87.3 -1.9
Romania 40 86.8 -7.5
Taiwan 41 86.5 -3.3
Japan 42 86.4 16.2
Serbia 43 86.3 -0.6
Ecuador 44 85.7 44.5
Jordan 45 85.5 67.4
South Africa 46 85.3 26.5
El Salvador 47 85.1 -7.4
Colombia 48 84.9 39.9
Namibia 49 84.0 28.0
Botswana 50 83.5 19.0
Cyprus 51 83.3 1.3
Malta 51 83.3 0.0
Lithuania 53 83.2 -2.2
Marshall Islands 54 83.0 -9.4
Solomon Islands 54 83.0 -10.2
Latvia 56 82.4 -4.9
Nicaragua 56 82.4 7.7
Belarus 58 81.9 4.6
Singapore 59 81.8 4.7
Kiribati 60 81.1 -12.9
Chile 61 80.9 8.9
Panama 61 80.9 23.5
Argentina 63 80.5 22.9
Suriname 64 80.3 59.7
Costa Rica 65 79.8 23.6
Cuba 66 78.8 12.7
Ghana 67 78.3 45.3
Tanzania 68 77.7 28.2
Jamaica 69 77.4 5.3
Kyrgyzstan 70 77.3 54.8
Micronesia 71 76.6 -17.8
Republic of Congo 71 76.6 60.4
Grenada 73 76.5 6.3
Venezuela 74 76.1 28.3
Thailand 75 75.8 12.4
Uruguay 75 75.8 24.7
Cote d'Ivoire 77 75.6 37.9
Zambia 78 75.4 39.0
Eswatini 79 75.3 -9.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 80 75.2 11.3
Samoa 80 75.2 1.9
North Macedonia 82 74.7 -6.4
Peru 82 74.7 17.7
Albania 84 74.5 -8.9
Bolivia 85 73.9 20.3
Georgia 85 73.9 21.6
Oman 87 73.6 29.4
Vanuatu 88 73.5 42.4
Egypt 89 73.3 39.4
Angola 90 73.2 59.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 91 72.8 0.7
Kenya 92 72.6 28.0
Trinidad and Tobago 93 72.5 0.4
Antigua and Barbuda 94 72.0 11.8
Cameroon 95 71.7 33.1
Belize 96 71.0 9.0
Fiji 97 70.7 -25.1
Iran 97 70.7 9.6
Tonga 99 70.4 -25.9
Barbados 100 70.0 6.7
Tunisia 100 70.0 0.9
Mauritius 102 69.6 12.5
Morocco 103 69.1 12.0
New Zealand 103 69.1 -17.7
Saint Lucia 105 68.6 -2.3
Papua New Guinea 106 68.2 -16.5
Dominica 107 68.1 -5.7
Azerbaijan 108 67.0 -11.1
Timor-Leste 108 67.0 6.3
Bahamas 110 66.1 0.2
Maldives 111 65.9 2.3
Qatar 112 65.3 23.6
Israel 113 65.2 -6.4
Russia 113 65.2 -0.1
United Arab Emirates 115 65.1 17.2
Algeria 116 63.7 14.8
Lebanon 117 62.5 35.6
Sudan 118 62.4 2.3
Paraguay 119 62.3 -7.7
Kazakhstan 120 61.7 -12.4
Guyana 121 61.2 25.5
Malaysia 122 60.7 30.9
Saudi Arabia 123 60.5 44.0
Burundi 124 59.6 -12.6
Niger 125 57.9 38.0
Iraq 126 57.3 47.2
Eritrea 127 56.3 -11.4
Haiti 128 55.7 38.3
India 129 55.3 26.1
Uganda 130 54.5 12.2
Nigeria 131 54.4 12.3
Armenia 132 54.2 8.6
Moldova 132 54.2 -13.3
Ethiopia 134 53.9 12.3
Chad 135 52.4 -0.6
Kuwait 136 51.8 -7.0
Dominican Republic 137 51.7 -27.0
Rwanda 138 51.2 5.2
Bhutan 139 50.9 21.2
Benin 140 50.4 26.7
Turkiye 141 50.0 -29.9
Guatemala 142 49.8 -19.5
Uzbekistan 143 49.2 -14.1
Sri Lanka 144 49.1 -1.3
Mongolia 145 48.2 13.7
Central African Republic 146 47.7 -15.4
Malawi 147 47.5 -19.4
Indonesia 148 46.2 24.5
Togo 149 45.3 22.9
Turkmenistan 150 43.5 22.6
Afghanistan 151 42.0 36.3
Brunei Darussalam 152 41.9 -7.3
Mozambique 153 41.3 -15.9
Tajikistan 154 41.0 18.1
Burkina Faso 155 39.8 -5.0
Philippines 156 39.7 -13.1
Senegal 156 39.7 -1.1
Mali 158 36.7 -7.9
Guinea-Bissau 159 35.0 -25.9
Lesotho 159 35.0 -15.8
Liberia 161 34.1 -14.6
Guinea 162 33.8 -7.3
Comoros 163 33.4 -24.2
Sierra Leone 164 33.0 -8.9
Bahrain 165 32.5 -40.8
Pakistan 166 32.2 -17.7
Madagascar 167 31.2 3.1
Gambia 168 26.4 -22.1
Mauritania 169 23.0 -23.5
Equatorial Guinea 170 22.3 -67.2
Sao Tome and Principe 171 20.4 -22.3
Seychelles 172 17.5 -61.3
Djibouti 173 16.8 -2.0
Laos 174 16.2 -4.5
Nepal 175 15.8 -2.2
Cambodia 176 14.5 -34.6
Cabo Verde 177 14.3 -27.5
Bangladesh 178 13.3 2.0
Myanmar 179 12.5 -21.0
Viet Nam 180 7.5 -34.8