value: WDI Database Archives

Dominica

iso2Code: DM

iso2code: XJ

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Roseau

country_code: DMA

country_name: Dominica

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Annual

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


name: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

sourceNone: 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.

Denmark

iso2Code: DK

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Copenhagen

country_code: DNK

country_name: Denmark

value: Weighted average

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions

schema: wb


Dominican Republic

iso2Code: DO

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Santo Domingo

country_code: DOM

country_name: Dominican Republic

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


value: WDI Database Archives

Algeria

iso2Code: DZ

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Algiers

country_code: DZA

country_name: Algeria


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

value: Aggregates

country_code: EAP

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Annual

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


country_code: EAR

country_name: Early-demographic dividend

value: Weighted average

value: CC BY-4.0


country_code: EAS

country_name: East Asia & Pacific

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

country_code: ECA

value: Environment: Emissions


country_code: ECS

country_name: Europe & Central Asia


Ecuador

iso2Code: EC

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Quito

country_code: ECU

country_name: Ecuador


value: WDI Database Archives

country_code: EEC

country_name: European Community

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


country_code: EER

country_name: EASTERN EUROPE


Egypt, Arab Rep.

iso2Code: EG

value: Middle East & North Africa

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Cairo

country_code: EGY

country_name: Egypt, Arab Rep.


Euro area

iso2Code: XC

value: Aggregates

country_code: EMU

country_name: Euro area

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.


Eritrea

iso2Code: ER

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Asmara

country_code: ERI

country_name: Eritrea

value: Annual

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


Spain

iso2Code: ES

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Madrid

country_code: ESP

country_name: Spain

value: Weighted average

value: CC BY-4.0

value: 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.

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


value: WDI Database Archives

Estonia

iso2Code: EE

iso2code: XX

capitalCity: Tallinn

country_code: EST

country_name: Estonia

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


Ethiopia

iso2Code: ET

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

capitalCity: Addis Ababa

country_code: ETH

country_name: Ethiopia

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.


European Union

iso2Code: EU

value: Aggregates

country_code: EUU

country_name: European Union


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations

country_code: FCS


Finland

iso2Code: FI

capitalCity: Helsinki

country_code: FIN

country_name: Finland


Fiji

iso2Code: FJ

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Suva

country_code: FJI

country_name: Fiji


France

iso2Code: FR

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

capitalCity: Paris

country_code: FRA

country_name: France

value: Annual

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


Faroe Islands

iso2Code: FO

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Torshavn

country_code: FRO

country_name: Faroe Islands

value: Weighted average

value: CC BY-4.0

value: 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.


value: WDI Database Archives

Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

iso2Code: FM

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Palikir

country_code: FSM

country_name: Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Gabon

iso2Code: GA

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Libreville

country_code: GAB

country_name: Gabon

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.


United Kingdom

iso2Code: GB

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

value: High income

capitalCity: London

country_code: GBR

country_name: United Kingdom

value: Annual


Georgia

iso2Code: GE

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Tbilisi

country_code: GEO

country_name: Georgia

value: Weighted average

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


value: WDI Database Archives

Ghana

iso2Code: GH

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Accra

country_code: GHA

country_name: Ghana

value: CC BY-4.0

value: 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.


Gibraltar

iso2Code: GI

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

country_code: GIB

country_name: Gibraltar

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Guinea

iso2Code: GN

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: IDA

capitalCity: Conakry

country_code: GIN

country_name: Guinea

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


country_code: GLP

country_name: Guadeloupe

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Annual


Gambia, The

iso2Code: GM

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Banjul

country_code: GMB

country_name: Gambia, The


Guinea-Bissau

iso2Code: GW

capitalCity: Bissau

country_code: GNB

country_name: Guinea-Bissau

value: Weighted average


Equatorial Guinea

iso2Code: GQ

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Malabo

country_code: GNQ

country_name: Equatorial Guinea

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


value: WDI Database Archives

Greece

iso2Code: GR

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

capitalCity: Athens

country_code: GRC

country_name: Greece

value: CC BY-4.0


Grenada

iso2Code: GD

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Saint George's

country_code: GRD

country_name: Grenada

value: 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.

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Greenland

iso2Code: GL

iso2code: XD

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Nuuk

country_code: GRL

country_name: Greenland

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Environment: Emissions


Guatemala

iso2Code: GT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: Guatemala City

country_code: GTM

country_name: Guatemala

value: Weighted average

value: Annual


value: WDI Database Archives

country_code: GUF

country_name: French Guiana

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


Guam

iso2Code: GU

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: High income

capitalCity: Agana

country_code: GUM

country_name: Guam


Guyana

iso2Code: GY

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Georgetown

country_code: GUY

country_name: Guyana

value: CC BY-4.0


High income

value: Aggregates

country_code: HIC

country_name: High income

value: 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.


Hong Kong SAR, China

iso2Code: HK

iso2code: XX

country_code: HKG

country_name: Hong Kong, China

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Honduras

iso2Code: HN

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Tegucigalpa

country_code: HND

country_name: Honduras

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

iso2Code: XE

country_code: HPC

country_name: Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Environment: Emissions


Croatia

iso2Code: HR

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Zagreb

country_code: HRV

country_name: Croatia

value: Weighted average

value: Annual


value: WDI Database Archives

Haiti

iso2Code: HT

capitalCity: Port-au-Prince

country_code: HTI

country_name: Haiti

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


Hungary

iso2Code: HU

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Budapest

country_code: HUN

country_name: Hungary


IBRD only

value: Aggregates

country_code: IBD

country_name: IBRD only

value: CC BY-4.0


IDA & IBRD total

iso2Code: ZT

country_code: IBT

country_name: IDA & IBRD total

value: 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.

value: Kiran 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).


IDA total

iso2Code: XG

country_code: IDA

country_name: IDA total

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


IDA blend

iso2Code: XH

country_code: IDB

country_name: IDA blend


Indonesia

iso2Code: ID

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Jakarta

country_code: IDN

country_name: Indonesia


country_code: IDX

country_name: IDA only

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Environment: Emissions


Isle of Man

iso2Code: IM

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

capitalCity: Douglas

country_code: IMN

country_name: Isle of Man

value: Weighted average


value: WDI Database Archives

country_code: IMY

value: Annual


India

iso2Code: IN

value: South Asia

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: New Delhi

country_code: IND

country_name: India

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


Ireland

iso2Code: IE

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Dublin

country_code: IRL

country_name: Ireland

value: CC BY-4.0

value: 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.


Iran, Islamic Rep.

iso2Code: IR

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Tehran

country_code: IRN

country_name: Iran, Islamic Rep.

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Iraq

iso2Code: IQ

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Baghdad

country_code: IRQ

country_name: Iraq

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Environment: Emissions


value: WDI Database Archives

country_code: ISD

country_name: Severely Indebted

value: Weighted average

value: Annual


Iceland

iso2Code: IS

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XX

capitalCity: Reykjavik

country_code: ISL

country_name: Iceland


Israel

iso2Code: IL

country_code: ISR

country_name: Israel

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


Italy

iso2Code: IT

value: High income

capitalCity: Rome

country_code: ITA

country_name: Italy


Jamaica

iso2Code: JM

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Kingston

country_code: JAM

country_name: Jamaica


Jordan

iso2Code: JO

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Amman

country_code: JOR

country_name: Jordan

value: CC BY-4.0

value: 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.


Japan

iso2Code: JP

value: East Asia & Pacific

iso2code: XD

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Tokyo

country_code: JPN

country_name: Japan

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


value: WDI Database Archives

Kazakhstan

iso2Code: KZ

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: Astana

country_code: KAZ

country_name: Kazakhstan

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Environment: Emissions


Kenya

iso2Code: KE

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Nairobi

country_code: KEN

country_name: Kenya

value: Weighted average

value: Annual

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


Kyrgyz Republic

iso2Code: KG

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Bishkek

country_code: KGZ

country_name: Kyrgyz Republic

value: CC BY-4.0

value: 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.


value: WDI Database Archives

Cambodia

iso2Code: KH

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Phnom Penh

country_code: KHM

country_name: Cambodia

value: Kiran 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).

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Kiribati

iso2Code: KI

capitalCity: Tarawa

country_code: KIR

country_name: Kiribati

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Environment: Emissions


St. Kitts and Nevis

iso2Code: KN

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: High income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Basseterre

country_code: KNA

country_name: St. Kitts and Nevis


Korea, Rep.

iso2Code: KR

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Seoul

country_code: KOR

country_name: Korea, Rep.

value: Weighted average

value: Annual

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


country_code: KSV

country_name: Kosovo

value: CC BY-4.0


Kuwait

iso2Code: KW

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

capitalCity: Kuwait City

country_code: KWT

country_name: Kuwait

value: 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.


value: WDI Database Archives

iso2Code: XJ

name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Aggregates

country_code: LAC


Lao PDR

iso2Code: LA

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Vientiane

country_code: LAO

country_name: Lao PDR

value: Kiran 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).


Lebanon

iso2Code: LB

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: Beirut

country_code: LBN

country_name: Lebanon

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Liberia

iso2Code: LR

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Monrovia

country_code: LBR

country_name: Liberia

value: Weighted average

value: Annual


value: WDI Database Archives

Libya

iso2Code: LY

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Tripoli

country_code: LBY

country_name: Libya

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


St. Lucia

iso2Code: LC

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Castries

country_code: LCA

country_name: St. Lucia

value: Kiran 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).


Latin America & Caribbean

value: Aggregates

country_code: LCN

country_name: Latin America & Caribbean

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


iso2Code: XL

name: Least developed countries: UN classification

country_code: LDC

value: Weighted average

value: Annual


value: WDI Database Archives

country_code: LIC

country_name: Low income


Liechtenstein

iso2Code: LI

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Vaduz

country_code: LIE

country_name: Liechtenstein


country_code: LIO

country_name: Other low-income

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.


country_code: LIX

country_name: Low income, excluding China and India

value: 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.


Sri Lanka

iso2Code: LK

value: South Asia

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Colombo

country_code: LKA

country_name: Sri Lanka


Lower middle income

value: Aggregates

country_code: LMC

country_name: Lower middle income

value: Kiran 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).


Low & middle income

iso2Code: XO

country_code: LMY

country_name: Low & middle income

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.


country_code: LSA

country_name: Low-income Africa

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Lesotho

iso2Code: LS

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Maseru

country_code: LSO

country_name: Lesotho

value: Weighted average

value: Annual


value: WDI Database Archives

country_code: LTE

country_name: Late-demographic dividend


Lithuania

iso2Code: LT

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Vilnius

country_code: LTU

country_name: Lithuania

value: CC BY-4.0


Luxembourg

iso2Code: LU

capitalCity: Luxembourg

country_code: LUX

country_name: Luxembourg

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


Latvia

iso2Code: LV

capitalCity: Riga

country_code: LVA

country_name: Latvia


Macao SAR, China

iso2Code: MO

value: East Asia & Pacific

country_code: MAC

country_name: Macao SAR, China


St. Martin (French part)

iso2Code: MF

value: Latin America & Caribbean

capitalCity: Marigot

country_code: MAF

country_name: St. Martin (French part)

value: Kiran 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).


Morocco

iso2Code: MA

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Rabat

country_code: MAR

country_name: Morocco

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.


Monaco

iso2Code: MC

capitalCity: Monaco

country_code: MCO

country_name: Monaco

value: Weighted average

value: Annual

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


value: WDI Database Archives

Moldova

iso2Code: MD

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Chisinau

country_code: MDA

country_name: Moldova


Middle East (developing only)

value: Aggregates

country_code: MDE

country_name: Middle East (developing only)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


Madagascar

iso2Code: MG

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Antananarivo

country_code: MDG

country_name: Madagascar

value: Kiran 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).


Maldives

iso2Code: MV

value: South Asia

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Male

country_code: MDV

country_name: Maldives

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.


value: WDI Database Archives

country_code: MEA

country_name: Middle East & North Africa

value: Annual

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Mexico

iso2Code: MX

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Mexico City

country_code: MEX

country_name: Mexico


Marshall Islands

iso2Code: MH

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Majuro

country_code: MHL

country_name: Marshall Islands

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


Middle income

iso2Code: XP

value: Aggregates

country_code: MIC

country_name: Middle income

value: Kiran 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).


North Macedonia

iso2Code: MK

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Skopje

country_code: MKD

country_name: North Macedonia

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


value: WDI Database Archives

Mali

iso2Code: ML

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Bamako

country_code: MLI

country_name: Mali

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Annual

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Malta

iso2Code: MT

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Valletta

country_code: MLT

country_name: Malta

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Environment: Emissions


Myanmar

iso2Code: MM

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Naypyidaw

country_code: MMR

country_name: Myanmar

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.

value: Kiran 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).


value: WDI Database Archives

iso2Code: XQ

name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: Aggregates

country_code: MNA

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


Montenegro

iso2Code: ME

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Podgorica

country_code: MNE

country_name: Montenegro

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Annual


Mongolia

iso2Code: MN

capitalCity: Ulaanbaatar

country_code: MNG

country_name: Mongolia

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Northern Mariana Islands

iso2Code: MP

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Saipan

country_code: MNP

country_name: Northern Mariana Islands


Mozambique

iso2Code: MZ

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Maputo

country_code: MOZ

country_name: Mozambique

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.

value: Kiran 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).


value: WDI Database Archives

Mauritania

iso2Code: MR

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Nouakchott

country_code: MRT

country_name: Mauritania

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


country_code: MTQ

country_name: Martinique

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Annual


Mauritius

iso2Code: MU

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Port Louis

country_code: MUS

country_name: Mauritius

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Malawi

iso2Code: MW

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Lilongwe

country_code: MWI

country_name: Malawi


Malaysia

iso2Code: MY

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Kuala Lumpur

country_code: MYS

country_name: Malaysia


country_code: MYT

country_name: Mayotte

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


value: WDI Database Archives

North America

iso2Code: XU

value: Aggregates

country_code: NAC

country_name: North America

value: Kiran 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).


Namibia

capitalCity: Windhoek

country_code: NAM

country_name: Namibia

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


New Caledonia

iso2Code: NC

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Noum'ea

country_code: NCL

country_name: New Caledonia

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.


Niger

iso2Code: NE

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Niamey

country_code: NER

country_name: Niger

value: Annual

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Nigeria

iso2Code: NG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Abuja

country_code: NGA

country_name: Nigeria

value: Environment: Emissions


value: WDI Database Archives

Nicaragua

iso2Code: NI

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Managua

country_code: NIC

country_name: Nicaragua

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


Netherlands

iso2Code: NL

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Amsterdam

country_code: NLD

country_name: Netherlands

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: Kiran 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).


country_code: NOC

country_name: High income: nonOECD

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Annual

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Norway

iso2Code: NO

capitalCity: Oslo

country_code: NOR

country_name: Norway


Nepal

iso2Code: NP

value: South Asia

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Kathmandu

country_code: NPL

country_name: Nepal


value: WDI Database Archives

Nauru

iso2Code: NR

value: East Asia & Pacific

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Yaren District

country_code: NRU

country_name: Nauru

value: Environment: Emissions


New Zealand

iso2Code: NZ

capitalCity: Wellington

country_code: NZL

country_name: New Zealand

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


country_code: OEC

country_name: High income: OECD


OECD members

iso2Code: OE

value: Aggregates

country_code: OED

country_name: OECD members


Oman

iso2Code: OM

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Muscat

country_code: OMN

country_name: Oman

value: Weighted average


country_code: OSS

country_name: Other small states

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Kiran 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).


Pakistan

iso2Code: PK

value: South Asia

value: Lower middle income

value: Blend

capitalCity: Islamabad

country_code: PAK

country_name: Pakistan

value: Annual

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


value: WDI Database Archives

Panama

iso2Code: PA

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Panama City

country_code: PAN

country_name: Panama

value: Environment: Emissions


Peru

iso2Code: PE

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Lima

country_code: PER

country_name: Peru

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


Philippines

iso2Code: PH

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

capitalCity: Manila

country_code: PHL

country_name: Philippines

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


Palau

iso2Code: PW

capitalCity: Koror

country_code: PLW

country_name: Palau

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Kiran 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).


Papua New Guinea

iso2Code: PG

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Port Moresby

country_code: PNG

country_name: Papua New Guinea

value: Annual


value: WDI Database Archives

Poland

iso2Code: PL

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

capitalCity: Warsaw

country_code: POL

country_name: Poland

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.


Pre-demographic dividend

value: Aggregates

country_code: PRE

country_name: Pre-demographic dividend

value: Environment: Emissions


Puerto Rico

iso2Code: PR

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: San Juan

country_code: PRI

country_name: Puerto Rico

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

iso2Code: KP

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Pyongyang

country_code: PRK

country_name: Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

value: Weighted average

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


Portugal

iso2Code: PT

capitalCity: Lisbon

country_code: PRT

country_name: Portugal

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Kiran 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).


value: WDI Database Archives

Paraguay

iso2Code: PY

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Asuncion

country_code: PRY

country_name: Paraguay

value: Annual


West Bank and Gaza

iso2Code: PS

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

country_code: PSE

country_name: West Bank and Gaza

value: Data on particulate matter are estimated average annual concentrations in residential areas away from air pollution "hotspots," such as industrial districts and transport corridors. Data are estimates of annual ambient concentrations of particulate matter in cities of more than 100,000 people by the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department.

value: Environment: Emissions


Pacific island small states

value: Aggregates

country_code: PSS

country_name: Pacific island small states

value: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Thus these data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, and comparisons should be made with caution. They allow for cross-country comparisons of the relative risk of particulate matter pollution facing urban residents. Major sources of urban outdoor particulate matter pollution are traffic and industrial emissions, but nonanthropogenic sources such as dust storms may also be a substantial contributor for some cities. Country technology and pollution controls are important determinants of particulate matter. Current WHO air quality guidelines are annual mean concentrations of 20 micrograms per cubic meter for particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

value: 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.


country_code: PST

country_name: Post-demographic dividend

value: Weighted average


French Polynesia

iso2Code: PF

value: East Asia & Pacific

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Papeete

country_code: PYF

country_name: French Polynesia

value: PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)


value: WDI Database Archives

Qatar

iso2Code: QA

capitalCity: Doha

country_code: QAT

country_name: Qatar

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Indoor and outdoor air pollution place a major burden on world health. More than half the world’s people rely on dung, wood, crop waste, or coal to meet basic energy needs. Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys lead to indoor air pollution, which is responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year - one every 20 seconds. In many urban areas air pollution exposure is the main environmental threat to health. Long-term exposure to high levels of soot and small particles contributes to such health effects as respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease. Particulate pollution, alone or with sulfur dioxide, creates an enormous burden of ill health.

value: Kiran 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).


country_code: REU

country_name: Reunion

value: Annual


country_code: ROM

country_name: Romania


Romania

iso2Code: RO

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Bucharest

country_code: ROU