Data for 2005

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2005

Figures for 2005, as Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2005 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 75.8; Greenland is lowest, at 2.0. The middle country reads 16.0. Against 2004, 211 values changed (130 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure · Data for 2005

HighestQatar

75.8

LowestGreenland

2.0

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
2005the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	75.8	76.4	100.0	100.0
2	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	65.1	59.7	100.0	94.0
3	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	59.0	53.2	100.0	100.0
4	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	56.1	67.5	100.0	91.1
5	NigerNERWestern Africa	53.6	47.1	100.0	98.8
6	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	53.0	53.9	100.0	100.0
7	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	52.6	43.8	100.0	82.0
8	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	45.2	34.7	100.0	57.9
=9	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	44.5	25.9	100.0	68.4
=9	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	44.5	34.1	100.0	54.8
11	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	42.6	43.5	100.0	50.5
12	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	41.8	47.9	100.0	83.1
=13	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	41.6	35.9	100.0	74.1
=13	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	41.6	39.1	100.0	59.8
15	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	40.7	44.3	100.0	53.4
16	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	40.3	34.8	100.0	53.6
17	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	39.9	42.1	100.0	72.3
18	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	39.3	37.1	100.0	68.2
19	MaliMLIWestern Africa	35.9	35.2	100.0	55.7
20	SenegalSENWestern Africa	34.0	32.3	100.0	36.6
21	IraqIRQWestern Asia	33.9	30.8	100.0	41.1
22	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	32.6	26.2	100.0	41.7
23	TogoTGOWestern Africa	32.2	32.7	100.0	26.8
24	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	31.8	29.9	100.0	20.1
25	BeninBENWestern Africa	31.4	34.6	100.0	32.8
26	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	30.7	28.1	100.0	14.7
27	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	30.6	26.1	100.0	28.1
28	OmanOMNWestern Asia	30.1	33.8	100.0	16.7
29	IranIRNSouthern Asia	29.9	30.2	100.0	20.3
30	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	29.6	29.5	100.0	21.8
31	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	29.1	27.3	100.0	17.5
32	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	28.5	27.2	100.0	0.6
33	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	28.4	27.3	100.0	4.7
34	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	28.2	21.0	100.0	21.7
35	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	28.1	25.1	100.0	8.2
36	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	27.8	26.6	100.0	9.7
37	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	26.9	28.8	100.0	14.0
38	GuineaGINWestern Africa	26.7	25.7	100.0	10.4
=39	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	26.6	24.8	100.0	0.3
=39	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	26.6	19.1	99.2	25.1
=39	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	26.6	20.9	100.0	8.2
42	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	26.5	20.8	100.0	8.0
43	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	26.3	24.7	100.0	22.0
=44	BoliviaBOLSouth America	26.2	24.0	100.0	5.2
=44	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	26.2	23.5	100.0	20.2
46	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	25.6	21.7	100.0	5.5
47	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	25.4	21.2	100.0	5.7
48	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	25.3	24.8	100.0	1.3
49	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	25.0	23.6	100.0	1.2
50	JordanJORWestern Asia	24.5	23.6	100.0	13.4
51	PolandPOLEastern Europe	24.4	20.8	100.0	12.6
=52	EritreaERIEastern Africa	24.1	26.3	100.0	10.2
=52	YemenYEMWestern Asia	24.1	24.0	100.0	3.6
=54	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	23.7	22.5	100.0	0.0
=54	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	23.7	23.1	100.0	0.5
56	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	23.5	19.7	100.0	5.0
57	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	23.4	20.5	100.0	4.1
58	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	23.1	22.3	100.0	0.0
=59	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	22.7	22.6	100.0	5.9
=59	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	22.7	14.1	100.0	3.7
=59	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	22.7	24.0	100.0	0.6
62	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	22.5	20.2	100.0	6.1
63	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	22.4	19.4	100.0	4.6
64	HondurasHNDCentral America	22.3	17.3	100.0	2.1
65	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	22.2	23.9	100.0	0.3
=66	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	21.9	21.0	100.0	0.0
=66	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	21.9	28.2	100.0	4.0
68	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	21.8	20.5	100.0	0.5
69	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	21.7	20.5	100.0	0.0
=70	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	21.3	14.2	99.5	11.8
=70	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	21.3	19.4	100.0	0.0
72	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	21.2	18.3	100.0	1.8
73	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	21.1	20.7	100.0	0.0
74	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	20.8	19.1	100.0	0.6
75	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	20.6	18.2	100.0	0.1
76	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	20.5	17.6	100.0	0.0
77	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	20.3	19.3	100.0	0.1
78	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	20.2	17.7	100.0	0.0
79	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	19.8	21.0	100.0	0.1
80	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	19.7	19.3	100.0	0.0
81	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19.5	15.2	100.0	3.5
82	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	19.3	17.5	100.0	0.2
=83	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	19.2	19.2	100.0	0.0
=83	PeruPERSouth America	19.2	17.7	100.0	6.4
85	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	18.7	19.2	99.9	0.3
86	EcuadorECUSouth America	18.6	17.3	99.9	0.1
87	Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	18.4	18.4	100.0	0.0
88	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	18.2	17.8	100.0	0.0
89	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	18.1	17.2	100.0	0.8
90	ChileCHLSouth America	18.0	17.5	99.9	0.7
91	ItalyITASouthern Europe	17.9	14.0	100.0	0.0
=92	MexicoMEXCentral America	17.7	10.6	99.9	0.0
=92	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	17.7	17.4	100.0	0.0
=94	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	17.5	14.2	100.0	0.0
=94	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	17.5	16.6	100.0	0.1
96	IsraelISRWestern Asia	17.4	22.2	100.0	0.1
97	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	17.3	11.8	100.0	5.7
=98	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	17.2	15.8	100.0	0.0
=98	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	17.2	12.4	99.8	0.0
100	KenyaKENEastern Africa	17.1	13.2	100.0	0.0
=101	GabonGABMiddle Africa	16.9	16.4	100.0	0.0
=101	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	16.9	14.2	100.0	0.0
=103	Costa RicaCRICentral America	16.8	15.9	100.0	0.0
=103	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	16.8	11.9	99.9	1.3
=103	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	16.8	16.3	100.0	0.3
=103	ParaguayPRYSouth America	16.8	16.4	100.0	0.0
107	NicaraguaNICCentral America	16.3	13.4	100.0	0.0
108	UkraineUKREastern Europe	16.2	14.9	100.0	0.0
=109	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	16.0	14.0	100.0	0.0
=109	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	16.0	15.7	100.0	0.0
=111	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	15.9	13.4	99.7	0.2
=111	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	15.9	13.4	100.0	0.0
113	ColombiaCOLSouth America	15.8	16.0	100.0	0.0
=114	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	15.5	16.5	100.0	0.0
=114	PanamaPANCentral America	15.5	14.7	100.0	0.0
116	VenezuelaVENSouth America	15.4	13.2	99.9	0.1
=117	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	15.3	15.4	100.0	0.3
=117	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	15.3	13.5	100.0	0.0
=119	JapanJPNEastern Asia	14.9	13.8	100.0	0.0
=119	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	14.9	11.3	99.0	0.0
=119	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	14.9	19.2	100.0	0.0
122	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	14.7	14.2	100.0	0.0
123	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	14.6	15.1	100.0	0.0
124	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	14.5	12.9	100.0	0.0
=125	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	14.4	14.7	99.6	0.0
=125	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	14.4	12.5	100.0	0.7
=127	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	14.3	10.5	96.9	8.9
=127	Northern CyprusXNCWestern Asia	14.3	13.8	100.0	0.0
=129	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	14.2	13.3	100.0	0.0
=129	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	14.2	14.2	100.0	0.0
131	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	14.1	14.9	100.0	0.0
=132	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	14.0	23.7	100.0	0.4
=132	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	14.0	11.1	100.0	0.0
134	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	13.7	12.6	100.0	0.0
135	ArgentinaARGSouth America	13.6	13.3	100.0	1.1
136	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	13.5	12.3	100.0	0.4
=137	BelarusBLREastern Europe	13.3	12.0	100.0	0.0
=137	HaitiHTICaribbean	13.3	12.4	100.0	0.0
=139	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	13.1	12.5	100.0	0.0
=139	BrazilBRASouth America	13.1	16.6	99.9	0.0
=141	FranceFRAWestern Europe	12.8	11.1	100.0	0.0
=141	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	12.8	12.1	100.0	0.0
=143	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	12.7	11.4	100.0	0.0
=143	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	12.7	10.5	100.0	0.0
145	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	12.6	6.6	97.9	0.0
146	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	12.5	14.3	100.0	0.0
=147	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	12.4	12.6	100.0	0.0
=147	SpainESPSouthern Europe	12.4	10.0	100.0	0.0
149	United StatesUSANorthern America	12.2	8.0	99.1	0.0
150	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	12.1	9.0	100.0	0.0
=151	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	12.0	10.7	100.0	0.0
=151	UruguayURYSouth America	12.0	11.3	100.0	0.0
153	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	11.7	11.0	100.0	0.0
154	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	11.3	11.4	100.0	0.0
155	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	11.2	10.7	100.0	0.0
156	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	11.1	9.0	100.0	0.0
=157	BelizeBLZCentral America	10.9	11.4	100.0	0.0
=157	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	10.9	11.4	99.7	0.0
=159	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	10.8	9.1	100.0	0.0
=159	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	10.8	8.6	99.8	0.0
161	GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe	10.5	10.7	100.0	0.0
162	CubaCUBCaribbean	10.3	8.8	100.0	0.0
163	SurinameSURSouth America	10.1	11.5	100.0	0.0
164	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	9.9	8.7	99.9	0.0
=165	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	9.6	9.1	100.0	0.0
=165	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	9.6	8.7	96.8	0.0
167	GuyanaGUYSouth America	9.4	11.4	100.0	0.0
=168	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	9.3	7.6	90.4	0.0
=168	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	9.3	9.3	100.0	0.0
170	CanadaCANNorthern America	9.2	3.8	95.0	0.0
171	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	9.1	8.7	98.4	0.0
172	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	9.0	8.0	88.4	0.0
=173	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	8.7	7.6	100.0	0.0
=173	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	8.7	8.5	94.5	0.0
=175	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	8.3	7.3	98.0	0.0
=175	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	8.3	7.7	99.9	0.0
=177	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	8.1	7.6	99.8	0.0
=177	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	8.1	7.9	100.0	0.0
179	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	7.8	6.5	95.6	0.0
180	ArubaABWCaribbean	7.7	6.6	94.2	0.0
181	BahamasBHSCaribbean	7.6	7.3	99.9	0.0
=182	Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	7.5	7.1	98.8	0.0
=182	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	7.5	4.2	89.0	0.0
=182	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	7.5	7.2	98.8	0.0
185	Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	7.4	6.5	95.7	0.0
186	BermudaBMUNorthern America	7.1	7.1	99.8	0.0
187	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	6.9	6.9	97.9	0.0
=188	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	6.7	6.6	99.2	0.0
=188	Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	6.7	6.6	95.2	0.0
190	AnguillaAIACaribbean	6.5	6.5	99.0	0.0
191	DominicaDMACaribbean	6.3	5.9	85.2	0.0
=192	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	6.2	5.6	94.6	0.0
=192	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	6.2	6.1	98.9	0.0
194	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.1	3.6	71.0	0.0
195	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	6.0	4.2	75.3	0.0
196	PalauPLWMicronesia	5.6	5.2	77.3	0.0
=197	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	5.5	5.5	89.6	0.0
=197	MontserratMSRCaribbean	5.5	5.8	55.7	0.0
199	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	5.3	5.7	64.4	0.0
200	FijiFJIMelanesia	4.6	4.0	29.4	0.0
=201	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	3.9	3.2	4.7	0.0
=201	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.9	4.1	0.7	0.0
=201	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	3.9	3.8	0.0	0.0
204	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	3.8	3.3	17.9	0.0
=205	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	3.6	3.5	0.4	0.0
=205	GuamGUMMicronesia	3.6	3.5	0.0	0.0
=205	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	3.6	3.7	0.0	0.0
=205	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	3.6	3.5	0.0	0.0
209	SamoaWSMPolynesia	3.5	3.3	0.0	0.0
210	NauruNRUMicronesia	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
=211	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	3.1	3.0	0.0	0.0
=211	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	3.1	3.0	0.0	0.0
=213	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	3.0	2.9	0.0	0.0
=213	TongaTONPolynesia	3.0	2.8	0.0	0.0
=215	American SamoaASMPolynesia	2.8	2.6	0.0	0.0
=215	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.8	1.7	0.4	0.0
217	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	2.3	-1.8	0.0	0.0
218	NiueNIUPolynesia	2.2	2.3	0.0	0.0
219	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	2.1	2.2	0.0	0.0
220	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	2.0	0.9	0.0	0.0

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1Qatar75.8
2Bangladesh65.1
3Kuwait59.0
4Lesotho56.1
5Niger53.6

Lowest

220Greenland2.0
219Cook Islands2.1
218Niue2.2
217French Polynesia2.3
215Marshall Islandsshared2.8

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

PM2.5, geographic mean (µg/m³)
HighestQatar76.4
LowestFrench Polynesia-1.8
Middle country: 14.2
People at or above 5 µg/m³, the WHO guideline (%)
Highest150 share it
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 100.0
People at or above 35 µg/m³, the WHO's first interim target (%)
Highest3 share it
Lowest129 share it
Middle country: 0.0

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
211values changed, of 220 in both
130 · 81rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala18.4 → 26.5+8.1
Sudan34.5 → 41.6+7.1
Egypt45.8 → 52.6+6.8
Kuwait52.4 → 59.0+6.6
El Salvador22.3 → 28.1+5.8

Fell most

United Arab Emirates51.9 → 41.8−10.1
Pakistan51.2 → 41.6−9.6
Burundi37.0 → 27.8−9.2
Rwanda37.2 → 28.4−8.8
Oman37.6 → 30.1−7.5

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

165 distinct values among 220
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 16.8. 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.

05The files

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