World’s most polluted countries & regions (2018-2021)

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Rank	Country/Region	2021	2020	2019	2018	Population
1	Bangladesh	76.9	77.1	83.3	97.1	164,689,383
2	Chad	75.9	–	–	–	16,425,859
3	Pakistan	66.8	59	65.8	74.3	220,892,331
4	Tajikistan	59.4	30.9	–	–	9,537,642
5	India	58.1	51.9	58.1	72.5	1,380,004,385
6	Oman	53.9	44.4	–	–	5,106,622
7	Kyrgyzstan	50.8	43.5	33.2	–	6,524,191
8	Bahrain	49.8	39.7	46.8	59.8	1,701,583
9	Iraq	49.7	–	–	–	40,222,503
10	Nepal	46	39.2	44.5	54.1	29,136,808
11	Sudan	44.1	–	–	–	43,849,269
12	Uzbekistan	42.8	29.9	41.2	34.3	33,469,199
13	Qatar	38.2	44.3	–	–	2,881,060
14	Afghanistan	37.5	46.5	58.8	61.8	38,928,341
15	United Arab Emirates	36	29.2	38.9	49.9	9,890,400
16	Montenegro	35.2	26.1	–	–	628,062
17	Indonesia	34.3	40.7	51.7	42	273,523,621
18	Nigeria	34	–	–	–	206,139,587
19	Armenia	33.9	24.9	25.5	–	2,963,234
20	Mongolia	33.1	46.6	62	58.5	3,278,292
21	Saudi Arabia	32.7	23.3	22.1	–	34,813,867
22	China	32.6	34.7	39.1	41.2	1,439,323,774
23	Kazakhstan	31.1	21.9	23.6	29.8	18,776,707
24	Iran	30.3	27.2	24.3	25	83,992,953
25	Kuwait	29.7	34	38.3	56	4,270,563
26	Peru	29.6	17.9	23.3	28	32,971,845
27	Egypt	29.1	–	–	–	102,334,403
28	Bosnia Herzegovina	27.8	40.6	34.6	40	3,280,815
29	Uganda	27.6	26.1	29.1	40.8	45,741,000
30	Ghana	25.9	26.9	30.3	–	31,072,945
31	Myanmar	25.9	29.4	31	–	54,409,794
32	Lebanon	25.7	–	–	–	6,825,442
33	Serbia	25.5	24.3	23.3	23.9	8,737,370
34	North Macedonia	25.4	30.6	32.4	35.5	2,083,380
35	Croatia	25.4	21.2	19.1	22.2	4,105,268
36	Vietnam	24.7	28	34.1	32.9	97,338,583
37	Ethiopia	23.9	14.7	20.1	27.1	114,963,583
38	Syria	23	–	–	–	17,500,657
39	South Africa	22.7	18	21.6	–	59,308,690
40	Chile	21.7	19.3	22.6	24.9	19,116,209
41	Laos	21.5	22.4	23.1	–	7,275,556
42	Georgia	21	20.4	20.1	–	3,989,175
43	Madagascar	21	20	–	–	27,691,019
44	Turkmenistan	20.4	17	–	–	6,031,187
45	Thailand	20.2	21.4	24.3	26.4	69,799,978
46	Turkey	20	18.7	20.6	21.9	84,339,067
47	Algeria	20	20.2	21.2	–	43,851,043
48	Cambodia	19.8	21.1	21.1	20.1	16,718,971
49	Guatemala	19.5	19.2	20.2	–	17,915,567
50	Malaysia	19.4	15.6	19.4	–	32,365,998
51	Mexico	19.3	18.9	20	20.3	128,932,753
52	South Korea	19.1	19.5	24.8	24	51,269,183
53	Poland	19.1	16.9	18.7	22.4	37,846,605
54	Greece	19	18.4	22.5	–	10,423,056
55	Israel	18.7	16.9	20.8	18.6	8,655,541
56	Ukraine	18.5	19.2	16.6	14	43,733,759
57	Azerbaijan	17.6	–	–	–	10,139,175
58	Sri Lanka	17.4	22.4	25.2	32	21,413,250
59	Macao SAR	17	17.8	23.5	21.2	649,342
60	Bulgaria	16.3	27.5	25.5	25.8	6,948,445
61	Taiwan	16.2	15	17.2	18.5	23,816,775
62	Slovakia	16	15.3	16.1	18.5	5,459,643
63	Hong Kong SAR	15.9	15.4	20.3	20.2	7,496,988
64	Philippines	15.6	12.8	17.6	14.6	109,581,085
65	Hungary	15.5	14.3	14.6	16.8	9,660,350
66	Romania	15.3	15.8	18.3	18.6	19,237,682
67	Italy	15.2	18.5	17.1	14.9	60,461,828
68	Cyprus	14.8	15.8	19.7	17.6	1,207,361
69	Kosovo	14.7	20	23.5	30.4	1,831,000
70	Kenya	14.3	14.2	–	–	53,771,300
71	Uruguay	14.2	–	–	–	3,473,727
72	Colombia	14.1	15.6	14.6	13.9	50,882,884
73	Czech Republic	13.9	12.3	14.4	20.2	10,708,982
74	Singapore	13.8	11.8	19	14.8	5,850,343
75	Brazil	13.6	14.2	15.8	16.3	212,559,409
76	Malta	13.5	11.8	9.4	11	441,539
77	Slovenia	13.3	–	–	–	2,078,931
78	Lithuania	13.2	11.7	14.5	17.5	2,722,291
79	Albania	12.5	16	–	–	2,877,800
80	Russia	12.3	9.3	9.9	11.4	145,934,460
81	Honduras	11.8	–	–	–	9,904,608
82	Belgium	11.5	8.9	12.5	13.5	11,589,616
83	Austria	11.4	10.9	12.2	15	9,006,400
84	France	11.4	11.1	12.3	13.2	65,273,512
85	Netherlands	11.3	9.7	10.9	11.7	17,134,873
86	Angola	11	13	15.9	–	32,866,267
87	Switzerland	10.8	9	10.9	11.6	8,654,618
88	Spain	10.7	10.4	9.7	10.3	46,754,783
89	Germany	10.6	10.1	11	13	83,783,945
90	USA	10.3	9.6	9	9.1	331,002,647
91	Denmark	9.6	9.4	9.6	–	5,792,203
92	Japan	9.1	9.8	11.4	12	126,476,458
93	Luxembourg	9	9	9.6	11.2	625,976
94	United Kingdom	8.8	8.3	10.5	10.8	67,886,004
95	Canada	8.5	7.3	7.7	7.9	37,742,157
96	Ecuador	8.4	7.6	8.6	–	17,643,060
97	Argentina	8.2	14.2	14.6	–	45,195,777
98	Ireland	8	8.6	10.6	9.5	4,937,796
99	Costa Rica	7.8	8.2	10.4	–	5,094,114
100	Norway	7.5	5.7	6.9	7.6	5,421,242
101	Andorra	7.3	7.4	–	–	77,265
102	Liechtenstein	7.2	–	–	–	38,137
103	Trinidad and Tobago	7.1	–	–	–	1,399,491
104	Portugal	7.1	9.1	9.3	9.4	10,196,707
105	New Zealand	6.8	7	7.5	7.7	4,822,233
106	Sweden	6.6	5	6.6	7.4	10,099,270
107	Iceland	6.1	7.2	5.5	5	341,250
108	Estonia	5.9	5.9	6.2	7.2	1,326,539
109	Australia	5.7	7.6	8	6.8	25,499,881
110	Bahamas	5.5	–	–	–	393,248
111	Grenada	5.5	–	–	–	112,519
112	Finland	5.5	5	5.6	6.6	5,540,718
113	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	5.1	–	–	–	26,221
114	Cape Verde	5.1	–	–	–	555,988
115	Puerto Rico	4.8	3.7	10.2	13.7	2,860,840
116	U.S. Virgin Islands	4.5	3.7	3.5	–	104,423
117	New Caledonia	3.8	3.7	–	–	285,491
Rank	Country/Region	2021	2020	2019	2018	Population

Environmental pollution and the global burden of disease

https://academic.oup.com › bmb › article

by D Briggs · 2003 · Cited by 529 — About 8–9% of the total disease burden may be attributed to pollution, but considerably more in developing countries. Unsafe water, poor …

11 Facts About Pollution – DoSomething.org

https://www.dosomething.org › facts › 11-facts-about-p…

Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people. That’s comparable to global diseases like malaria and HIV.

Most Polluted Countries 2022 – World Population Review

https://worldpopulationreview.com › country-rankings

Bangladesh is the most polluted country in the world, with an average PM2.5 concentration of 77.10, which is nonetheless a decrease from 83.30 in 2019 and 97.10 …

‘The air that keeps us alive is making us sick’, warn UN experts …

https://news.un.org › story › 2022/09

7 Sept 2022 — For several years, the World Health Organization has warned that practically all the air we breathe is polluted, and that it’s killing around …

Pollution and health: a progress update – The Lancet

https://www.thelancet.com › lanplh › article › fulltext

by R Fuller · Cited by 43 — It is not just air pollution that moves globally. The contamination of cereals, seafood, chocolate, and vegetables produced in LMICs for export …

How Does Pollution Affect Humans? – The World Counts

https://www.theworldcounts.com › stories › how-does-p…

That means that every 4 seconds, someone somewhere on the planet dies from air pollution. The UN has called air pollution the world’s worst environmental health …

Are there any pollution-free places left on Earth? – BBC Future

https://www.bbc.com › future › article › 20141104-is-a…

4 Nov 2014 — Plastic pollution is not the only man-made waste contaminating the ocean, however. Oil spills regularly occur all over the world, even if the …

Harmful air pollution now affects 99 per cent of everyone on …

https://www.newscientist.com › article › 2314659-harm…

4 Apr 2022 — Almost everyone on Earth lives in areas with harmful levels of air pollution that breach new guidelines from the World Health Organization …

Global distribution and coincidence of pollution, climate …

https://journals.plos.org › plosone › article › journal.po…

by R Marcantonio · 2021 · Cited by 6 — Non-toxic pollution is driving global environmental changes that endanger human health through global warming [11,46–48], land degradation