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The following list of countries by air pollution sorts the countries of the world according to their average measured concentration of particulate matter in micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m 3). The World Health Organization's recommended limit is 5 micrograms per cubic meter, although there are also various national guideline values, which are ...
The most commonly used air quality index in the UK is the Daily Air Quality Index recommended by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP). [39] This index has ten points, which are further grouped into four bands: low, moderate, high and very high. Each of the bands comes with advice for at-risk groups and the general ...
This list contains the top 500 cities by PM2.5 annual mean concentration measurement as documented by the World Health Organization covering the period from 2010 to 2022. The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries.
The AQI readings below 100 are considered to be satisfactory for breathing, under 200 are marked “poor”, while the 400-500 range mark pollution levels as "severe" in an area. AQI 1696.
Only 0.001 per cent of the world’s population breathes air considered acceptable, says study Asian countries have the worst air quality in the world, study finds Skip to main content
Air quality is reported by the U.S. Air Quality Index, as well as the Washington State Department of Ecology. County numbers are an average based on several cities’ most recently reported AQI ...
Thus an AQI of 100 does not mean twice the pollution of AQI at 50, nor does it mean twice as harmful. While an AQI of 50 from day 1 to 182 and AQI of 100 from day 183 to 365 does provide an annual average of 75, it does not mean the pollution is acceptable even if the benchmark of 100 is deemed safe. This is because the benchmark is a 24-hour ...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, a 24-hour average exposure should not exceed 15 for the majority of the year. On Friday morning, the AQI stood at 185.