One of the leading causes of death on the planet is air pollution. According to recent studies, Iceland has the cleanest air. It is followed by Grenada and Australia. Among European countries, Estonia, Finland, Andorra and Sweden have the best indicators.
At the same time, in the countries with the most polluted air, the situation is critical. In Chad, the concentration of PM2.5 reaches 89.7 micrograms per cubic metre, making it the most polluted in the world. It is followed by Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain and Bangladesh.
Pollution is one of the most important and trending topics of our time, which gives us hope that the situation will soon start to stabilise. And when choosing a country to live in, we should definitely consider this factor as a key one.
Ranking by country in 2024
| Rank | Value | Population | ||
| 1 |
Iceland
|
3.4 | 353 thousand | |
| 2 | 3.8 | 111 thousand | ||
| 3 |
Australia
|
4.2 | 25.0 million | |
| 4 |
Puerto Rico
|
4.3 | 3.2 million | |
| 5 |
New Zealand
|
4.8 | 4.8 million | |
| 6 |
Estonia
|
4.9 | 1.3 million | |
| 7 | 5 | 5.5 million | ||
| 8 |
Trinidad & Tobago
|
5.1 | - | |
| 9 |
Andorra
|
5.4 | 77 thousand | |
| 10 |
Belize
|
5.6 | 383 thousand | |
| 11 | 6.2 | 10.2 million | ||
| 12 |
Suriname
|
7 | 576 thousand | |
| 13 |
Norway
|
7 | 5.3 million | |
| 14 |
Bolivia
|
7.3 | 11.4 million | |
| 15 |
Luxembourg
|
7.4 | 608 thousand | |
| 16 | 7.4 | 37.1 million | ||
| 17 |
Ireland
|
7.5 | 4.9 million | |
| 18 | 7.7 | 44.5 million | ||
| 19 |
Costa Rica
|
7.9 | 5.0 million | |
| 20 | 8.1 | 10.3 million | ||
| 21 |
Liechtenstein
|
8.3 | 38 thousand | |
| 22 |
Cambodia
|
8.3 | 16.2 million | |
| 23 | 8.6 | 5.8 million | ||
| 24 |
Angola
|
8.8 | 30.8 million | |
| 25 | 8.9 | 326.7 million | ||
| 26 | 8.9 | 66.5 million | ||
| 27 |
Nicaragua
|
8.9 | 6.5 million | |
| 28 |
Panama
|
9 | 4.2 million | |
| 29 | 9.1 | 126.5 million | ||
| 30 |
Ukraine
|
9.7 | 44.6 million | |
| 31 | 10 | 8.5 million | ||
| 32 |
Latvia
|
10.1 | 1.9 million | |
| 33 |
Honduras
|
10.2 | 9.6 million | |
| 34 | 10.6 | 8.8 million | ||
| 35 | 10.8 | 11.4 million | ||
| 36 |
Maldives
|
10.9 | 516 thousand | |
| 37 | 10.9 | 46.8 million | ||
| 38 |
Netherlands
|
11 | 17.2 million | |
| 39 | 11 | 82.9 million | ||
| 40 |
Russia
|
11.2 | - | |
| 41 |
Uruguay
|
11.3 | 3.4 million | |
| 42 |
Kenya
|
11.5 | 51.4 million | |
| 43 | 11.5 | 67.0 million | ||
| 44 |
Malta
|
11.7 | 485 thousand | |
| 45 | 12.2 | 209.5 million | ||
| 46 |
Guyana
|
12.6 | 779 thousand | |
| 47 | 12.6 | 9.8 million | ||
| 48 |
Lithuania
|
13.2 | 2.8 million | |
| 49 |
Singapore
|
13.3 | 5.6 million | |
| 50 |
Taiwan
|
13.4 | - | |
| 51 | 13.4 | 10.7 million | ||
| 52 |
El Salvador
|
14.2 | 6.4 million | |
| 53 |
Hong Kong SAR China
|
14.5 | - | |
| 54 |
Albania
|
14.5 | 2.9 million | |
| 55 | 14.5 | 5.4 million | ||
| 56 |
None
Kosovo (Disputed Territory)
|
14.7 | - | |
| 57 |
Philippines
|
14.9 | 106.7 million | |
| 58 | 15.1 | 2.1 million | ||
| 59 |
Macao SAR China
|
15.4 | - | |
| 60 |
Congo - Kinshasa
|
15.5 | - | |
| 61 | 15.6 | 1.2 million | ||
| 62 | 15.7 | 631 thousand | ||
| 63 |
Colombia
|
15.7 | 49.6 million | |
| 64 | 16.3 | 38.0 million | ||
| 65 | 17 | 3.7 million | ||
| 66 | 17.2 | 19.5 million | ||
| 67 |
Malaysia
|
17.7 | 31.5 million | |
| 68 |
Algeria
|
17.8 | 42.2 million | |
| 69 | 18.1 | 69.4 million | ||
| 70 |
South Korea
|
18.3 | 51.6 million | |
| 71 | 18.3 | 7.0 million | ||
| 72 |
Guatemala
|
18.6 | 17.2 million | |
| 73 |
Israel
|
18.8 | 8.9 million | |
| 74 | 18.9 | 60.4 million | ||
| 75 |
Azerbaijan
|
18.9 | 9.9 million | |
| 76 | 19 | 10.7 million | ||
| 77 | 19.5 | 126.2 million | ||
| 78 |
Syria
|
20 | 16.9 million | |
| 79 |
Senegal
|
20.4 | 15.9 million | |
| 80 |
Sri Lanka
|
20.7 | 21.7 million | |
| 81 | 21.1 | 82.3 million | ||
| 82 |
Turkmenistan
|
21.6 | 5.9 million | |
| 83 | 22.2 | 18.7 million | ||
| 84 |
Côte d’Ivoire
|
22.5 | - | |
| 85 | 22.6 | 2.7 million | ||
| 86 | 23 | 18.3 million | ||
| 87 |
South Africa
|
23.4 | 57.8 million | |
| 88 |
Peru
|
23.5 | 32.0 million | |
| 89 | 23.5 | 4.1 million | ||
| 90 |
Madagascar
|
23.7 | 26.3 million | |
| 91 |
Myanmar (Burma}
|
24.3 | - | |
| 92 |
Zambia
|
24.6 | 17.4 million | |
| 93 | 24.7 | 7.0 million | ||
| 94 |
Gabon
|
25 | 2.1 million | |
| 95 |
North Macedonia
|
25.6 | 2.1 million | |
| 96 |
Vietnam
|
27.2 | 95.5 million | |
| 97 |
Laos
|
27.6 | 7.1 million | |
| 98 |
Mongolia
|
29.5 | 3.2 million | |
| 99 |
Ghana
|
30.2 | 29.8 million | |
| 100 |
Indonesia
|
30.4 | 267.7 million | |
| 101 | 30.6 | 1.4 billion | ||
| 102 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
31.1 | 6.3 million | |
| 103 |
Ethiopia
|
31.3 | 109.2 million | |
| 104 |
Armenia
|
31.4 | 3.0 million | |
| 105 |
Iran
|
32.5 | 81.8 million | |
| 106 |
Uzbekistan
|
33.5 | 33.0 million | |
| 107 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
33.6 | - | |
| 108 |
Nigeria
|
36.9 | 195.9 million | |
| 109 |
Uganda
|
39.6 | 42.7 million | |
| 110 |
Nepal
|
40.1 | 28.1 million | |
| 111 |
Saudi Arabia
|
41.5 | 33.7 million | |
| 112 |
Qatar
|
42.5 | 2.8 million | |
| 113 |
Rwanda
|
44 | 12.3 million | |
| 114 |
Sudan
|
44.6 | 41.8 million | |
| 115 |
United Arab Emirates
|
45.9 | 9.6 million | |
| 116 |
Tajikistan
|
46 | 9.1 million | |
| 117 |
Egypt
|
46.5 | 98.4 million | |
| 118 |
India
|
53.3 | 1.4 billion | |
| 119 |
Kuwait
|
55.8 | 4.1 million | |
| 120 |
Burkina Faso
|
63 | 19.8 million | |
| 121 |
Bangladesh
|
65.8 | 161.4 million | |
| 122 | 66.6 | 1.6 million | ||
| 123 |
Pakistan
|
70.9 | 212.2 million | |
| 124 |
Iraq
|
80.1 | 38.4 million | |
| 125 |
Chad
|
89.7 | 15.5 million | |
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