GET ENVIRONMENT UPDATES
Notify me about new Environment stats: (Privacy )
SEARCH ALL
FACTS & STATISTICS
Advanced view
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
SOURCE
Kiren Dev Pandey, David Wheeler, Bart Ostro, Uwe Deichmann, Kirk Hamilton, and Katherine Bolt. ""Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Residential and Pollution Hotspot Areas of World Cities: New Estimates Based on the Global Model of Ambient Particulates (GMAPS),"" World Bank, Development Research Group and Environment Department (2006).
DEFINITION
Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country's technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations."
Environment Statistics > Emissions > PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter (1992) by country
Showing values for 1992.
Select another time period:
Most recent
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Armenia :
387.19
1992
Environment in Armenia
# 2
Sudan :
292.84
1992
Environment in Sudan
# 3
Mali :
259.94
1992
Environment in Mali
# 4
Uruguay :
229.04
1992
Environment in Uruguay
# 5
Niger :
216.85
1992
Environment in Niger
# 6
Pakistan :
209.18
1992
Environment in Pakistan
# 7
Bangladesh :
203.85
1992
Environment in Bangladesh
# 8
Chad :
203.67
1992
Environment in Chad
# 9
Iraq :
202.94
1992
Environment in Iraq
# 10
United Arab Emirates :
198.24
1992
Environment in United Arab Emirates
# 11
Kuwait :
190.37
1992
Environment in Kuwait
# 12
Turkmenistan :
186.03
1992
Environment in Turkmenistan
# 13
Georgia :
177.72
1992
Environment in Georgia
# 14
Saudi Arabia :
177.34
1992
Environment in Saudi Arabia
# 15
Nigeria :
168.81
1992
Environment in Nigeria
# 16
Trinidad and Tobago :
162.23
1992
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 17
Oman :
162.15
1992
Environment in Oman
# 18
Syria :
160.39
1992
Environment in Syria
# 19
Mongolia :
159.73
1992
Environment in Mongolia
# 20
Angola :
155.39
1992
Environment in Angola
# 21
Burkina Faso :
149.32
1992
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 22
Azerbaijan :
141.06
1992
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 23
Mauritania :
136.46
1992
Environment in Mauritania
# 24
Gambia, The :
133.65
1992
Environment in Gambia, The
# 25
Indonesia :
128.36
1992
Environment in Indonesia
# 26
Congo, Republic of the :
121
1992
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 27
India :
119.11
1992
Environment in India
# 28
Algeria :
117.06
1992
Environment in Algeria
# 29
Guinea-Bissau :
116.5
1992
Environment in Guinea-Bissau
# 30
Eritrea :
116.49
1992
Environment in Eritrea
# 31
Mozambique :
111.72
1992
Environment in Mozambique
# 32
Bolivia :
110.25
1992
Environment in Bolivia
# 33
China :
109.96
1992
Environment in China
# 34
Libya :
109.59
1992
Environment in Libya
# 35
Moldova :
108.77
1992
Environment in Moldova
# 36
Vietnam :
106.66
1992
Environment in Vietnam
# 37
Côte d'Ivoire :
101.65
1992
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
# 38
Ethiopia :
101.5
1992
Environment in Ethiopia
# 39
Cameroon :
100.97
1992
Environment in Cameroon
# 40
Paraguay :
100.96
1992
Environment in Paraguay
# 41
Jordan :
99.53
1992
Environment in Jordan
# 42
Guinea :
99
1992
Environment in Guinea
# 43
Burma :
98.63
1992
Environment in Burma
# 44
Senegal :
97.72
1992
Environment in Senegal
# 45
Bulgaria :
96.85
1992
Environment in Bulgaria
# 46
Botswana :
93.88
1992
Environment in Botswana
# 47
Zambia :
93.48
1992
Environment in Zambia
# 48
Uzbekistan :
93.2
1992
Environment in Uzbekistan
# 49
Tajikistan :
91.12
1992
Environment in Tajikistan
# 50
Sierra Leone :
88.98
1992
Environment in Sierra Leone
# 51
Argentina :
87.77
1992
Environment in Argentina
# 52
New Caledonia :
87.46
1992
Environment in New Caledonia
# 53
Peru :
86.39
1992
Environment in Peru
# 54
Bahrain :
85.6
1992
Environment in Bahrain
# 55
Thailand :
84.27
1992
Environment in Thailand
# 56
Sri Lanka :
82.82
1992
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 57
Haiti :
82.78
1992
Environment in Haiti
# 58
Liechtenstein :
82.51
1992
Environment in Liechtenstein
# 59
Chile :
76.49
1992
Environment in Chile
# 60
Cambodia :
74.82
1992
Environment in Cambodia
# 61
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
74.45
1992
Environment in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 62
Cyprus :
71.24
1992
Environment in Cyprus
# 63
Benin :
70.92
1992
Environment in Benin
# 64
Laos :
70.86
1992
Environment in Laos
# 65
Lesotho :
70.36
1992
Environment in Lesotho
# 66
Tunisia :
70.15
1992
Environment in Tunisia
# 67
São Tomé and Príncipe :
69.86
1992
Environment in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 68
Albania :
69.53
1992
Environment in Albania
# 69
Singapore :
68.96
1992
Environment in Singapore
# 70
Madagascar :
66.89
1992
Environment in Madagascar
# 71
Guatemala :
66.45
1992
Environment in Guatemala
# 72
Panama :
65.3
1992
Environment in Panama
# 73
Israel :
64.6
1992
Environment in Israel
# 74
Malawi :
64.46
1992
Environment in Malawi
# 75
Kyrgyzstan :
64.21
1992
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 76
Kenya :
63.52
1992
Environment in Kenya
# 77
Nepal :
63.15
1992
Environment in Nepal
# 78
Jamaica :
61.78
1992
Environment in Jamaica
# 79
Greece :
61.62
1992
Environment in Greece
# 80
Qatar :
61.08
1992
Environment in Qatar
# 81
Central African Republic :
60.81
1992
Environment in Central African Republic
# 82
Mexico :
60.49
1992
Environment in Mexico
# 83
Liberia :
59.97
1992
Environment in Liberia
# 84
Ukraine :
59.47
1992
Environment in Ukraine
# 85
Somalia :
58.33
1992
Environment in Somalia
# 86
Turkey :
58.03
1992
Environment in Turkey
# 87
Andorra :
57.94
1992
Environment in Andorra
# 88
Comoros :
57.75
1992
Environment in Comoros
# 89
Philippines :
55.5
1992
Environment in Philippines
# 90
Poland :
54.78
1992
Environment in Poland
# 91
Suriname :
54.66
1992
Environment in Suriname
# 92
Guyana :
54.5
1992
Environment in Guyana
# 93
Tanzania :
52.42
1992
Environment in Tanzania
# 94
Bahamas, The :
51.53
1992
Environment in Bahamas, The
# 95
Portugal :
50.12
1992
Environment in Portugal
# 96
Togo :
49.86
1992
Environment in Togo
# 97
El Salvador :
49.42
1992
Environment in El Salvador
# 98
Barbados :
48.8
1992
Environment in Barbados
# 99
Brunei :
48.75
1992
Environment in Brunei
# 100
Burundi :
48.54
1992
Environment in Burundi
# 101
Nicaragua :
48.47
1992
Environment in Nicaragua
# 102
Honduras :
48.26
1992
Environment in Honduras
# 103
Saint Lucia :
46.75
1992
Environment in Saint Lucia
# 104
Bhutan :
46.5
1992
Environment in Bhutan
# 105
Kazakhstan :
46.46
1992
Environment in Kazakhstan
# 106
Rwanda :
46.39
1992
Environment in Rwanda
# 107
Dominican Republic :
45.25
1992
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 108
Costa Rica :
45.18
1992
Environment in Costa Rica
# 109
Lebanon :
44.55
1992
Environment in Lebanon
# 110
Virgin Islands :
44.43
1992
Environment in Virgin Islands
# 111
Netherlands :
44.39
1992
Environment in Netherlands
# 112
Croatia :
43.03
1992
Environment in Croatia
# 113
Solomon Islands :
43.02
1992
Environment in Solomon Islands
# 114
Djibouti :
42.04
1992
Environment in Djibouti
# 115
Zimbabwe :
41.45
1992
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 116
Spain :
41.21
1992
Environment in Spain
# 117
Macedonia, Republic of :
41.19
1992
Environment in Macedonia, Republic of
# 118
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
41.1
1992
Environment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 119
Namibia :
41.06
1992
Environment in Namibia
# 120
Lithuania :
40.77
1992
Environment in Lithuania
# 121
Japan :
40.73
1992
Environment in Japan
# 122
Brazil :
40.56
1992
Environment in Brazil
# 123
Czech Republic :
37.83
1992
Environment in Czech Republic
# 124
Fiji :
37.21
1992
Environment in Fiji
# 125
Colombia :
37.06
1992
Environment in Colombia
# 126
Slovakia :
36.94
1992
Environment in Slovakia
# 127
Italy :
36.69
1992
Environment in Italy
# 128
Russia :
36.56
1992
Environment in Russia
# 129
Austria :
36.16
1992
Environment in Austria
# 130
Latvia :
35.91
1992
Environment in Latvia
# 131
Romania :
35.38
1992
Environment in Romania
# 132
Morocco :
35.18
1992
Environment in Morocco
# 133
Malaysia :
35.16
1992
Environment in Malaysia
# 134
Ghana :
34.98
1992
Environment in Ghana
# 135
Ecuador :
34.83
1992
Environment in Ecuador
# 136
Dominica :
34.54
1992
Environment in Dominica
# 137
Papua New Guinea :
33.71
1992
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 138
Switzerland :
33.65
1992
Environment in Switzerland
# 139
Netherlands Antilles :
33.02
1992
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 140
Swaziland :
32.92
1992
Environment in Swaziland
# 141
Cuba :
32.49
1992
Environment in Cuba
# 142
Vanuatu :
32.24
1992
Environment in Vanuatu
# 143
Cayman Islands :
31.44
1992
Environment in Cayman Islands
# 144
Hungary :
30.64
1992
Environment in Hungary
# 145
Grenada :
30.63
1992
Environment in Grenada
# 146
South Africa :
30.04
1992
Environment in South Africa
# 147
Estonia :
29.84
1992
Environment in Estonia
# 148
Belgium :
29.47
1992
Environment in Belgium
# 149
United States :
28.52
1992
Environment in United States
# 150
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
28.32
1992
Environment in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 151
Denmark :
27.88
1992
Environment in Denmark
# 152
Uganda :
27.29
1992
Environment in Uganda
# 153
Germany :
25.85
1992
Environment in Germany
# 154
Maldives :
25.78
1992
Environment in Maldives
# 155
Puerto Rico :
25.57
1992
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 156
Luxembourg :
24.31
1992
Environment in Luxembourg
# 157
United Kingdom :
23.84
1992
Environment in United Kingdom
# 158
Canada :
23.69
1992
Environment in Canada
# 159
Mauritius :
23.61
1992
Environment in Mauritius
# 160
Ireland :
23.11
1992
Environment in Ireland
# 161
Belize :
23
1992
Environment in Belize
# 162
Iceland :
22.76
1992
Environment in Iceland
# 163
Australia :
21.9
1992
Environment in Australia
# 164
Norway :
21.68
1992
Environment in Norway
# 165
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
21.66
1992
Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 166
San Marino :
21.6
1992
Environment in San Marino
# 167
Faroe Islands :
21.58
1992
Environment in Faroe Islands
# 168
Finland :
21.27
1992
Environment in Finland
# 169
Belarus :
19.42
1992
Environment in Belarus
# 170
Antigua and Barbuda :
19.24
1992
Environment in Antigua and Barbuda
# 171
Equatorial Guinea :
17.4
1992
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
# 172
New Zealand :
16.97
1992
Environment in New Zealand
# 173
Venezuela :
16.91
1992
Environment in Venezuela
# 174
France :
16.21
1992
Environment in France
# 175
Sweden :
13.8
1992
Environment in Sweden
# 176
Gabon :
10.37
1992
Environment in Gabon
Weighted average:
74.1
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
32.7
DEFINITION: Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country's technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations."
SOURCE: Kiren Dev Pandey, David Wheeler, Bart Ostro, Uwe Deichmann, Kirk Hamilton, and Katherine Bolt. "Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Residential and Pollution Hotspot Areas of World Cities: New Estimates Based on the Global Model of Ambient Particulates (GMAPS)," World Bank, Development Research Group and Environment Department (2006).
See also
See this stat for year:
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Related links:
CITATION
"Emissions > PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter (1992) by country", Kiren Dev Pandey, David Wheeler, Bart Ostro, Uwe Deichmann, Kirk Hamilton, and Katherine Bolt. "Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Residential and Pollution Hotspot Areas of World Cities: New Estimates Based on the Global Model of Ambient Particulates (GMAPS)," World Bank, Development Research Group and Environment Department (2006).. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/env_emi_pm1_cou_lev_mic_per_cub_met-level-micrograms-per-cubic-meter&date=1992
Change citation style: APA MLA MHRA CSE AMA Chicago Bluebook Bluebook/JOLT
TOP ENVIRONMENT STATS