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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 (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sudan :
223.58
1998
Environment in Sudan
# 2
Pakistan :
195.21
1998
Environment in Pakistan
# 3
Mali :
192.1
1998
Environment in Mali
# 4
Uruguay :
180.17
1998
Environment in Uruguay
# 5
Iraq :
168.42
1998
Environment in Iraq
# 6
United Arab Emirates :
166.83
1998
Environment in United Arab Emirates
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
165.52
1998
Environment in Saudi Arabia
# 8
Bangladesh :
164.06
1998
Environment in Bangladesh
# 9
Niger :
158.42
1998
Environment in Niger
# 10
Chad :
146.9
1998
Environment in Chad
# 11
Kuwait :
135.21
1998
Environment in Kuwait
# 12
Mongolia :
130.82
1998
Environment in Mongolia
# 13
Syria :
128.04
1998
Environment in Syria
# 14
Indonesia :
125.13
1998
Environment in Indonesia
# 15
Oman :
114.99
1998
Environment in Oman
# 16
Azerbaijan :
114.56
1998
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 17
Angola :
113.1
1998
Environment in Angola
# 18
Trinidad and Tobago :
110.9
1998
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 19
New Caledonia :
106.02
1998
Environment in New Caledonia
# 20
Libya :
105.67
1998
Environment in Libya
# 21
Mauritania :
105.41
1998
Environment in Mauritania
# 22
Bolivia :
104.41
1998
Environment in Bolivia
# 23
Burkina Faso :
102
1998
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 24
Paraguay :
101.44
1998
Environment in Paraguay
# 25
India :
96.83
1998
Environment in India
# 26
Ethiopia :
96.67
1998
Environment in Ethiopia
# 27
Armenia :
94.74
1998
Environment in Armenia
# 28
Congo, Republic of the :
93.98
1998
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 29
Sri Lanka :
93.15
1998
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 30
Nigeria :
91.29
1998
Environment in Nigeria
# 31
Cameroon :
91.17
1998
Environment in Cameroon
# 32
Gambia, The :
90.82
1998
Environment in Gambia, The
# 33
Senegal :
87.84
1998
Environment in Senegal
# 34
Eritrea :
86.49
1998
Environment in Eritrea
# 35
Uzbekistan :
86.29
1998
Environment in Uzbekistan
# 36
Algeria :
85.85
1998
Environment in Algeria
# 37
Turkmenistan :
85.8
1998
Environment in Turkmenistan
# 38
China :
84.52
1998
Environment in China
# 39
Burma :
83.78
1998
Environment in Burma
# 40
Thailand :
83.41
1998
Environment in Thailand
# 41
Guinea-Bissau :
83.01
1998
Environment in Guinea-Bissau
# 42
Peru :
78.97
1998
Environment in Peru
# 43
Bulgaria :
78.9
1998
Environment in Bulgaria
# 44
Bahrain :
78.39
1998
Environment in Bahrain
# 45
Brunei :
77.54
1998
Environment in Brunei
# 46
Botswana :
77.24
1998
Environment in Botswana
# 47
Georgia :
77.09
1998
Environment in Georgia
# 48
Argentina :
74.01
1998
Environment in Argentina
# 49
Vietnam :
73.14
1998
Environment in Vietnam
# 50
Jordan :
71
1998
Environment in Jordan
# 51
Qatar :
68.77
1998
Environment in Qatar
# 52
Guinea :
68.76
1998
Environment in Guinea
# 53
Chile :
67.96
1998
Environment in Chile
# 54
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
66.28
1998
Environment in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 55
Zambia :
65.32
1998
Environment in Zambia
# 56
Tajikistan :
63.39
1998
Environment in Tajikistan
# 57
Sierra Leone :
62.25
1998
Environment in Sierra Leone
# 58
Panama :
61.31
1998
Environment in Panama
# 59
Guatemala :
61.29
1998
Environment in Guatemala
# 60
Lesotho :
58.65
1998
Environment in Lesotho
# 61
Djibouti :
58.58
1998
Environment in Djibouti
# 62
Cyprus :
57.62
1998
Environment in Cyprus
# 63
Namibia :
56.45
1998
Environment in Namibia
# 64
Philippines :
56.28
1998
Environment in Philippines
# 65
Laos :
53.83
1998
Environment in Laos
# 66
Israel :
53.49
1998
Environment in Israel
# 67
Moldova :
52.36
1998
Environment in Moldova
# 68
Tunisia :
52.25
1998
Environment in Tunisia
# 69
Mexico :
52.13
1998
Environment in Mexico
# 70
Nepal :
51.47
1998
Environment in Nepal
# 71
São Tomé and Príncipe :
51.45
1998
Environment in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 72
Comoros :
50.87
1998
Environment in Comoros
# 73
Malawi :
50.51
1998
Environment in Malawi
# 74
Madagascar :
49.8
1998
Environment in Madagascar
# 75
Greece :
49.45
1998
Environment in Greece
# 76
Central African Republic :
48.95
1998
Environment in Central African Republic
# 77
Mozambique :
48.72
1998
Environment in Mozambique
# 78
Lebanon :
48.64
1998
Environment in Lebanon
# 79
Turkey :
48.46
1998
Environment in Turkey
# 80
Cambodia :
48.44
1998
Environment in Cambodia
# 81
Côte d'Ivoire :
47.8
1998
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
# 82
Kenya :
46.78
1998
Environment in Kenya
# 83
Haiti :
46.54
1998
Environment in Haiti
# 84
Barbados :
46.37
1998
Environment in Barbados
# 85
Liberia :
45.75
1998
Environment in Liberia
# 86
Tanzania :
45.72
1998
Environment in Tanzania
# 87
Somalia :
45.5
1998
Environment in Somalia
# 88
Jamaica :
44.89
1998
Environment in Jamaica
# 89
Benin :
44.61
1998
Environment in Benin
# 90
Togo :
44.45
1998
Environment in Togo
# 91
Singapore :
44.44
1998
Environment in Singapore
# 92
Ghana :
44.17
1998
Environment in Ghana
# 93
El Salvador :
44.09
1998
Environment in El Salvador
# 94
Virgin Islands :
43.69
1998
Environment in Virgin Islands
# 95
Saint Lucia :
43.1
1998
Environment in Saint Lucia
# 96
Dominican Republic :
42.4
1998
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 97
Bahamas, The :
42.28
1998
Environment in Bahamas, The
# 98
Liechtenstein :
41.79
1998
Environment in Liechtenstein
# 99
Andorra :
41.62
1998
Environment in Andorra
# 100
Poland :
41.46
1998
Environment in Poland
# 101
Honduras :
41.4
1998
Environment in Honduras
# 102
Swaziland :
41.26
1998
Environment in Swaziland
# 103
Zimbabwe :
40.74
1998
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 104
Spain :
40.27
1998
Environment in Spain
# 105
Burundi :
40.16
1998
Environment in Burundi
# 106
Guyana :
39.85
1998
Environment in Guyana
# 107
Slovenia :
39.46
1998
Environment in Slovenia
# 108
Suriname :
39.22
1998
Environment in Suriname
# 109
Netherlands :
39.09
1998
Environment in Netherlands
# 110
Bhutan :
38.56
1998
Environment in Bhutan
# 111
Rwanda :
38.2
1998
Environment in Rwanda
# 112
Costa Rica :
37.87
1998
Environment in Costa Rica
# 113
Austria :
37.83
1998
Environment in Austria
# 114
Nicaragua :
37.37
1998
Environment in Nicaragua
# 115
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
36.92
1998
Environment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 116
Fiji :
36.87
1998
Environment in Fiji
# 117
Croatia :
36.49
1998
Environment in Croatia
# 118
Albania :
35.82
1998
Environment in Albania
# 119
Japan :
35.79
1998
Environment in Japan
# 120
Papua New Guinea :
34.68
1998
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 121
Italy :
34.01
1998
Environment in Italy
# 122
Ukraine :
33.89
1998
Environment in Ukraine
# 123
Solomon Islands :
33.78
1998
Environment in Solomon Islands
# 124
Kyrgyzstan :
33.5
1998
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 125
Netherlands Antilles :
33.17
1998
Environment in Netherlands Antilles
# 126
Portugal :
32.66
1998
Environment in Portugal
# 127
Maldives :
31.62
1998
Environment in Maldives
# 128
Dominica :
31.51
1998
Environment in Dominica
# 129
Brazil :
31.06
1998
Environment in Brazil
# 130
Lithuania :
30.79
1998
Environment in Lithuania
# 131
Malaysia :
30.03
1998
Environment in Malaysia
# 132
Vanuatu :
29.88
1998
Environment in Vanuatu
# 133
Kazakhstan :
29.73
1998
Environment in Kazakhstan
# 134
Grenada :
29.07
1998
Environment in Grenada
# 135
Ecuador :
28.99
1998
Environment in Ecuador
# 136
South Africa :
28.83
1998
Environment in South Africa
# 137
Switzerland :
28.71
1998
Environment in Switzerland
# 138
Cayman Islands :
28.29
1998
Environment in Cayman Islands
# 139
Colombia :
28.22
1998
Environment in Colombia
# 140
Morocco :
27.7
1998
Environment in Morocco
# 141
Czech Republic :
27.65
1998
Environment in Czech Republic
# 142
Belgium :
27.56
1998
Environment in Belgium
# 143
Macedonia, Republic of :
27.56
1998
Environment in Macedonia, Republic of
# 144
Hungary :
27.05
1998
Environment in Hungary
# 145
Russia :
26.88
1998
Environment in Russia
# 146
United States :
25.45
1998
Environment in United States
# 147
Denmark :
24.87
1998
Environment in Denmark
# 148
Puerto Rico :
23.81
1998
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 149
Germany :
23.59
1998
Environment in Germany
# 150
Cuba :
23.45
1998
Environment in Cuba
# 151
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
23.31
1998
Environment in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 152
Romania :
23.21
1998
Environment in Romania
# 153
Canada :
23.02
1998
Environment in Canada
# 154
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
23.01
1998
Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 155
Latvia :
22.9
1998
Environment in Latvia
# 156
Ireland :
22.45
1998
Environment in Ireland
# 157
Estonia :
22.38
1998
Environment in Estonia
# 158
Slovakia :
22.26
1998
Environment in Slovakia
# 159
Iceland :
21.17
1998
Environment in Iceland
# 160
Finland :
20.72
1998
Environment in Finland
# 161
Belize :
20.63
1998
Environment in Belize
# 162
Mauritius :
19.91
1998
Environment in Mauritius
# 163
Norway :
19.42
1998
Environment in Norway
# 164
Australia :
19.41
1998
Environment in Australia
# 165
San Marino :
19.24
1998
Environment in San Marino
# 166
United Kingdom :
19.2
1998
Environment in United Kingdom
# 167
Luxembourg :
18.63
1998
Environment in Luxembourg
# 168
Faroe Islands :
18.48
1998
Environment in Faroe Islands
# 169
Equatorial Guinea :
18.44
1998
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
# 170
New Zealand :
18.14
1998
Environment in New Zealand
# 171
Antigua and Barbuda :
17.67
1998
Environment in Antigua and Barbuda
# 172
Uganda :
17.35
1998
Environment in Uganda
# 173
France :
15.82
1998
Environment in France
# 174
Venezuela :
15.4
1998
Environment in Venezuela
# 175
Sweden :
13.96
1998
Environment in Sweden
# 176
Belarus :
10.7
1998
Environment in Belarus
# 177
Gabon :
9.44
1998
Environment in Gabon
Weighted average:
57.8
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
28.2
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).
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"Emissions > PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter (1998) 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=1998
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