Data for 2000

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2000

Figures for 2000, as Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2000 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 79.3; French Polynesia is lowest, at 1.8. The middle country reads 14.9. Against 1999, 216 values changed (177 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure · Data for 2000

HighestQatar

79.3

LowestFrench Polynesia

1.8

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

220countries
4measures per country
2000the year it describes
159distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2000, as published. Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2000: every country, as published by Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	79.3	88.5	100.0	100.0
2	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	60.2	49.1	100.0	82.2
3	NigerNERWestern Africa	57.9	52.3	100.0	99.7
4	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	56.8	51.9	100.0	100.0
5	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	54.0	56.2	100.0	97.6
6	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	49.8	49.8	100.0	100.0
7	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	49.5	55.0	100.0	97.5
8	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	45.7	48.9	100.0	60.8
9	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	42.6	38.0	100.0	73.2
=10	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	42.3	38.3	100.0	86.4
=10	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	42.3	52.3	100.0	48.5
12	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	41.1	31.2	100.0	51.9
13	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	39.8	39.2	100.0	82.2
14	SenegalSENWestern Africa	39.1	39.2	100.0	80.7
15	TogoTGOWestern Africa	37.5	39.6	100.0	60.1
16	MaliMLIWestern Africa	37.2	40.5	100.0	62.9
17	BeninBENWestern Africa	36.7	41.7	100.0	50.7
18	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	36.6	35.7	100.0	48.1
=19	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	36.3	36.0	100.0	67.7
=19	OmanOMNWestern Asia	36.3	37.7	100.0	48.8
21	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	35.1	34.3	100.0	42.3
22	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	34.5	30.4	100.0	37.4
23	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	34.4	23.2	100.0	46.1
24	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	33.5	28.4	100.0	38.3
25	GuineaGINWestern Africa	32.2	30.6	100.0	22.7
26	IraqIRQWestern Asia	32.0	30.5	100.0	27.3
27	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	31.2	33.7	100.0	32.3
28	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	31.1	30.1	100.0	29.3
29	IranIRNSouthern Asia	30.7	31.8	100.0	25.5
30	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	30.6	25.9	100.0	21.1
31	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	30.4	30.3	100.0	0.3
32	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	28.5	30.4	100.0	14.8
33	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	28.4	26.3	100.0	10.2
34	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	28.1	25.0	100.0	5.5
35	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	26.6	24.8	100.0	7.8
36	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	26.2	24.5	100.0	8.4
37	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	25.8	25.3	100.0	0.5
38	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	25.3	22.7	100.0	8.5
39	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	25.0	26.9	100.0	4.6
=40	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	24.9	24.0	100.0	1.1
=40	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	24.9	16.8	99.8	19.6
=40	YemenYEMWestern Asia	24.9	27.7	100.0	4.4
43	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	24.8	21.9	100.0	2.4
=44	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	24.6	15.7	100.0	8.0
=44	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	24.6	19.1	100.0	5.7
46	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	24.1	21.5	100.0	0.0
=47	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	23.8	20.3	100.0	4.6
=47	JordanJORWestern Asia	23.8	21.7	100.0	7.3
=49	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	23.5	20.5	100.0	3.8
=49	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	23.5	20.7	100.0	0.0
51	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	23.2	19.0	100.0	9.9
52	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	23.0	19.0	100.0	1.2
53	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	22.6	23.1	100.0	0.0
=54	PolandPOLEastern Europe	22.5	19.9	100.0	1.5
=54	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	22.5	20.6	100.0	0.0
=56	EritreaERIEastern Africa	22.2	25.5	100.0	6.0
=56	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	22.2	21.8	100.0	1.1
58	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	22.1	20.0	100.0	5.0
=59	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	21.4	19.5	100.0	0.3
=59	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	21.4	20.0	100.0	0.0
=61	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	20.9	18.8	100.0	1.5
=61	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	20.9	18.6	100.0	0.0
63	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	20.6	19.4	100.0	0.0
=64	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	20.4	18.5	100.0	0.0
=64	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	20.4	18.8	100.0	0.0
=64	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	20.4	18.6	100.0	0.0
67	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	20.3	25.1	100.0	0.7
68	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	20.2	19.3	100.0	0.0
69	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	20.1	19.8	100.0	0.1
70	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	20.0	19.3	100.0	0.0
71	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	19.9	18.7	100.0	0.0
72	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	19.8	22.3	100.0	0.0
73	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	19.7	17.5	100.0	0.7
=74	KenyaKENEastern Africa	19.6	13.2	100.0	2.2
=74	Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	19.6	19.6	100.0	0.0
=76	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	19.4	19.5	100.0	0.0
=76	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	19.4	18.1	100.0	0.0
=76	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	19.4	16.9	100.0	0.0
=76	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	19.4	18.4	100.0	0.1
80	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	18.9	16.0	100.0	0.0
=81	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	18.7	16.3	100.0	0.0
=81	IsraelISRWestern Asia	18.7	22.0	100.0	0.0
=83	HondurasHNDCentral America	18.6	14.2	100.0	0.0
=83	ItalyITASouthern Europe	18.6	15.1	100.0	0.0
=85	ChileCHLSouth America	18.5	14.6	99.9	0.0
=85	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	18.5	17.0	100.0	0.0
=87	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	18.1	16.3	100.0	1.8
=87	MexicoMEXCentral America	18.1	11.7	100.0	0.0
89	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	18.0	15.9	100.0	0.0
90	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	17.4	17.9	100.0	0.0
91	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	17.3	16.9	100.0	0.0
92	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	17.1	15.9	100.0	0.0
93	Northern CyprusXNCWestern Asia	16.7	16.5	100.0	0.0
=94	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	16.6	13.8	100.0	0.4
=94	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	16.6	16.7	100.0	0.0
96	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	16.5	16.7	100.0	0.0
97	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	16.2	15.9	100.0	0.0
98	BoliviaBOLSouth America	16.1	15.1	100.0	0.0
=99	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	16.0	13.7	100.0	0.0
=99	UkraineUKREastern Europe	16.0	15.0	100.0	0.0
101	JapanJPNEastern Asia	15.8	13.6	100.0	0.0
102	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	15.5	13.9	100.0	0.0
103	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	15.4	20.5	100.0	0.5
104	VenezuelaVENSouth America	15.3	11.7	100.0	0.0
=105	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	15.2	11.9	100.0	6.7
=105	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	15.2	17.6	100.0	0.2
=105	PeruPERSouth America	15.2	12.1	100.0	0.2
108	PanamaPANCentral America	15.1	13.8	100.0	0.0
109	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	15.0	12.5	100.0	0.0
110	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	14.9	12.0	100.0	0.2
=111	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	14.8	14.9	100.0	0.0
=111	BelarusBLREastern Europe	14.8	13.8	100.0	0.0
=111	Costa RicaCRICentral America	14.8	13.1	100.0	0.0
=111	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	14.8	9.9	99.9	0.0
=111	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	14.8	14.3	100.0	0.0
=111	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	14.8	14.3	100.0	0.0
=117	NicaraguaNICCentral America	14.7	11.0	100.0	0.0
=117	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	14.7	13.2	100.0	0.4
119	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	14.6	14.4	100.0	0.0
120	ColombiaCOLSouth America	14.4	12.7	100.0	0.0
121	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	14.3	10.0	97.1	9.7
=122	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	14.1	28.9	100.0	0.8
=122	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	14.1	13.2	100.0	0.0
=124	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	13.9	13.6	100.0	0.0
=124	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	13.9	13.3	100.0	0.0
=124	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	13.9	11.8	100.0	1.5
=124	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	13.9	13.7	100.0	0.0
=128	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13.7	9.6	99.8	0.0
=128	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	13.7	13.4	100.0	0.0
130	GabonGABMiddle Africa	13.6	13.5	100.0	0.0
=131	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	13.5	11.5	100.0	0.3
=131	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	13.5	16.0	100.0	0.0
133	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	13.3	11.9	100.0	0.0
134	EcuadorECUSouth America	13.2	12.4	99.9	0.0
135	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	13.0	12.7	100.0	0.0
136	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	12.9	10.8	100.0	0.0
137	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	12.8	10.0	100.0	0.0
=138	FranceFRAWestern Europe	12.7	11.2	100.0	0.0
=138	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	12.7	12.7	100.0	0.0
=138	ParaguayPRYSouth America	12.7	12.4	100.0	0.0
=138	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	12.7	6.4	98.0	0.0
=138	United StatesUSANorthern America	12.7	7.3	99.3	0.0
143	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	12.6	12.0	100.0	0.0
144	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	12.5	11.8	100.0	0.0
=145	ArgentinaARGSouth America	12.4	11.7	99.5	0.0
=145	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	12.4	11.6	100.0	0.0
=145	SpainESPSouthern Europe	12.4	10.5	100.0	0.0
=148	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	12.3	9.0	100.0	0.0
=148	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	12.3	10.3	100.0	0.0
=150	HaitiHTICaribbean	12.0	10.6	100.0	0.0
=150	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	12.0	12.4	100.0	0.0
=152	CubaCUBCaribbean	11.8	10.1	100.0	0.0
=152	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	11.8	9.6	99.9	0.0
154	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	11.6	10.8	100.0	0.0
155	BrazilBRASouth America	11.5	11.6	100.0	0.1
=156	GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe	11.4	11.5	100.0	0.0
=156	SurinameSURSouth America	11.4	9.0	100.0	0.0
158	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	11.0	11.2	100.0	0.0
=159	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	10.9	10.0	100.0	0.0
=159	UruguayURYSouth America	10.9	9.6	100.0	0.0
161	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	10.6	9.5	100.0	0.0
162	ArubaABWCaribbean	10.4	10.5	96.1	0.0
163	BelizeBLZCentral America	10.3	10.6	100.0	0.0
164	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	10.2	10.0	100.0	0.0
165	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	9.8	9.5	100.0	0.0
=166	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	9.5	8.9	100.0	0.0
=166	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	9.5	9.7	99.6	0.0
168	GuyanaGUYSouth America	9.1	8.5	100.0	0.0
169	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	9.0	8.9	100.0	0.0
=170	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	8.9	8.6	100.0	0.0
=170	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	8.9	8.0	100.0	0.0
=172	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	8.8	8.3	100.0	0.0
=172	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	8.8	7.2	100.0	0.0
174	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	8.6	8.4	100.0	0.0
=175	CanadaCANNorthern America	8.5	3.4	93.5	0.0
=175	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	8.5	8.2	100.0	0.0
177	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	8.4	7.3	92.2	0.0
=178	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	8.3	8.2	100.0	0.0
=178	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	8.3	8.3	100.0	0.0
=180	Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	8.2	7.7	100.0	0.0
=180	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	8.2	5.2	90.5	0.0
182	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	7.9	6.9	99.8	0.0
=183	DominicaDMACaribbean	7.8	7.6	100.0	0.0
=183	Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	7.8	7.4	100.0	0.0
=183	Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	7.8	7.4	100.0	0.0
186	BahamasBHSCaribbean	7.5	7.4	99.9	0.0
187	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7.4	5.6	79.3	0.0
188	BermudaBMUNorthern America	7.2	7.2	100.0	0.0
=189	AnguillaAIACaribbean	7.0	7.0	100.0	0.0
=189	MontserratMSRCaribbean	7.0	7.4	100.0	0.0
191	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	6.8	6.8	100.0	0.0
192	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.7	4.6	76.0	0.0
193	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	6.5	6.6	99.3	0.0
194	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	6.2	4.7	83.5	0.0
195	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	6.1	6.1	100.0	0.0
196	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	5.9	5.5	96.2	0.0
197	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	5.6	5.2	87.1	0.0
198	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	5.2	5.1	64.4	0.0
199	FijiFJIMelanesia	4.9	4.2	50.8	0.0
200	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	4.2	4.4	1.2	0.0
201	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	4.0	3.9	0.4	0.0
202	TongaTONPolynesia	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.0
203	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0
=204	PalauPLWMicronesia	3.7	3.6	0.0	0.0
=204	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	3.7	3.6	0.0	0.0
206	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	3.6	2.9	7.0	0.0
207	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	3.4	3.3	0.0	0.0
208	SamoaWSMPolynesia	3.1	3.0	0.0	0.0
209	American SamoaASMPolynesia	2.9	2.9	0.0	0.0
=210	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.7	2.7	0.0	0.0
=210	NiueNIUPolynesia	2.7	2.6	0.0	0.0
212	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.6	1.4	0.0	0.0
=213	GuamGUMMicronesia	2.5	2.4	0.0	0.0
=213	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.0
=215	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	2.4	2.6	0.0	0.0
=215	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	2.4	2.4	0.0	0.0
217	NauruNRUMicronesia	2.3	2.3	0.0	0.0
218	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	2.2	2.2	0.0	0.0
219	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	1.9	1.3	0.0	0.0
220	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	1.8	-2.2	0.0	0.0

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

220French Polynesia1.8
219Greenland1.9
218Cook Islands2.2
217Nauru2.3
215Tuvalushared2.4

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

PM2.5, geographic mean (µg/m³)
HighestQatar88.5
LowestFrench Polynesia-2.2
Middle country: 13.6
People at or above 5 µg/m³, the WHO guideline (%)
Highest174 share it
Lowest18 share it
Middle country: 100.0
People at or above 35 µg/m³, the WHO's first interim target (%)
Highest3 share it
Lowest146 share it
Middle country: 0.0

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
216values changed, of 220 in both
177 · 39rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Niger36.3 → 57.9+21.6
Nigeria31.4 → 45.7+14.3
United Arab Emirates41.7 → 54.0+12.3
Togo26.2 → 37.5+11.3
Benin25.7 → 36.7+11.0

Fell most

Lesotho58.8 → 36.3−22.5
Egypt42.0 → 34.5−7.5
Myanmar26.4 → 23.5−2.9
Latvia13.4 → 10.6−2.8
Iraq34.5 → 32.0−2.5

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

159 distinct values among 220
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 6 countries share 14.8. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 220 countries has every column.

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0626 held

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