Pm exposure 1990 2017 by country
Countries reporting
200
Highest
107.76
Qatar
Lowest
1.64
Greenland
Median
17.32
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,800
What the numbers show
Pm exposure 1990 2017 is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 107.76 in Qatar; the lowest is 1.64 in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.32, and the mean is 21.67.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 25.8%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 48.0%).
Pm exposure 1990 2017: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 107.76 | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 73.52 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 69.25 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 65.74 | 2023 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 65.23 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 6 | Kuwait | 62.35 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 58.37 | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 57.19 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 9 | Bahrain | 56.57 | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 10 | Cameroon | 55.6 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 11 | India | 54.05 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 53.2 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 13 | Iraq | 49.47 | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 14 | Oman | 46.86 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 15 | Yemen | 46.84 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 16 | Mauritania | 46.5 | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 17 | Egypt | 43.15 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 42.96 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Mongolia | 42.69 | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.22 | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 21 | Senegal | 41.65 | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 22 | Djibouti | 40.3 | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 23 | Iran | 40.25 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Benin | 39.66 | 2023 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 25 | Gambia | 38.27 | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 37.95 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan | 37.61 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 37.32 | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 29 | Congo | 36.54 | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 30 | Rwanda | 36.01 | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 31 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.81 | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 32 | Burundi | 35.69 | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 33 | Mali | 35.52 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 34 | Myanmar | 35.07 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 35 | Togo | 34.33 | 2023 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 33.66 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 37 | Tajikistan | 33.35 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 33.29 | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 32.77 | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 40 | Jordan | 32.63 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.29 | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 42 | Syria | 32.06 | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 43 | China | 31.99 | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 44 | Gabon | 31.32 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 31.25 | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 46 | Uganda | 31.21 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 31.09 | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 48 | Honduras | 30.72 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 49 | Bhutan | 30.07 | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 50 | Guatemala | 29.68 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 51 | El Salvador | 29.59 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 52 | Armenia | 28.55 | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 53 | Ghana | 28.14 | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 54 | Bolivia | 28.14 | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 55 | South Africa | 27.72 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 27.26 | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 57 | Lebanon | 26.69 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 58 | Lesotho | 26.44 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 59 | Turkey | 26.4 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.09 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 61 | Laos | 25.98 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 62 | Vietnam | 24.78 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 23.8 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 23.71 | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 65 | South Sudan | 23.67 | 2023 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 66 | Thailand | 23.49 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 67 | Chile | 23.1 | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 22.68 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 22.46 | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 70 | Palestine | 22.39 | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 71 | Philippines | 22.21 | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 72 | Israel | 21.9 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 73 | South Korea | 21.89 | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 21.81 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 75 | North Korea | 21.78 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 76 | Jamaica | 21.65 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 77 | Indonesia | 20.84 | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 20.42 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.39 | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 20.25 | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 81 | Zambia | 20.24 | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 82 | Cape Verde | 20.19 | 2023 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 83 | Tanzania | 20.17 | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.12 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 20.01 | 2023 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 86 | Angola | 19.91 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 19.68 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 19.6 | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 89 | Cambodia | 19.43 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 90 | Serbia | 19.34 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 91 | Venezuela | 19.2 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 92 | Tunisia | 18.87 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 93 | Morocco | 18.72 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 94 | Ecuador | 18.61 | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 95 | Georgia | 18.57 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 96 | Somalia | 18.54 | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 97 | Montenegro | 18.45 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 98 | Colombia | 18.36 | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 99 | Liberia | 17.92 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 17.7 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 16.95 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 102 | Belize | 16.76 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 103 | Eswatini | 16.75 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 104 | Malawi | 16.72 | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 105 | Mexico | 16.61 | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 106 | Algeria | 16.54 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 107 | Poland | 16.52 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 108 | Cyprus | 16.07 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 109 | Romania | 16.01 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 110 | Malaysia | 15.87 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 111 | Haiti | 15.81 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 112 | Croatia | 15.78 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 113 | Suriname | 15.67 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 114 | Albania | 15.51 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 115 | Paraguay | 15.33 | 2023 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 116 | Singapore | 15.14 | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 117 | Panama | 15.12 | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.12 | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 119 | Zimbabwe | 15.03 | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 120 | Moldova | 14.95 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 121 | Ukraine | 14.85 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 122 | Argentina | 14.35 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 123 | Italy | 14.29 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 124 | Namibia | 14.23 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 125 | Greece | 14.12 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 14.11 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 127 | Mauritius | 14.06 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.78 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 129 | Mozambique | 13.72 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 130 | Slovakia | 13.72 | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 131 | Hungary | 13.72 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 13.51 | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 133 | Brazil | 13.38 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 134 | Botswana | 13.24 | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 135 | Latvia | 13.01 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 136 | Czechia | 12.75 | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 137 | San Marino | 12.74 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 138 | Slovenia | 12.56 | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 139 | Madagascar | 12.39 | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 140 | East Timor | 11.99 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 141 | Belarus | 11.98 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 142 | Russia | 11.57 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 143 | Dominica | 11.52 | 2023 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 144 | Japan | 11.45 | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 145 | Monaco | 11.38 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 146 | Maldives | 11.16 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 147 | Grenada | 11.03 | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 148 | Barbados | 10.91 | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 149 | Uruguay | 10.85 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 150 | Malta | 10.81 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 151 | Lithuania | 10.75 | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.6 | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Lucia | 10.43 | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 10.17 | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 155 | Spain | 10.08 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 156 | Austria | 10.03 | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 9.77 | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 158 | United Kingdom | 9.46 | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 159 | Cuba | 9.45 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 160 | Seychelles | 9.26 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 161 | Andorra | 8.88 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.87 | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 163 | Germany | 8.81 | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 164 | Portugal | 8.77 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 165 | Netherlands | 8.59 | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 166 | Belgium | 8.45 | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.42 | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 168 | Switzerland | 8.32 | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 169 | France | 8.23 | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 7.84 | 2023 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 171 | Brunei | 7.57 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 172 | Ireland | 7.51 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 173 | Denmark | 7.5 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 7.43 | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 6.99 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 176 | United States | 6.97 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 177 | New Zealand | 6.88 | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 6.79 | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 179 | Canada | 6.55 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 180 | Fiji | 6.45 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 181 | Australia | 6.41 | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 182 | Estonia | 5.92 | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 183 | Norway | 5.52 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 184 | Bahamas | 5.28 | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 185 | Sweden | 5.26 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 5.22 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 187 | Palau | 4.94 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 188 | Iceland | 4.93 | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 189 | Nauru | 4.84 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 190 | Tonga | 4.69 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 191 | Bermuda | 4.63 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 192 | Samoa | 4.58 | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 193 | Finland | 4.57 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 194 | American Samoa | 4.33 | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | 4.1 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 196 | Kiribati | 3.87 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 197 | Micronesia (country) | 3.52 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 198 | Guam | 3.47 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 199 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.68 | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 200 | Greenland | 1.64 | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |