Ranking · lowest first
Fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5), 2023
Population-weighted average annual exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), in micrograms per cubic metre.
µg/m³
| 1 |  Finland | 4.6 |
| 2 |  Sweden | 5.3 |
| 3 |  Estonia | 5.9 |
| 4 |  Canada | 6.6 |
| 5 |  United States | 7.0 |
| 6 |  Luxembourg | 7.4 |
| 7 |  Denmark | 7.5 |
| 7 |  Ireland | 7.5 |
| 9 |  France | 8.2 |
| 10 |  Belgium | 8.4 |
| 11 |  Netherlands | 8.6 |
| 12 |  Germany | 8.8 |
| 12 |  Portugal | 8.8 |
| 14 |  United Kingdom | 9.5 |
| 15 |  Austria | 10.0 |
| 16 |  Spain | 10.1 |
| 17 |  Lithuania | 10.7 |
| 18 |  Malta | 10.8 |
| 19 |  Japan | 11.5 |
| 20 |  Slovenia | 12.6 |
| 21 |  Czechia | 12.7 |
| 22 |  Latvia | 13.0 |
| 23 |  Hungary | 13.7 |
| 23 |  Slovakia | 13.7 |
| 25 |  Greece | 14.1 |
| 26 |  Italy | 14.3 |
| 27 |  Singapore | 15.1 |
| 28 |  Croatia | 15.8 |
| 29 |  Malaysia | 15.9 |
| 30 |  Romania | 16.0 |
| 31 |  Cyprus | 16.1 |
| 32 |  Poland | 16.5 |
| 33 |  Mexico | 16.6 |
| 34 |  Morocco | 18.7 |
| 35 |  Bulgaria | 19.7 |
| 36 |  South Korea | 21.9 |
| 37 |  Thailand | 23.5 |
| 38 |  Vietnam | 24.8 |
| 39 |  Türkiye | 26.4 |
| 40 |  China | 32.0 |
| 41 |  Egypt | 43.1 |
| 42 |  United Arab Emirates | 57.2 |
| 43 |  Saudi Arabia | 73.5 |
Coverage: 43 of 43 destinations · reference year 2023 · World Bank, World Development Indicators · Download CSV