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. 2020 May 17;17(10):3493. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103493

Table 8.

Air pollution world country index arranged by average PM2.5 concentration (μg/m3), weighted by population. Source: IQAir, 2019 World Air Quality Report (https://www.iqair.com/, accessed on 15 April 2020).

Rank Country AQI Rank County AQI Rank Country AQI
1 Bangladesh 83.3 34 Laos 23.1 67 Lithuania 14.5
2 Pakistan 65.8 35 Chile 22.6 68 Czech Republic 14.5
3 Mongolia 62 36 Greece 22.5 69 Latvia 13.3
4 Afghanistan 58.8 37 Saudi Arabia 22.1 70 Belgium 12.5
5 India 58.1 38 South Africa 21.6 71 France 12.3
6 Indonesia 51.7 39 Nigeria 21.4 72 Austria 12.2
7 Bahrain 46.8 40 Algeria 21.2 73 Japan 11.4
8 Nepal 44.5 41 Cambodia 21.1 74 Germany 11
9 Uzbekistan 41.2 42 Israel 20.8 75 Netherlands 10.9
10 Iraq 39.6 43 Turkey 20.6 76 Switzerland 10.9
11 China Mainland 39.1 44 Hong Kong 20.3 77 Ireland 10.6
12 United Arab Emirates 38.9 45 Guatemala 20.2 78 United Kingdom 10.5
13 Kuwait 38.3 46 Ethiopia 20.1 79 Costa Rica 10.4
14 Bosnia & Herzegovina 34.6 47 Georgia 20.1 80 Puerto Rico 10.2
15 Vietnam 34.1 48 Mexico 20 81 Russia 9.9
16 Kyrgyzstan 33.2 49 Cyprus 19.7 82 Spain 9.7
17 North Macedonia 32.4 50 Malaysia 19.4 83 Luxembourg 9.6
18 Syria 32.2 51 Croatia 19.1 84 Denmark 9.6
19 DR Congo 32.1 52 Singapore 19 85 Malta 9.4
20 Myanmar 31 53 Poland 18.7 86 Portugal 9.3
21 Ghana 30.3 54 Romania 18.3 87 USA 9
22 Uganda 29.1 55 Jordan 18.3 88 Ecuador 8.6
23 Armenia 25.5 56 Egypt 18 89 Australia 8
24 Bulgaria 25.5 57 Philippines 17.6 90 Canada 7.7
25 Sri Lanka 25.2 58 Taiwan 17.2 91 New Zealand 7.5
26 South Korea 24.8 59 Italy 17.1 92 Norway 6.9
27 Iran 24.3 60 Ukraine 16.6 93 Sweden 6.6
28 Thailand 24.3 61 Slovakia 16.1 94 Estonia 6.2
29 Kazakhstan 23.6 62 Angola 15.9 95 Finland 5.6
30 Kosovo 23.5 63 Brazil 15.8 96 Iceland 5.6
31 Macao SAR 23.5 64 Colombia 14.6 97 U.S. Virgin Islands 3.5
32 Serbia 23.3 65 Argentina 14.6 98 Bahamas 3.3
33 Peru 23.3 66 Hungary 14.6