India Among World's 10 Most Polluted Countries - Check List

Pushkar Tiwari
Mar 15, 2023

Tajikistan

Tajikistan had an average PM2.5 concentration level of 46.0 and ranked tenth on the list of the countries with the most polluted air in 2022.

Egypt

Egypt with PM2.5 levels of 46.5 was ninth in the Swiss firm IQAir's 'World Air Quality Report'.

India

India, which had some of the most polluted cities in the world, ranked eighth in the latest report, with PM2.5 levels at 53.3.

Kuwait

Kuwait was seventh on the list and had an average PM2.5 concentration level of 55.8.

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso averaged 63.0 and was ranked the sixth country with the most polluted air last year.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh ranked fifth in the latest report, with PM2.5 levels coming down to 65.8 from 76.9 in 2021.

Bahrain

Bahrain with an average PM2.5 concentration level of 66.6 ranked fourth.

Pakistan

Pakistan stood third in the country-wide ranking at 70.9.

Iraq

Iraq had the second most polluted air and averaged 80.1.

Chad

Chad in central Africa had an average PM2.5 concentration level of 89.7 and replaced Bangladesh as the country with the most polluted air in 2022.

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