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Based on the AQI, many Asian nations rank among the world's most polluted countries, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mongolia, Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Bahrain, Nepal, Uzbekistan, and Iraq. Additional forms of pollution: microplastics, light pollution, and noise pollution
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Air pollution is a health and environmental issue across all countries of the world but with large differences in severity. In the interactive map, we show death rates from air pollution across the world, measured as the number of deaths per 100,000 people in a given country or region.
In the State of Global Air 2024 interactive app, you can explore, compare, and download data and graphics reflecting the latest air pollution levels and associated burden of disease for over 200 individual countries, territories, and regions, as well as track trends from 1990 to 2021.
Almost all of the global population (99%) are exposed to air pollution levels that put them at increased risk for diseases including heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer and pneumonia.
31 sty 2024 · This article published in the WHO bulletin in 2023, presents an overview of close to 50 years of WHO's activities in gathering air quality data and their use in global assessments and efforts to reduce health risks caused by air pollution.
The 2022 update (Fifth Version) database was released in April 2022 and hosts data on air quality for over 600 human settlements in more than 100 countries. The data compiled in this database is used as input to derive the Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 11.6.2, Air quality in cities, for which WHO is custodial agency.
7 wrz 2021 · Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to public health globally and accounts for more than 8 million premature deaths every year. Air pollution and climate change are closely linked as all major pollutants have an impact on the climate and most share common sources with greenhouse gases.
