Data for 2007

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2007

Figures for 2007, as Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, 2007 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 85.0; Greenland is lowest, at 1.8. The middle country reads 16.3. Against 2006, 213 values changed (123 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure · Data for 2007

HighestQatar

85.0

LowestGreenland

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
2007the year it describes
168distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	85.0	90.5	100.0	100.0
2	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	69.5	75.8	100.0	90.5
3	NigerNERWestern Africa	62.4	51.2	100.0	99.1
4	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	59.4	51.2	100.0	85.7
5	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	56.4	52.1	100.0	94.5
6	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	54.7	50.6	100.0	100.0
7	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	51.9	56.6	100.0	100.0
8	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	50.2	29.5	100.0	81.6
9	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	48.3	54.9	100.0	96.7
10	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	47.8	49.7	100.0	62.7
11	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	45.2	38.7	100.0	78.3
12	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	44.3	37.9	100.0	62.8
13	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	43.1	38.9	100.0	86.5
14	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	41.9	41.8	100.0	89.2
15	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	40.7	32.2	100.0	52.7
16	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	39.6	46.0	100.0	47.7
17	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	39.5	38.1	100.0	76.9
18	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	39.4	32.9	100.0	51.8
19	MaliMLIWestern Africa	38.4	35.8	100.0	63.7
=20	IraqIRQWestern Asia	38.3	35.7	100.0	59.1
=20	OmanOMNWestern Asia	38.3	42.6	100.0	77.4
22	SenegalSENWestern Africa	38.1	35.6	100.0	64.4
23	BeninBENWestern Africa	37.7	41.9	100.0	60.3
24	TogoTGOWestern Africa	37.4	37.8	100.0	69.0
25	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	36.9	30.3	100.0	64.4
26	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	35.5	35.0	100.0	56.5
=27	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	35.3	36.0	100.0	53.1
=27	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	35.3	33.4	100.0	43.1
29	IranIRNSouthern Asia	34.9	35.0	100.0	44.9
30	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	34.4	34.3	100.0	37.0
31	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	33.3	30.6	100.0	25.7
32	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	32.3	29.7	100.0	20.3
33	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	31.6	29.2	100.0	31.6
34	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	31.3	33.3	100.0	30.1
35	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	31.0	31.0	100.0	30.4
36	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	30.4	24.0	100.0	29.1
37	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	29.9	28.4	100.0	0.1
38	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	29.7	27.4	100.0	39.6
39	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	28.6	26.6	100.0	11.5
40	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	27.7	22.0	100.0	19.6
41	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	27.6	22.0	100.0	19.3
42	GuineaGINWestern Africa	27.5	26.5	100.0	9.0
43	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	27.2	17.5	100.0	21.5
44	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	27.1	27.9	100.0	5.9
45	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	27.0	21.7	100.0	14.4
=46	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	26.6	23.8	100.0	1.8
=46	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	26.6	21.7	100.0	11.7
48	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	26.4	23.5	99.9	25.0
49	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	25.9	26.4	100.0	4.9
=50	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	25.7	24.2	100.0	0.0
=50	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	25.7	25.1	100.0	0.6
=52	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	25.3	26.4	100.0	3.3
=52	KenyaKENEastern Africa	25.3	16.5	100.0	11.7
=52	YemenYEMWestern Asia	25.3	30.4	100.0	4.3
55	JordanJORWestern Asia	24.9	26.8	100.0	11.7
56	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	24.8	25.2	100.0	7.1
57	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	24.7	20.4	100.0	7.2
58	BoliviaBOLSouth America	24.4	24.0	100.0	3.3
59	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	24.0	21.1	100.0	8.6
60	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	23.9	24.7	100.0	2.9
61	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	23.6	22.5	100.0	0.0
62	EritreaERIEastern Africa	23.5	25.1	100.0	3.2
63	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	23.1	28.9	100.0	5.2
64	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	22.9	20.2	100.0	6.3
65	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	22.8	21.4	100.0	4.9
=66	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	22.3	15.7	100.0	11.5
=66	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	22.3	21.3	100.0	4.0
=66	Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	22.3	22.3	100.0	0.0
69	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	22.2	23.3	100.0	0.1
70	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	21.7	21.2	100.0	0.0
71	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	21.5	18.1	100.0	0.1
72	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	21.3	20.2	100.0	0.0
73	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	21.1	21.9	100.0	0.9
=74	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	21.0	18.1	100.0	1.6
=74	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	21.0	19.0	100.0	5.7
76	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	20.9	19.3	100.0	0.3
=77	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	20.8	18.3	100.0	0.0
=77	HondurasHNDCentral America	20.8	16.2	100.0	0.2
79	PolandPOLEastern Europe	20.4	18.0	100.0	0.2
80	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	19.7	18.9	100.0	0.9
=81	ItalyITASouthern Europe	19.6	15.2	100.0	0.0
=81	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	19.6	15.7	100.0	7.8
83	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	19.3	19.6	100.0	0.0
84	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	19.1	19.5	100.0	0.0
85	ParaguayPRYSouth America	19.0	19.9	100.0	0.0
86	IsraelISRWestern Asia	18.8	23.4	100.0	0.4
87	PeruPERSouth America	18.7	17.6	100.0	3.5
88	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	18.6	17.3	100.0	0.0
=89	ChileCHLSouth America	18.2	15.2	99.9	0.0
=89	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	18.2	16.4	100.0	0.0
=89	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	18.2	15.6	100.0	0.0
=92	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	17.3	14.9	100.0	0.0
=92	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	17.3	19.1	100.0	0.1
=94	EcuadorECUSouth America	17.2	17.7	99.9	0.0
=94	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	17.2	16.9	100.0	0.0
96	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	17.1	17.9	100.0	0.0
=97	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	17.0	16.6	100.0	0.0
=97	MexicoMEXCentral America	17.0	10.5	100.0	0.0
=97	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	17.0	15.8	100.0	0.0
=100	ColombiaCOLSouth America	16.9	16.5	100.0	0.0
=100	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	16.9	14.5	100.0	0.0
102	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	16.8	18.6	100.0	0.0
=103	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	16.7	14.8	100.0	0.0
=103	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	16.7	12.6	100.0	3.1
=105	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	16.6	15.5	100.0	0.0
=105	VenezuelaVENSouth America	16.6	14.8	100.0	0.0
=107	Costa RicaCRICentral America	16.5	16.3	100.0	0.0
=107	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	16.5	11.1	100.0	0.4
109	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	16.4	10.9	99.8	1.3
=110	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	16.3	17.6	100.0	0.0
=110	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	16.3	14.7	100.0	0.0
=112	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	16.0	14.1	100.0	0.0
=112	Northern CyprusXNCWestern Asia	16.0	15.9	100.0	0.0
114	NicaraguaNICCentral America	15.9	13.1	100.0	0.0
115	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	15.8	17.0	100.0	0.1
116	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	15.7	15.6	100.0	0.0
=117	ArgentinaARGSouth America	15.6	13.4	100.0	0.9
=117	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	15.6	15.9	100.0	0.0
119	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	15.5	23.3	100.0	0.3
=120	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	15.4	14.9	100.0	0.0
=120	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	15.4	14.9	100.0	0.0
122	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	15.3	11.1	97.5	7.2
123	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15.1	13.9	100.0	0.0
=124	GabonGABMiddle Africa	14.9	15.3	100.0	0.0
=124	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14.9	13.9	100.0	0.0
=126	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	14.8	13.4	100.0	0.2
=126	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	14.8	12.0	100.0	0.0
=128	JapanJPNEastern Asia	14.7	13.1	100.0	0.0
=128	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	14.7	13.8	100.0	0.2
130	PanamaPANCentral America	14.6	14.1	100.0	0.0
131	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	14.5	14.0	100.0	0.2
132	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	14.4	12.7	100.0	0.9
133	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	14.2	13.7	100.0	0.0
134	SurinameSURSouth America	14.1	13.8	100.0	0.0
=135	BelarusBLREastern Europe	13.8	13.0	100.0	0.0
=135	BrazilBRASouth America	13.8	17.0	100.0	0.3
=135	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13.8	10.7	100.0	0.0
138	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	13.6	14.5	100.0	0.0
139	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	13.5	11.3	100.0	0.0
140	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	13.4	12.1	100.0	0.0
=141	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	13.3	9.7	100.0	0.0
=141	UruguayURYSouth America	13.3	12.2	100.0	0.0
=143	FranceFRAWestern Europe	13.2	11.1	100.0	0.0
=143	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	13.2	12.3	100.0	0.0
145	SpainESPSouthern Europe	13.0	10.5	100.0	0.0
=146	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	12.8	11.9	100.0	0.0
=146	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	12.8	12.4	100.0	0.0
=146	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	12.8	12.0	100.0	0.0
=149	HaitiHTICaribbean	12.5	11.6	100.0	0.0
=149	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	12.5	10.1	100.0	0.0
151	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	12.4	6.1	97.6	0.0
=152	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	12.1	9.8	99.8	0.0
=152	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	12.1	10.2	100.0	0.0
=154	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	12.0	11.4	100.0	0.0
=154	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	12.0	12.5	100.0	0.0
=156	GuyanaGUYSouth America	11.8	12.7	100.0	0.0
=156	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	11.8	13.5	100.0	0.0
158	GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe	11.7	12.0	100.0	0.0
=159	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	11.4	9.1	99.6	0.0
=159	BelizeBLZCentral America	11.4	11.9	100.0	0.0
=159	United StatesUSANorthern America	11.4	7.0	99.2	0.0
=162	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	11.1	10.7	100.0	0.0
=162	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	11.1	10.4	100.0	0.0
=164	CubaCUBCaribbean	11.0	9.3	100.0	0.0
=164	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	11.0	9.0	100.0	0.0
166	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	10.6	10.2	100.0	0.0
167	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	10.5	9.7	100.0	0.0
168	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	10.4	10.2	100.0	0.0
169	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	10.2	10.0	98.0	0.0
170	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	10.1	9.0	94.6	0.0
171	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	9.9	9.3	100.0	0.0
172	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	9.7	8.2	100.0	0.0
173	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	9.3	7.2	90.9	0.0
=174	DominicaDMACaribbean	9.2	8.9	100.0	0.0
=174	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	9.2	9.1	98.3	0.0
176	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	9.0	8.5	100.0	0.0
177	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	8.9	8.5	100.0	0.0
178	Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	8.6	8.0	100.0	0.0
179	MontserratMSRCaribbean	8.4	8.3	100.0	0.0
180	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	8.3	8.2	97.9	0.0
=181	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	8.2	8.1	100.0	0.0
=181	Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	8.2	7.7	98.7	0.0
183	CanadaCANNorthern America	8.1	3.6	95.3	0.0
=184	ArubaABWCaribbean	8.0	7.8	97.7	0.0
=184	Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	8.0	7.6	100.0	0.0
186	BahamasBHSCaribbean	7.8	7.1	99.9	0.0
187	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	7.4	6.7	99.8	0.0
188	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	7.3	6.2	95.7	0.0
189	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	7.2	4.3	86.7	0.0
=190	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	6.7	6.8	99.6	0.0
=190	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	6.7	6.3	93.9	0.0
192	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	6.6	4.7	88.1	0.0
193	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	6.5	6.0	98.4	0.0
194	AnguillaAIACaribbean	6.3	6.3	97.8	0.0
195	BermudaBMUNorthern America	6.2	6.2	87.4	0.0
196	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.1	3.9	69.7	0.0
197	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	5.6	5.6	78.9	0.0
198	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	5.3	5.3	73.9	0.0
199	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	4.9	4.9	33.8	0.0
=200	FijiFJIMelanesia	4.6	3.7	38.1	0.0
=200	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	4.6	4.4	7.3	0.0
202	PalauPLWMicronesia	4.4	4.0	11.3	0.0
203	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	3.9	3.9	2.6	0.0
=204	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	3.8	3.2	19.4	0.0
=204	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	3.8	3.7	0.0	0.0
=204	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	3.8	3.6	1.0	0.0
207	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	3.6	3.0	3.2	0.0
208	TongaTONPolynesia	3.4	3.1	0.0	0.0
=209	NauruNRUMicronesia	3.3	3.2	0.0	0.0
=209	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	3.3	3.1	0.0	0.0
211	SamoaWSMPolynesia	3.2	3.0	0.0	0.0
212	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	3.1	3.3	0.0	0.0
213	GuamGUMMicronesia	3.0	2.9	0.0	0.0
214	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.9	2.8	0.0	0.0
215	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.8	1.6	0.2	0.0
216	American SamoaASMPolynesia	2.7	2.6	0.0	0.0
=217	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	2.1	2.2	0.0	0.0
=217	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	2.1	-1.9	0.0	0.0
=217	NiueNIUPolynesia	2.1	2.2	0.0	0.0
220	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	1.8	1.2	0.0	0.0

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

1Qatar85.0
2Lesotho69.5
3Niger62.4
4Saudi Arabia59.4
5Bangladesh56.4

Lowest

220Greenland1.8
217French Polynesiashared2.1
217Niueshared2.1
217Cook Islandsshared2.1
216American Samoa2.7

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

PM2.5, geographic mean (µg/m³)
HighestQatar90.5
LowestFrench Polynesia-1.9
Middle country: 14.9
People at or above 5 µg/m³, the WHO guideline (%)
Highest168 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 100.0
People at or above 35 µg/m³, the WHO's first interim target (%)
Highest3 share it
Lowest130 share it
Middle country: 0.0

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
213values changed, of 220 in both
123 · 90rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho52.1 → 69.5+17.4
Niger48.0 → 62.4+14.4
Qatar72.2 → 85.0+12.8
Gambia29.8 → 39.4+9.6
Nigeria38.3 → 47.8+9.5

Fell most

Singapore27.7 → 15.6−12.1
Malaysia20.9 → 13.8−7.1
Hungary23.0 → 17.0−6.0
Poland26.2 → 20.4−5.8
Czechia22.2 → 16.9−5.3

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

168 distinct values among 220
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 25.3. 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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