Environment > Emissions > PM10 > Country level > Micrograms per cubic meter: Countries Compared

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.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Uruguay	174.67	2006
2	Sudan	165.03	2006
3	Mali	151.95	2006
4	Bangladesh	135.43	2006
5	Niger	132.23	2006
6	United Arab Emirates	127.11	2006
7	Pakistan	120.26	2006
8	Iraq	115.25	2006
9	Saudi Arabia	112.91	2006
10	Mongolia	110.45	2006
11	Chad	109.4	2006
12	Oman	108.36	2006
13	Trinidad and Tobago	100.96	2006
14	Kuwait	97.31	2006
15	Senegal	95.01	2006
16	Bolivia	94.06	2006
17	Libya	87.63	2006
	South Asia average (profile)	86.69	2006
18	Mauritania	86.42	2006
19	The Gambia	85.81	2006
20	Burkina Faso	84.44	2006
21	Indonesia	82.88	2006
22	Sri Lanka	82.12	2006
	OPEC countries average (profile)	78.39	2006
23	Paraguay	77.21	2006
24	Syria	74.76	2006
25	Argentina	73.11	2006
26	China	73.01	2006
	Muslim countries average (profile)	71.95	2006
27	Guinea-Bissau	71.9	2006
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	71.79	2006
28	Algeria	71.01	2006
29	Thailand	70.9	2006
	failed states average (profile)	70.73	2006
30	Guinea	70.25	2006
31	New Caledonia	68.94	2006
32	Ethiopia	67.74	2006
33	Bahrain	67.7	2006
34	Botswana	67.1	2006
35	Angola	65.85	2006
36	India	64.92	2006
37	Congo, Republic of the	63.84	2006
38	Guatemala	62.03	2006
39	Cameroon	61.96	2006
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	61.43	2006
40	Azerbaijan	60.07	2006
	Former French colonies average (profile)	59.53	2006
41	Armenia	59.45	2006
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	57.96	2006
42	Burma	57.72	2006
43	Bulgaria	57.41	2006
44	Eritrea	56.22	2006
45	Vietnam	55.32	2006
46	Turkmenistan	55.02	2006
47	Uzbekistan	54.55	2006
48	Peru	54.48	2006
49	Brunei	54.04	2006
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	52.51	2006
50	Qatar	51.25	2006
	Religious countries average (profile)	50.72	2006
51	Tajikistan	49.98	2006
52	Sierra Leone	49.76	2006
53	Laos	48.84	2006
	Former British colonies average (profile)	47.91	2006
54	Chile	47.8	2006
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	47.33	2006
55	Namibia	47.17	2006
56	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.76	2006
57	Georgia	46.51	2006
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	46.03	2006
58	Benin	46	2006
59	Cambodia	45.7	2006
60	Djibouti	45.36	2006
61	Nigeria	44.99	2006
62	Jordan	44.68	2006
63	Central African Republic	44.02	2006
64	Albania	43.9	2006
65	Cyprus	43.58	2006
66	Jamaica	43.31	2006
67	Honduras	43.07	2006
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	41.84	2006
68	Singapore	40.87	2006
69	Lesotho	40.86	2006
	Emerging markets average (profile)	39.99	2006
70	Liberia	39.99	2006
71	Zambia	39.84	2006
72	Turkey	39.72	2006
73	Barbados	39.67	2006
74	Sao Tome and Principe	39.27	2006
75	Virgin Islands	38.85	2002
76	Poland	37.37	2006
77	Haiti	37	2006
78	The Bahamas	36.97	2002
79	Solomon Islands	36.52	2006
80	Mexico	36.45	2006
81	Cote d'Ivoire	36.42	2006
82	Kenya	36.4	2006
83	Lebanon	36.36	2006
84	Costa Rica	36.25	2006
85	Moldova	36.1	2006
86	Greece	35.97	2006
87	Togo	35.28	2006
88	Panama	35.04	2006
89	Nepal	34.47	2006
90	Ghana	34.46	2006
91	Madagascar	33.84	2006
92	Netherlands	33.71	2006
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	33.61	2006
93	El Salvador	33.26	2006
94	Comoros	33.19	2006
95	Malawi	33.08	2006
	Catholic countries average (profile)	33.07	2006
96	Austria	33.03	2006
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	32.99	2006
97	Swaziland	32.84	2006
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	32.8	2006
98	Liechtenstein	31.96	2006
=99	Maldives	31.61	2006
=99	Spain	31.61	2006
101	Israel	31.47	2006
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	31.45	2006
102	Somalia	31.34	2006
103	Saint Lucia	30.57	2006
=104	Croatia	30.49	2006
=104	Guyana	30.49	2006
106	Tunisia	30.09	2006
107	Slovenia	30.05	2006
108	Netherlands Antilles	29.77	2002
109	Japan	29.64	2006
110	Burundi	29.04	2006
111	Mozambique	28	2006
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.85	2006
113	Suriname	27.64	2006
114	Nicaragua	27.55	2006
	Cold countries average (profile)	27.16	2006
115	Zimbabwe	26.81	2006
116	Italy	26.71	2006
117	Bhutan	26.17	2006
	Europe average (profile)	26.12	2006
118	Rwanda	26.02	2006
119	Dominica	25.75	2006
120	Switzerland	25.51	2006
121	Tanzania	25.39	2006
122	Andorra	25.2	2006
123	Ecuador	24.76	2006
	NATO countries average (profile)	24.49	2006
124	Cayman Islands	24.17	2002
	European Union average (profile)	24.02	2006
	Eurozone average (profile)	23.8	2006
125	Brazil	23.34	2006
126	Portugal	23.33	2006
127	Malaysia	22.89	2006
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	22.85	2006
128	Philippines	22.83	2006
129	Belgium	22.47	2006
130	European Union	22.43	2006
131	Colombia	22.41	2006
132	Kyrgyzstan	22.2	2006
133	Fiji	21.61	2006
134	Papua New Guinea	21.45	2006
135	United States	21.34	2006
136	Morocco	21.02	2006
137	Czech Republic	20.95	2006
138	Puerto Rico	20.94	2006
=139	South Africa	20.54	2006
=139	Ukraine	20.54	2006
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	20.38	2006
141	Grenada	20.05	2006
142	Dominican Republic	19.54	2006
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19	2006
144	Lithuania	18.99	2006
145	Kazakhstan	18.78	2006
146	Denmark	18.68	2006
147	Hungary	18.64	2006
148	Germany	18.58	2006
149	Iceland	18.25	2006
150	Finland	17.8	2006
151	Russia	17.74	2006
152	Vanuatu	17.7	2006
153	Mauritius	17.6	2006
154	Cuba	17.48	2006
155	Canada	17.39	2006
156	Ireland	15.6	2006
157	Latvia	15.55	2006
158	United Kingdom	15.49	2006
159	Slovakia	15.44	2006
160	Australia	15.39	2006
161	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15.36	2006
162	Belize	15.06	2006
163	Norway	14.8	2006
164	Luxembourg	14.68	2006
165	Romania	14.49	2006
166	New Zealand	14.35	2006
167	Faroe Islands	14.23	2006
168	France	13.48	2006
169	Estonia	12.95	2006
170	Antigua and Barbuda	12.16	2006
171	Uganda	11.87	2006
172	Sweden	11.62	2006
173	Venezuela	10.54	2006
174	San Marino	9.38	2006
175	Equatorial Guinea	8	2006
176	Gabon	7.52	2006
177	Belarus	6.48	2006

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