Table 3.
Qualitative Comparison of Air Quality (AQI), World Bank Income Status, and Healthcare Quality and Access (HAQ) to Global Asthma Prevalence
| Asthma Prevalence % | AQI (2020) (13) | Income Status (2022) (11) | HAQ Index (2017) (10) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 8.29% | |||
| United States of America | 11.25% | 9.6 | High | 81.3 |
| Canada | 5.32% | 7.3 | High | 87.6 |
| South America | 4.90% | |||
| Argentina | 7.54% | 14.2 | Upper-middle | 68.4 |
| Chile | 5.64% | 19.3 | Upper-middle | 76.0 |
| Brazil | 5.13% | 14.2 | Upper-middle | 64.9 |
| Peru | 4.56% | 17.9 | Upper-middle | 69.6 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.43% | NR | Upper-middle | 59.2 |
| Ecuador | 4.18% | 7.6 | Upper-middle | 61.2 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.06% | NR | Temporarily unclassified in July 2021 pending release of revised national accounts statistics | 64.7 |
| Colombia | 3.68% | 15.6 | Upper-middle | 67.8 |
| Europe | 5.69% | |||
| United Kingdom | 10.07% | 8.3 | High | 84.6 |
| Portugal | 9.97% | 9.1 | High | 84.5 |
| Sweden | 8.24% | 5 | High | 90.5 |
| The Netherlands | 7.66% | 9.7 | High | 89.5 |
| Ireland | 7.56% | 8.6 | High | 88.4 |
| Norway | 7.36% | 5.7 | High | 90.5 |
| Switzerland | 7.29% | 9 | High | 91.8 |
| France | 7.22% | 11.1 | High | 87.9 |
| Finland | 6.70% | 5 | High | 89.6 |
| Poland | 5.88% | 16.9 | High | 79.6 |
| Greece | 5.79% | 18.4 | High | 87.0 |
| Austria | 5.72% | 10.9 | High | 88.2 |
| Denmark | 5.29% | 9.4 | High | 85.7 |
| Belgium | 5.07% | 8.9 | High | 87.9 |
| Spain | 4.95% | 10.4 | High | 89.6 |
| Germany | 4.55% | 10.1 | High | 86.4 |
| Romania | 4.47% | 15.8 | Upper-middle | 74.4 |
| Italy | 4.33% | 18.5 | High | 88.7 |
| Bulgaria | 3.87% | 27.5 | Upper-middle | 71.4 |
| Belarus | 3.69% | NR | Upper-middle | 74.4 |
| Hungary | 3.56% | 14.3 | High | 79.6 |
| Ukraine | 3.48% | 19.2 | Lower-middle | 72.7 |
| Czechia | 3.29% | NR | High | 84.8 |
| Slovakia | 3.13% | 15.3 | High | 78.6 |
| Serbia | 3.05% | 24.3 | Upper-middle | 75.4 |
| Asia | 3.44% | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 7.55% | NR | High | 72.2 |
| Turkey | 5.38% | 18.7 | Upper-middle | 76.2 |
| Philippines | 4.81% | 12.8 | Lower-middle | 52.0 |
| Kuwait | 4.47% | 34 | High | 82.0 |
| Oman | 4.22% | 44.4 | High | 77.1 |
| Japan | 4.22% | 9.8 | High | 89.0 |
| Singapore | 4.02% | 11.8 | High | 86.3 |
| Republic of Korea | 3.91% | 19.5 | High | 85.8 |
| Qatar | 3.69% | 44.3 | High | 85.2 |
| Thailand | 3.59% | 21.4 | Upper-middle | 70.8 |
| Indonesia | 3.58% | 40.7 | NR | 49.2 |
| Vietnam | 3.23% | 28 | Lower-middle | 66.3 |
| Malaysia | 2.78% | 15.6 | Upper-middle | 66.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2.77% | 23.3 | High | 79.4 |
| India | 2.75% | 51.9 | Lower-middle | 44.8 |
| China | 2.11% | 34.7 | Upper-middle | 74.2 |
| Pakistan | 1.77% | 59 | Lower-middle | 43.1 |
| Bangladesh | 1.43% | 77.1 | Lower-middle | 51.7 |
| Africa | 3.67% | |||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 6.07% | NR | Lower-middle | 49.9 |
| Uganda | 5.03% | 26.1 | Low | 42.9 |
| Sudan | 4.35% | NR | Low | 50.1 |
| South Africa | 4.27% | 18 | Upper-middle | 52.0 |
| Tunisia | 3.85% | NR | Lower-middle | 70.1 |
| Nigeria | 3.68% | NR | Lower-middle | 51.3 |
| Egypt | 3.65% | NR | Lower-middle | 61.0 |
| Algeria | 3.41% | 20.2 | Lower-middle | 63.7 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 3.22% | NR | Lower-middle | 42.4 |
| Morocco | 3.05% | NR | Lower-middle | 61.3 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.03% | NR | Lower-middle | 40.4 |
| Ethiopia | 2.85% | 14.7 | Low | 44.2 |
| Kenya | 2.81% | 14.2 | Lower-middle | 48.7 |
| Zimbabwe | 2.08% | NR | Lower-middle | 48.7 |
| Oceania | 8.33% | |||
| Australia | 9.66% | 7.6 | High | 89.8 |
| New Zealand | 7.00% | 7 | High | 86.2 |
Abbreviation: NR, not reported.