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. 2024 Oct 30;19(1):82. doi: 10.5334/gh.1364

Table 1.

PM2.5 Levels: lowest and highest 3 countries by WHO Regions, 2019.


WHO REGION LOWEST HIGHEST


MEAN [95% CI] MEAN [95% CI]

Africa Mauritius 10.48 [8.25–12.84] Niger 50.15 [21.92–99.90]

Namibia 11.81 [6.32–18.88] Nigeria 55.64 [37.64–76.88]

Kenya 12.52 [7.80–17.78] Cameroon 56.37 [39.06–79.81]

Americas Bahamas 5.20 [3.77–7.05] El Salvador 22.15 [14.49–31.82]

Canada 6.39 [6.21–6.59] Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 25.23 [16.41–36.37]

USA 7.18 [7.07–7.28] Peru 29.07 [22.20–38.42]

Eastern Mediterranean Morocco 13.44 [11.03–16.52] Afghanistan 62.49 [45.04–86.46]

Somalia 14.28 [7.65–24.25] Egypt 63.16 [40.38–92.33]

Djibouti 19.98 [7.70–41.73] Kuwait 64.08 [55.65–72.49]

Europe Finland 5.47 [5.16–5.76] Kyrgyzstan 37.58 [26.16–52.31]

Iceland 5.79 [5.11–6.46] Uzbekistan 40.98 [29.83–57.12]

Sweden 5.96 [5.70–6.22] Tajikistan 53.65 [38.18–76.75]

South-East Asia Maldives 13.00 [10.33–16.7] Dem People’s Republic of Korea 41.46 [31.42–53.61]

Indonesia 19.34 [16.76–23.72] Bangladesh 45.99 [41.65–51.00]

Timor-Leste 20.47 [9.02–42.19] India 50.17 [47.87–52.43]

Western Pacific Niue 6.74 [3.15–13.16] Republic of Korea 24.04 [23.39–24.75]

Tuvalu 6.81 [2.59–13.49] China 38.15 [36.69–39.42]

Brunei Darussalam 6.86 [5.76–8.32] Mongolia 41.30 [30.68–53.50]