PM2.5 air pollution by country

See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: 7.0 µg/m³ in 2023, 9th of 38 OECD members (lowest first). 25th of all 200 with data.

Highest: Qatar (107.8 µg/m³, 2023) · Lowest: Greenland (1.6 µg/m³, 2023) · 200 countries and territories with data.

Mean annual concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), weighted by population.

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (lowest first).

World ranking (lowest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1Greenland1.6 µg/m³2023
2Northern Mariana Islands2.7 µg/m³2023
3Guam3.5 µg/m³2023
4Micronesia3.5 µg/m³2023
5Kiribati3.9 µg/m³2023
6Marshall Islands4.1 µg/m³2023
7American Samoa4.3 µg/m³2023
8Finland4.6 µg/m³2023
9Samoa4.6 µg/m³2023
10Bermuda4.6 µg/m³2023
11Tonga4.7 µg/m³2023
12Nauru4.8 µg/m³2023
13Iceland4.9 µg/m³2023
14Palau4.9 µg/m³2023
15Tuvalu5.2 µg/m³2023
16Sweden5.3 µg/m³2023
17Bahamas5.3 µg/m³2023
18Norway5.5 µg/m³2023
19Estonia5.9 µg/m³2023
20Australia6.4 µg/m³2023
21Fiji6.4 µg/m³2023
22Canada6.6 µg/m³2023
23U.S. Virgin Islands6.8 µg/m³2023
24New Zealand6.9 µg/m³2023
25United States7.0 µg/m³2023
26Vanuatu7.0 µg/m³2023
27Luxembourg7.4 µg/m³2023
28Denmark7.5 µg/m³2023
29Ireland7.5 µg/m³2023
30Brunei7.6 µg/m³2023
31Puerto Rico7.8 µg/m³2023
32France8.2 µg/m³2023
33Switzerland8.3 µg/m³2023
34Antigua and Barbuda8.4 µg/m³2023
35Belgium8.4 µg/m³2023
36Netherlands8.6 µg/m³2023
37Portugal8.8 µg/m³2023
38Germany8.8 µg/m³2023
39St. Kitts and Nevis8.9 µg/m³2023
40Andorra8.9 µg/m³2023
41Seychelles9.3 µg/m³2023
42Cuba9.4 µg/m³2023
43United Kingdom9.5 µg/m³2023
44Solomon Islands9.8 µg/m³2023
45Austria10.0 µg/m³2023
46Spain10.1 µg/m³2023
47Comoros10.2 µg/m³2023
48St. Lucia10.4 µg/m³2023
49St. Vincent and the Grenadines10.6 µg/m³2023
50Lithuania10.7 µg/m³2023
51Malta10.8 µg/m³2023
52Uruguay10.9 µg/m³2023
53Barbados10.9 µg/m³2023
54Grenada11.0 µg/m³2023
55Maldives11.2 µg/m³2023
56Monaco11.4 µg/m³2023
57Japan11.5 µg/m³2023
58Dominica11.5 µg/m³2023
59Russia11.6 µg/m³2023
60Belarus12.0 µg/m³2023
61Timor-Leste12.0 µg/m³2023
62Madagascar12.4 µg/m³2023
63Slovenia12.6 µg/m³2023
64San Marino12.7 µg/m³2023
65Czechia12.7 µg/m³2023
66Latvia13.0 µg/m³2023
67Botswana13.2 µg/m³2023
68Brazil13.4 µg/m³2023
69Dominican Republic13.5 µg/m³2023
70Hungary13.7 µg/m³2023
71Slovakia13.7 µg/m³2023
72Mozambique13.7 µg/m³2023
73Trinidad and Tobago13.8 µg/m³2023
74Mauritius14.1 µg/m³2023
75Papua New Guinea14.1 µg/m³2023
76Greece14.1 µg/m³2023
77Namibia14.2 µg/m³2023
78Italy14.3 µg/m³2023
79Argentina14.3 µg/m³2023
80Ukraine14.9 µg/m³2023
81Moldova14.9 µg/m³2023
82Zimbabwe15.0 µg/m³2023
83São Tomé and Príncipe15.1 µg/m³2023
84Panama15.1 µg/m³2023
85Singapore15.1 µg/m³2023
86Paraguay15.3 µg/m³2023
87Albania15.5 µg/m³2023
88Suriname15.7 µg/m³2023
89Croatia15.8 µg/m³2023
90Haiti15.8 µg/m³2023
91Malaysia15.9 µg/m³2023
92Romania16.0 µg/m³2023
93Cyprus16.1 µg/m³2023
94Poland16.5 µg/m³2023
95Algeria16.5 µg/m³2023
96Mexico16.6 µg/m³2023
97Malawi16.7 µg/m³2023
98Eswatini16.7 µg/m³2023
99Belize16.8 µg/m³2023
100Guyana16.9 µg/m³2023
101Costa Rica17.7 µg/m³2023
102Liberia17.9 µg/m³2023
103Colombia18.4 µg/m³2023
104Montenegro18.5 µg/m³2023
105Somalia18.5 µg/m³2023
106Georgia18.6 µg/m³2023
107Ecuador18.6 µg/m³2023
108Morocco18.7 µg/m³2023
109Tunisia18.9 µg/m³2023
110Venezuela19.2 µg/m³2023
111Serbia19.3 µg/m³2023
112Cambodia19.4 µg/m³2023
113Kazakhstan19.6 µg/m³2023
114Bulgaria19.7 µg/m³2023
115Angola19.9 µg/m³2023
116Libya20.0 µg/m³2023
117Kyrgyzstan20.1 µg/m³2023
118Tanzania20.2 µg/m³2023
119Cabo Verde20.2 µg/m³2023
120Zambia20.2 µg/m³2023
121Kenya20.3 µg/m³2023
122Côte d'Ivoire20.4 µg/m³2023
123Nicaragua20.4 µg/m³2023
124Indonesia20.8 µg/m³2023
125Jamaica21.7 µg/m³2023
126North Korea21.8 µg/m³2023
127North Macedonia21.8 µg/m³2023
128South Korea21.9 µg/m³2023
129Israel21.9 µg/m³2023
130Philippines22.2 µg/m³2023
131West Bank and Gaza22.4 µg/m³2023
132Sierra Leone22.5 µg/m³2023
133Sri Lanka22.7 µg/m³2023
134Chile23.1 µg/m³2023
135Thailand23.5 µg/m³2023
136South Sudan23.7 µg/m³2023
137Azerbaijan23.7 µg/m³2023
138Ethiopia23.8 µg/m³2023
139Vietnam24.8 µg/m³2023
140Laos26.0 µg/m³2023
141Bosnia and Herzegovina26.1 µg/m³2023
142Türkiye26.4 µg/m³2023
143Lesotho26.4 µg/m³2023
144Lebanon26.7 µg/m³2023
145Guinea27.3 µg/m³2023
146South Africa27.7 µg/m³2023
147Bolivia28.1 µg/m³2023
148Ghana28.1 µg/m³2023
149Armenia28.6 µg/m³2023
150El Salvador29.6 µg/m³2023
151Guatemala29.7 µg/m³2023
152Bhutan30.1 µg/m³2023
153Honduras30.7 µg/m³2023
154Peru31.1 µg/m³2023
155Uganda31.2 µg/m³2023
156Turkmenistan31.2 µg/m³2023
157Gabon31.3 µg/m³2023
158China32.0 µg/m³2023
159Syria32.1 µg/m³2023
160Guinea-Bissau32.3 µg/m³2023
161Jordan32.6 µg/m³2023
162Uzbekistan32.8 µg/m³2023
163Central African Republic33.3 µg/m³2023
164Tajikistan33.3 µg/m³2023
165Eritrea33.7 µg/m³2023
166Togo34.3 µg/m³2023
167Myanmar35.1 µg/m³2023
168Mali35.5 µg/m³2023
169Burundi35.7 µg/m³2023
170DR Congo35.8 µg/m³2023
171Rwanda36.0 µg/m³2023
172Republic of the Congo36.5 µg/m³2023
173Burkina Faso37.3 µg/m³2023
174Sudan37.6 µg/m³2023
175Afghanistan37.9 µg/m³2023
176Gambia38.3 µg/m³2023
177Benin39.7 µg/m³2023
178Iran40.2 µg/m³2023
179Djibouti40.3 µg/m³2023
180Senegal41.6 µg/m³2023
181Equatorial Guinea42.2 µg/m³2023
182Mongolia42.7 µg/m³2023
183Chad43.0 µg/m³2023
184Egypt43.1 µg/m³2023
185Mauritania46.5 µg/m³2023
186Yemen46.8 µg/m³2023
187Oman46.9 µg/m³2023
188Iraq49.5 µg/m³2023
189Nepal53.2 µg/m³2023
190India54.1 µg/m³2023
191Cameroon55.6 µg/m³2023
192Bahrain56.6 µg/m³2023
193United Arab Emirates57.2 µg/m³2023
194Pakistan58.4 µg/m³2023
195Kuwait62.3 µg/m³2023
196Niger65.2 µg/m³2023
197Nigeria65.7 µg/m³2023
198Bangladesh69.3 µg/m³2023
199Saudi Arabia73.5 µg/m³2023
200Qatar107.8 µg/m³2023

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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