😷 Most Polluted Air
Average yearly exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) in micrograms per cubic metre. The WHO guideline is 5.
1
🇶🇦Qatar
107.8 µg/m³
2
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
73.5 µg/m³
3
🇧🇩Bangladesh
69.3 µg/m³
4
🇳🇬Nigeria
65.7 µg/m³
5
🇳🇪Niger
65.2 µg/m³
6
🇰🇼Kuwait
62.3 µg/m³
7
🇵🇰Pakistan
58.4 µg/m³
8
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
57.2 µg/m³
9
🇧🇭Bahrain
56.6 µg/m³
10
🇨🇲Cameroon
55.6 µg/m³
11
🇮🇳India
54.1 µg/m³
12
🇳🇵Nepal
53.2 µg/m³
13
🇮🇶Iraq
49.5 µg/m³
14
🇴🇲Oman
46.9 µg/m³
15
🇾🇪Yemen
46.8 µg/m³
16
🇲🇷Mauritania
46.5 µg/m³
17
🇪🇬Egypt
43.1 µg/m³
18
🇹🇩Chad
43.0 µg/m³
19
🇲🇳Mongolia
42.7 µg/m³
20
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
42.2 µg/m³
21
🇸🇳Senegal
41.6 µg/m³
22
🇩🇯Djibouti
40.3 µg/m³
23
🇮🇷Iran
40.2 µg/m³
24
🇧🇯Benin
39.7 µg/m³
25
🇬🇲Gambia
38.3 µg/m³
26
🇦🇫Afghanistan
37.9 µg/m³
27
🇸🇩Sudan
37.6 µg/m³
28
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
37.3 µg/m³
29
🇨🇬Congo
36.5 µg/m³
30
🇷🇼Rwanda
36.0 µg/m³
31
🇨🇩DR Congo
35.8 µg/m³
32
🇧🇮Burundi
35.7 µg/m³
33
🇲🇱Mali
35.5 µg/m³
34
🇲🇲Myanmar
35.1 µg/m³
35
🇹🇬Togo
34.3 µg/m³
36
🇪🇷Eritrea
33.7 µg/m³
37
🇹🇯Tajikistan
33.3 µg/m³
38
🇨🇫Central African Republic
33.3 µg/m³
39
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
32.8 µg/m³
40
🇯🇴Jordan
32.6 µg/m³
41
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
32.3 µg/m³
42
🇸🇾Syria
32.1 µg/m³
43
🇨🇳China
32.0 µg/m³
44
🇬🇦Gabon
31.3 µg/m³
45
🇹🇲Turkmenistan
31.2 µg/m³
46
🇺🇬Uganda
31.2 µg/m³
47
🇵🇪Peru
31.1 µg/m³
48
🇭🇳Honduras
30.7 µg/m³
49
🇧🇹Bhutan
30.1 µg/m³
50
🇬🇹Guatemala
29.7 µg/m³
Highlights
As of 2023, Qatar ranks first with 107.8 µg/m³, followed by Saudi Arabia (73.5 µg/m³) and Bangladesh (69.3 µg/m³).
Across 200 countries and territories, values run from 107.8 µg/m³ (Qatar) to 1.6 µg/m³ (Greenland), with a median of 17.3 µg/m³.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Asia and 3 from Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter), 2023. Unit: µg/m³ PM2.5.
Source: World Bank Open Data — PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026