World Facts

Countries ranked by PM2.5 air pollution

Every country ranked by PM2.5 air pollution, highest to lowest. Qatar tops the list at 75.5 µg/m³; Greenland is lowest at 1.1 µg/m³.

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Highest
  1. 1Qatar75.5 µg/m³
  2. 2Bangladesh65.0 µg/m³
  3. 3Kuwait57.3 µg/m³
  4. 4United Arab Emirates55.7 µg/m³
  5. 5Pakistan53.8 µg/m³
Lowest
  1. 241Greenland1.1 µg/m³
  2. 240Northern Mariana Islands1.5 µg/m³
  3. 239Guam1.9 µg/m³
  4. 238Micronesia (country)2.3 µg/m³
  5. 237Marshall Islands2.8 µg/m³

Full ranking — all 241 countries

#CountryPM2.5 air pollution
1 Qatar
75.5 µg/m³
2 Bangladesh
65.0 µg/m³
3 Kuwait
57.3 µg/m³
4 United Arab Emirates
55.7 µg/m³
5 Pakistan
53.8 µg/m³
6 Cameroon
51.5 µg/m³
7 Saudi Arabia
50.4 µg/m³
8 Nigeria
50.0 µg/m³
9 Iraq
48.8 µg/m³
10 Bahrain
48.1 µg/m³
11 Niger
47.9 µg/m³
12 India
44.2 µg/m³
13 Rwanda
41.8 µg/m³
14 Egypt
41.3 µg/m³
15 Democratic Republic of Congo
41.2 µg/m³
16 Nepal
40.7 µg/m³
17 Bolivia
40.6 µg/m³
18 Burundi
40.4 µg/m³
19 Congo
40.3 µg/m³
20 Afghanistan
40.0 µg/m³
21 Chad
39.2 µg/m³
22 Mongolia
38.2 µg/m³
23 Iran
37.7 µg/m³
24 Uganda
37.3 µg/m³
25 Senegal
36.5 µg/m³
26 Gambia
35.7 µg/m³
27 Equatorial Guinea
35.4 µg/m³
28 Benin
35.3 µg/m³
29 Mauritania
35.2 µg/m³
30 Yemen
35.0 µg/m³
31 Burkina Faso
34.6 µg/m³
32 Oman
34.1 µg/m³
33 Jordan
32.6 µg/m³
34 Tajikistan
32.6 µg/m³
35 Central African Republic
32.3 µg/m³
36 Gabon
32.2 µg/m³
37 Armenia
31.8 µg/m³
38 Honduras
31.6 µg/m³
39 China
31.3 µg/m³
40 Myanmar
31.2 µg/m³
41 Djibouti
31.1 µg/m³
42 Mali
31.0 µg/m³
43 Togo
31.0 µg/m³
44 Syria
30.8 µg/m³
45 El Salvador
30.7 µg/m³
46 Uzbekistan
30.0 µg/m³
47 Turkmenistan
29.1 µg/m³
48 Guinea-Bissau
29.0 µg/m³
49 Sudan
28.8 µg/m³
50 Ghana
28.2 µg/m³
51 Guatemala
27.7 µg/m³
52 Peru
27.6 µg/m³
53 Laos
27.0 µg/m³
54 Lebanon
26.2 µg/m³
55 Angola
26.1 µg/m³
56 Turkey
25.6 µg/m³
57 Vietnam
25.6 µg/m³
58 Zambia
25.4 µg/m³
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina
25.2 µg/m³
60 Eritrea
25.0 µg/m³
61 Bhutan
24.7 µg/m³
62 Tanzania
24.6 µg/m³
63 Lesotho
24.5 µg/m³
64 South Africa
24.4 µg/m³
65 South Sudan
24.1 µg/m³
66 Guinea
23.9 µg/m³
67 Azerbaijan
23.7 µg/m³
68 Thailand
23.3 µg/m³
69 Chile
23.2 µg/m³
70 Palestine
23.2 µg/m³
71 Philippines
23.1 µg/m³
72 Kenya
22.0 µg/m³
73 Malawi
21.8 µg/m³
74 Georgia
21.5 µg/m³
75 Paraguay
21.3 µg/m³
76 North Korea
21.2 µg/m³
77 South Korea
21.0 µg/m³
78 Sri Lanka
20.7 µg/m³
79 North Macedonia
20.7 µg/m³
80 Bulgaria
20.6 µg/m³
81 Nicaragua
20.5 µg/m³
82 Israel
20.4 µg/m³
83 Costa Rica
20.3 µg/m³
84 Cote d'Ivoire
20.2 µg/m³
85 Ethiopia
20.2 µg/m³
86 Sierra Leone
20.2 µg/m³
87 Tunisia
20.2 µg/m³
88 Zimbabwe
20.1 µg/m³
89 Eswatini
20.0 µg/m³
90 Macao
19.7 µg/m³
91 Western Sahara
19.5 µg/m³
92 Cambodia
19.0 µg/m³
93 Indonesia
18.5 µg/m³
94 Mexico
18.3 µg/m³
95 Ecuador
17.7 µg/m³
96 Jamaica
17.6 µg/m³
97 Serbia
17.6 µg/m³
98 Morocco
17.4 µg/m³
99 Liberia
17.2 µg/m³
100 Montenegro
17.2 µg/m³
101 Libya
17.1 µg/m³
102 Cape Verde
17.0 µg/m³
103 Kyrgyzstan
17.0 µg/m³
104 Mozambique
17.0 µg/m³
105 Albania
16.9 µg/m³
106 Botswana
16.7 µg/m³
107 Cyprus
16.6 µg/m³
108 Taiwan
16.6 µg/m³
109 Kazakhstan
16.0 µg/m³
110 Hong Kong
15.8 µg/m³
111 Venezuela
15.8 µg/m³
112 Poland
15.6 µg/m³
113 Sao Tome and Principe
15.6 µg/m³
114 Namibia
15.5 µg/m³
115 Brazil
15.3 µg/m³
116 Malaysia
15.3 µg/m³
117 Italy
15.2 µg/m³
118 Colombia
15.1 µg/m³
119 Greece
15.1 µg/m³
120 Cayman Islands
15.0 µg/m³
121 Guyana
14.8 µg/m³
122 Panama
14.7 µg/m³
123 Croatia
14.6 µg/m³
124 Argentina
14.5 µg/m³
125 Belize
14.4 µg/m³
126 Algeria
14.4 µg/m³
127 Romania
14.3 µg/m³
128 Ukraine
14.2 µg/m³
129 Haiti
14.0 µg/m³
130 Suriname
13.5 µg/m³
131 Slovenia
13.5 µg/m³
132 Trinidad and Tobago
13.5 µg/m³
133 Vatican
13.5 µg/m³
134 Hungary
13.4 µg/m³
135 Slovakia
13.2 µg/m³
136 Mauritius
13.0 µg/m³
137 Belarus
12.9 µg/m³
138 French Guiana
12.9 µg/m³
139 Russia
12.9 µg/m³
140 San Marino
12.9 µg/m³
141 Latvia
12.7 µg/m³
142 Gibraltar
12.6 µg/m³
143 Moldova
12.6 µg/m³
144 Dominican Republic
12.3 µg/m³
145 Singapore
12.2 µg/m³
146 Czechia
12.1 µg/m³
147 Curacao
12.0 µg/m³
148 Uruguay
11.9 µg/m³
149 Martinique
11.8 µg/m³
150 Lithuania
11.6 µg/m³
151 Madagascar
11.6 µg/m³
152 Somalia
11.5 µg/m³
153 Barbados
11.2 µg/m³
154 Malta
11.1 µg/m³
155 Papua New Guinea
11.0 µg/m³
156 Aruba
10.9 µg/m³
157 East Timor
10.8 µg/m³
158 Monaco
10.7 µg/m³
159 Maldives
10.7 µg/m³
160 Grenada
10.6 µg/m³
161 Comoros
10.5 µg/m³
162 Japan
10.5 µg/m³
163 Portugal
10.5 µg/m³
164 Saint Lucia
10.4 µg/m³
165 Liechtenstein
10.4 µg/m³
166 Austria
10.3 µg/m³
167 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10.2 µg/m³
168 Spain
10.0 µg/m³
169 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
9.9 µg/m³
170 Cuba
9.9 µg/m³
171 Mayotte
9.8 µg/m³
172 Falkland Islands
9.7 µg/m³
173 Netherlands
9.6 µg/m³
174 Belgium
9.3 µg/m³
175 Guadeloupe
9.3 µg/m³
176 Germany
9.1 µg/m³
177 Dominica
9.1 µg/m³
178 Switzerland
9.0 µg/m³
179 Denmark
9.0 µg/m³
180 Brunei
8.9 µg/m³
181 France
8.9 µg/m³
182 United Kingdom
8.8 µg/m³
183 Andorra
8.7 µg/m³
184 Luxembourg
8.4 µg/m³
185 Turks and Caicos Islands
8.4 µg/m³
186 Jersey
8.1 µg/m³
187 Antigua and Barbuda
7.8 µg/m³
188 Montserrat
7.6 µg/m³
189 United States
7.5 µg/m³
190 Guernsey
7.4 µg/m³
191 Ireland
7.4 µg/m³
192 Puerto Rico
7.3 µg/m³
193 Canada
7.0 µg/m³
194 New Zealand
7.0 µg/m³
195 Solomon Islands
7.0 µg/m³
196 Seychelles
6.9 µg/m³
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.8 µg/m³
198 Estonia
6.7 µg/m³
199 Norway
6.7 µg/m³
200 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
6.7 µg/m³
201 Saint Barthelemy
6.6 µg/m³
202 Saint Martin (French part)
6.6 µg/m³
203 Isle of Man
6.5 µg/m³
204 Anguilla
6.1 µg/m³
205 United States Virgin Islands
6.1 µg/m³
206 Vanuatu
5.8 µg/m³
207 Fiji
5.7 µg/m³
208 Sweden
5.7 µg/m³
209 British Virgin Islands
5.7 µg/m³
210 Australia
5.4 µg/m³
211 Finland
5.4 µg/m³
212 Bahamas
5.2 µg/m³
213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
5.1 µg/m³
214 Reunion
5.0 µg/m³
215 New Caledonia
4.9 µg/m³
216 Iceland
4.6 µg/m³
217 Tuvalu
4.5 µg/m³
218 Aland Islands
4.3 µg/m³
219 Saint Helena
4.1 µg/m³
220 Samoa
4.1 µg/m³
221 Cocos Islands
4.0 µg/m³
222 Faroe Islands
4.0 µg/m³
223 Tokelau
4.0 µg/m³
224 Wallis and Futuna
4.0 µg/m³
225 Bermuda
3.9 µg/m³
226 American Samoa
3.8 µg/m³
227 Nauru
3.8 µg/m³
228 Tonga
3.8 µg/m³
229 Christmas Island
3.7 µg/m³
230 Kiribati
3.7 µg/m³
231 French Polynesia
3.6 µg/m³
232 Norfolk Island
3.5 µg/m³
233 Cook Islands
3.3 µg/m³
234 Palau
3.3 µg/m³
235 Niue
3.2 µg/m³
236 Pitcairn
3.1 µg/m³
237 Marshall Islands
2.8 µg/m³
238 Micronesia (country)
2.3 µg/m³
239 Guam
1.9 µg/m³
240 Northern Mariana Islands
1.5 µg/m³
241 Greenland
1.1 µg/m³

Common questions

Which country has the highest PM2.5 air pollution?

Qatar, at 75.5 µg/m³ — the highest of all 241 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest PM2.5 air pollution?

Greenland, at 1.1 µg/m³, ranks lowest among the 241 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

241 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

WHO (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: WHO (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive PM2.5 air pollution map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.