Data for 2002

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2002

Figures for 2002, as Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2002 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 72.6; French Polynesia is lowest, at 1.9. The middle country reads 15.4. Against 2001, 216 values changed (106 up, 110 down), the same countries are covered.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure · Data for 2002

HighestQatar

72.6

LowestFrench Polynesia

1.9

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
2002the year it describes
158distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	72.6	79.9	100.0	100.0
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	50.7	46.5	100.0	99.5
3	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	50.4	41.0	100.0	76.1
4	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	49.4	44.7	100.0	83.6
5	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	47.4	42.3	100.0	94.3
6	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	44.0	45.6	100.0	58.2
7	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	42.6	42.3	100.0	75.8
8	MaliMLIWestern Africa	41.6	39.3	100.0	92.6
9	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	41.1	39.1	100.0	81.7
10	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	40.7	37.7	100.0	81.2
11	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	40.5	48.0	100.0	70.4
12	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	40.4	38.1	100.0	61.4
13	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	39.7	43.2	100.0	95.6
14	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	39.5	43.8	100.0	53.1
15	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	38.6	24.9	100.0	56.8
16	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	37.4	27.8	100.0	47.7
17	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	36.8	31.3	100.0	44.9
18	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	35.3	35.3	100.0	56.0
19	SenegalSENWestern Africa	34.8	37.0	100.0	49.0
20	OmanOMNWestern Asia	32.3	34.0	100.0	22.5
21	BeninBENWestern Africa	32.1	36.2	100.0	35.8
=22	IraqIRQWestern Asia	32.0	30.9	100.0	34.0
=22	TogoTGOWestern Africa	32.0	32.3	100.0	32.8
24	GuineaGINWestern Africa	31.0	30.2	100.0	23.5
25	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	30.7	31.9	100.0	28.1
26	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	30.3	25.7	100.0	14.7
27	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	30.1	29.5	100.0	10.2
28	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	28.7	27.1	100.0	20.6
29	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	28.6	32.3	100.0	16.5
30	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	28.5	27.1	100.0	8.4
=31	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	27.5	28.8	100.0	15.8
=31	IranIRNSouthern Asia	27.5	29.3	100.0	13.0
=33	EritreaERIEastern Africa	27.3	28.7	100.0	11.9
=33	PolandPOLEastern Europe	27.3	24.2	100.0	14.0
=35	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	26.6	25.8	100.0	1.1
=35	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	26.6	26.7	100.0	0.8
37	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	26.4	27.1	100.0	4.9
38	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	26.3	20.8	100.0	16.1
39	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	25.7	24.8	100.0	0.0
=40	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	25.6	24.2	100.0	2.6
=40	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	25.6	21.1	100.0	9.4
42	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	25.1	15.9	100.0	8.6
43	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	24.8	23.5	100.0	0.0
=44	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	24.4	23.4	100.0	13.9
=44	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	24.4	20.7	100.0	6.7
46	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	24.1	22.4	100.0	0.0
47	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	24.0	19.3	100.0	3.8
48	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	23.9	21.3	100.0	5.7
49	JordanJORWestern Asia	23.7	23.5	100.0	6.8
=50	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	23.5	21.6	100.0	1.5
=50	YemenYEMWestern Asia	23.5	24.8	100.0	1.8
52	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	23.4	25.4	100.0	0.3
=53	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	23.2	22.1	100.0	1.4
=53	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	23.2	22.7	100.0	0.3
55	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	22.9	19.4	100.0	1.7
56	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	22.8	20.8	99.5	0.0
57	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	22.5	19.5	100.0	4.2
58	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	22.4	19.9	100.0	0.0
=59	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	22.1	20.5	100.0	0.1
=59	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	22.1	14.7	100.0	14.1
61	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	22.0	20.4	100.0	0.0
=62	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	21.9	20.5	100.0	0.0
=62	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	21.9	20.5	100.0	0.0
=64	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	21.7	20.9	100.0	0.0
=64	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	21.7	18.7	100.0	0.0
=64	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	21.7	21.6	100.0	1.1
67	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	21.4	20.8	100.0	0.0
68	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	21.3	20.8	100.0	0.0
69	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	21.2	19.2	100.0	0.0
70	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	21.0	19.5	100.0	2.0
71	KenyaKENEastern Africa	20.9	14.8	100.0	4.1
72	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	20.8	19.8	100.0	0.0
73	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	20.5	20.4	100.0	0.0
=74	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	19.6	18.0	100.0	0.0
=74	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	19.6	26.7	100.0	0.1
76	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	19.4	14.0	100.0	0.0
=77	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	19.2	17.7	100.0	1.7
=77	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	19.2	17.5	100.0	0.0
79	UkraineUKREastern Europe	19.1	18.4	100.0	0.0
80	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	19.0	17.9	100.0	0.0
=81	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	18.9	14.8	100.0	0.0
=81	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	18.9	15.0	100.0	2.1
=83	ItalyITASouthern Europe	18.8	15.5	100.0	0.0
=83	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	18.8	16.8	100.0	0.0
=83	Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	18.8	18.8	100.0	0.0
86	BelarusBLREastern Europe	18.7	18.1	100.0	0.0
=87	BoliviaBOLSouth America	18.3	18.1	100.0	0.0
=87	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	18.3	17.0	100.0	0.0
=87	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	18.3	14.3	100.0	8.3
90	IsraelISRWestern Asia	18.1	20.8	100.0	0.0
91	ChileCHLSouth America	18.0	15.7	100.0	0.0
92	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	17.8	18.3	100.0	0.0
=93	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	17.6	14.2	100.0	0.0
=93	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	17.6	15.4	100.0	0.0
=93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	17.6	17.3	100.0	0.0
96	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	17.3	15.7	100.0	0.0
97	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	17.2	16.9	100.0	0.0
98	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	17.1	16.4	100.0	0.0
=99	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	16.6	16.6	100.0	0.0
=99	MexicoMEXCentral America	16.6	10.6	100.0	0.0
101	ParaguayPRYSouth America	16.3	15.6	100.0	0.0
102	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	16.2	15.5	100.0	0.0
103	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	15.9	15.2	100.0	0.3
=104	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	15.7	12.7	100.0	0.7
=104	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	15.7	13.8	100.0	2.2
=104	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	15.7	19.4	100.0	0.3
=107	HondurasHNDCentral America	15.6	12.4	100.0	0.0
=107	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	15.6	13.1	100.0	0.5
=109	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	15.4	27.7	100.0	0.7
=109	NicaraguaNICCentral America	15.4	11.5	100.0	0.0
111	ColombiaCOLSouth America	15.3	13.4	100.0	0.0
=112	Northern CyprusXNCWestern Asia	15.2	15.0	100.0	0.0
=112	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	15.2	12.6	100.0	0.0
=114	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	15.1	14.3	100.0	0.0
=114	PeruPERSouth America	15.1	13.5	100.0	0.0
116	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	15.0	17.0	100.0	0.0
=117	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	14.9	15.5	100.0	0.0
=117	VenezuelaVENSouth America	14.9	11.9	100.0	0.0
119	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	14.8	8.1	97.7	0.0
120	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	14.7	14.2	100.0	0.0
=121	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	14.6	12.6	100.0	0.3
=121	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	14.6	14.5	100.0	0.0
=123	JapanJPNEastern Asia	14.2	12.8	100.0	0.0
=123	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	14.2	13.5	100.0	0.0
=123	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	14.2	11.6	100.0	1.5
126	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	14.1	13.3	100.0	0.0
=127	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	14.0	13.8	100.0	0.0
=127	Costa RicaCRICentral America	14.0	12.1	100.0	0.0
=129	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	13.8	10.8	100.0	0.0
=129	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	13.8	11.4	100.0	0.0
131	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	13.7	13.4	100.0	0.0
132	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	13.6	12.0	100.0	0.0
133	GabonGABMiddle Africa	13.4	13.0	100.0	0.0
134	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	13.3	15.4	100.0	0.1
135	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	13.2	12.6	100.0	0.0
136	BrazilBRASouth America	13.1	14.8	100.0	0.0
137	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	13.0	13.0	100.0	0.0
=138	ArgentinaARGSouth America	12.9	12.1	99.6	0.1
=138	FranceFRAWestern Europe	12.9	11.3	100.0	0.0
=138	GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe	12.9	12.9	100.0	0.0
=138	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	12.9	12.2	100.0	0.0
142	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	12.8	12.9	100.0	0.0
143	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	12.7	12.1	100.0	0.0
144	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	12.6	11.6	100.0	0.3
=145	HaitiHTICaribbean	12.5	11.2	100.0	0.0
=145	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	12.5	12.7	100.0	0.0
=145	PanamaPANCentral America	12.5	10.5	100.0	0.0
=148	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	12.3	12.0	100.0	0.0
=148	EcuadorECUSouth America	12.3	11.0	99.9	0.0
=148	SpainESPSouthern Europe	12.3	10.7	100.0	0.0
=151	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	12.2	9.1	100.0	0.0
=151	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	12.2	11.7	100.0	0.0
=153	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	12.1	10.5	99.8	0.0
=153	United StatesUSANorthern America	12.1	7.3	99.6	0.0
155	UruguayURYSouth America	12.0	10.7	100.0	0.0
156	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	11.9	11.7	100.0	0.0
157	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	11.6	9.8	99.9	0.0
158	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	11.2	9.4	100.0	0.0
=159	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11.0	10.9	100.0	0.0
=159	CubaCUBCaribbean	11.0	9.1	100.0	0.0
161	SurinameSURSouth America	10.8	9.0	100.0	0.0
162	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	10.5	8.6	96.8	0.0
163	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	9.6	8.9	100.0	0.0
=164	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	9.5	8.9	100.0	0.0
=164	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	9.5	10.0	99.9	0.0
=164	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	9.5	9.4	100.0	0.0
167	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	9.3	8.8	100.0	0.0
168	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	9.2	8.7	100.0	0.0
=169	BelizeBLZCentral America	9.1	9.3	100.0	0.0
=169	GuyanaGUYSouth America	9.1	8.7	100.0	0.0
171	CanadaCANNorthern America	8.8	4.1	97.6	0.0
172	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	8.5	8.4	100.0	0.0
=173	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	8.4	8.0	100.0	0.0
=173	ArubaABWCaribbean	8.4	8.2	99.2	0.0
=173	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	8.4	7.9	100.0	0.0
=176	Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	8.2	7.9	100.0	0.0
=176	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	8.2	5.2	90.8	0.0
178	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	8.1	7.6	85.8	0.0
=179	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	8.0	8.0	100.0	0.0
=179	Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	8.0	7.8	100.0	0.0
181	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	7.9	8.0	100.0	0.0
182	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7.6	6.7	85.0	0.0
=183	AnguillaAIACaribbean	7.5	7.5	100.0	0.0
=183	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	7.5	8.2	100.0	0.0
=183	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	7.5	7.4	100.0	0.0
=186	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	7.2	7.2	100.0	0.0
=186	Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	7.2	7.2	100.0	0.0
=188	BahamasBHSCaribbean	6.8	6.5	99.1	0.0
=188	BermudaBMUNorthern America	6.8	6.7	100.0	0.0
190	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.7	4.5	76.1	0.0
=191	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	6.6	6.4	99.2	0.0
=191	DominicaDMACaribbean	6.6	6.5	99.6	0.0
193	MontserratMSRCaribbean	6.4	6.6	100.0	0.0
194	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	6.3	4.5	78.3	0.0
195	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	6.2	6.3	99.7	0.0
196	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	5.8	5.5	98.5	0.0
197	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	5.4	5.2	86.1	0.0
198	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	5.1	5.0	59.6	0.0
199	FijiFJIMelanesia	4.9	4.9	33.7	0.2
200	PalauPLWMicronesia	4.8	4.5	30.1	0.0
201	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	4.6	4.0	22.2	0.0
202	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	4.3	4.3	0.3	0.0
=203	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	4.2	4.1	0.3	0.0
=203	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	4.2	4.2	0.0	0.0
205	TongaTONPolynesia	4.0	4.0	0.2	0.0
206	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	3.7	3.8	0.0	0.0
=207	NauruNRUMicronesia	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
=207	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	3.3	3.4	0.0	0.0
=209	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	3.2	3.1	0.0	0.0
=209	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.0
211	SamoaWSMPolynesia	3.1	3.0	0.0	0.0
212	American SamoaASMPolynesia	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
213	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.9	2.9	0.0	0.0
=214	GuamGUMMicronesia	2.8	2.8	0.0	0.0
=214	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.8	1.7	0.0	0.0
=214	NiueNIUPolynesia	2.8	2.8	0.0	0.0
=214	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	2.8	3.0	0.0	0.0
218	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	2.3	2.3	0.0	0.0
219	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	2.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
220	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	1.9	-2.0	0.0	0.0

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Qatar72.6
2Niger50.7
3Saudi Arabia50.4
4Pakistan49.4
5Kuwait47.4

Lowest

220French Polynesia1.9
219Greenland2.1
218Cook Islands2.3
214Niueshared2.8
214Northern Mariana Islandsshared2.8

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

PM2.5, geographic mean (µg/m³)
HighestQatar79.9
LowestFrench Polynesia-2.0
Middle country: 14.2
People at or above 5 µg/m³, the WHO guideline (%)
Highest175 share it
Lowest16 share it
Middle country: 100.0
People at or above 35 µg/m³, the WHO's first interim target (%)
HighestQatar100.0
Lowest146 share it
Middle country: 0.0

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
216values changed, of 220 in both
106 · 110rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Mali30.9 → 41.6+10.7
Burkina Faso32.2 → 41.1+8.9
Pakistan42.2 → 49.4+7.2
Malaysia12.3 → 19.0+6.7
Niger44.1 → 50.7+6.6

Fell most

Lesotho47.6 → 26.6−21.0
Egypt46.0 → 28.6−17.4
Bangladesh53.5 → 40.7−12.8
United Arab Emirates50.4 → 40.5−9.9
Oman41.4 → 32.3−9.1

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

158 distinct values among 220
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 12.9. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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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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