PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter) - Emissions - Environment - World Development Indicators

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter) - Emissions - Environment - World Development Indicators (2006)
1	Uruguay	174.67
2	Sudan	165.03
3	Mali	151.95
4	Bangladesh	135.43
5	Niger	132.23
6	United Arab Emirates	127.11
7	Pakistan	120.26
8	Egypt	119.21
9	Iraq	115.25
10	Saudi Arabia	112.91
11	Mongolia	110.45
12	Chad	109.40
13	Oman	108.36
14	Trinidad and Tobago	100.96
15	Kuwait	97.31
16	Senegal	95.01
17	Bolivia	94.06
18	Libya	87.63
19	Mauritania	86.42
20	Gambia	85.81
21	Burkina Faso	84.44
22	Indonesia	82.88
23	Sri Lanka	82.12
24	South Asia	78.16
25	Least developed countries: UN classification	78
26	Paraguay	77.21
27	High income: nonOECD	76.69
28	Syria	74.76
29	Argentina	73.11
30	China	73.01
31	Middle East & North Africa	72.48
32	Guinea-Bissau	71.90
33	Algeria	71.01
34	Thailand	70.90
35	Guinea	70.25
36	Lower middle income	69.35
37	New Caledonia	68.94
38	East Asia & Pacific	68.70
39	Ethiopia	67.74
40	Bahrain	67.70
41	Botswana	67.10
42	Angola	65.85
43	Low income	65.04
44	India	64.92
45	Republic of the Congo	63.84
46	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	62.19
47	Guatemala	62.03
48	Cameroon	61.96
49	Azerbaijan	60.07
50	Armenia	59.45
51	Low & middle income	58.04
52	Burma	57.72
53	Bulgaria	57.41
54	Middle income	57.20
55	Eritrea	56.22
56	Vietnam	55.32
57	Turkmenistan	55.02
58	Uzbekistan	54.55
59	Peru	54.48
60	Brunei Darussalam	54.04
61	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.21
62	Qatar	51.25
63	Iran	50.61
64	Tajikistan	49.98
65	Sierra Leone	49.76
66	Laos	48.84
67	Macau	48.42
68	Chile	47.80
69	Namibia	47.17
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.76
71	Georgia	46.51
72	Benin	46
73	Cambodia	45.70
74	Djibouti	45.36
75	Nigeria	44.99
76	Jordan	44.68
77	Central African Republic	44.02
78	Albania	43.90
79	Cyprus	43.58
80	Jamaica	43.31
81	Honduras	43.07
82	Afghanistan	41.27
83	Singapore	40.87
84	Lesotho	40.86
85	Liberia	39.99
86	Zambia	39.84
87	Turkey	39.72
88	Barbados	39.67
89	Sao Tome and Principe	39.27
90	Poland	37.37
91	Haiti	37
92	Solomon Islands	36.52
93	Mexico	36.45
94	Ivory Coast	36.42
95	Kenya	36.40
96	Lebanon	36.36
97	Costa Rica	36.25
98	Moldova	36.10
99	Greece	35.97
100	Togo	35.28
101	Panama	35.04
102	Latin America & Caribbean	34.90
103	North Korea	34.72
104	South Korea	34.72
105	Nepal	34.47
106	Ghana	34.46
107	Madagascar	33.84
108	Netherlands	33.71
109	El Salvador	33.26
110	Comoros	33.19
111	Malawi	33.08
112	Austria	33.03
113	Swaziland	32.84
114	Liechtenstein	31.96
115	Upper middle income	31.62
116	Maldives	31.61
117	Spain	31.61
118	Israel	31.47
119	Somalia	31.34
120	St. Lucia	30.57
121	Croatia	30.49
122	Guyana	30.49
123	Tunisia	30.09
124	Slovenia	30.05
125	Japan	29.64
126	Burundi	29.04
127	Mozambique	28
128	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	27.85
129	Suriname	27.64
130	Nicaragua	27.55
131	Europe & Central Asia	27.36
132	Zimbabwe	26.81
133	Italy	26.71
134	Bhutan	26.17
135	Rwanda	26.02
136	High income	25.99
137	Dominica	25.75
138	Switzerland	25.51
139	Tanzania	25.39
140	Andorra	25.20
141	Ecuador	24.76
142	Brazil	23.34
143	Portugal	23.33
144	Malaysia	22.89
145	Euro area	22.83
146	Philippines	22.83
147	High income: OECD	22.54
148	Belgium	22.47
149	Colombia	22.41
150	Kyrgyzstan	22.20
151	Fiji	21.61
152	Papua New Guinea	21.45
153	United States	21.34
154	Morocco	21.02
155	Macedonia	21.01
156	Czech Republic	20.95
157	Puerto Rico	20.94
158	Ukraine	20.54
159	South Africa	20.54
160	Grenada	20.05
161	Dominican Republic	19.54
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19
163	Lithuania	18.99
164	Kazakhstan	18.78
165	Denmark	18.68
166	Hungary	18.64
167	Germany	18.58
168	Iceland	18.25
169	Finland	17.80
170	Russia	17.74
171	Vanuatu	17.70
172	Mauritius	17.60
173	Cuba	17.48
174	Canada	17.39
175	Ireland	15.60
176	Latvia	15.55
177	United Kingdom	15.49
178	Slovakia	15.44
179	Australia	15.39
180	St. Kitts and Nevis	15.36
181	Belize	15.06
182	Norway	14.80
183	Luxembourg	14.68
184	Romania	14.49
185	New Zealand	14.35
186	Faroe Islands	14.23
187	France	13.48
188	Estonia	12.95
189	Antigua and Barbuda	12.16
190	Uganda	11.87
191	Sweden	11.62
192	Venezuela	10.54
193	San Marino	9.38
194	Equatorial Guinea	8
195	Gabon	7.52
196	Belarus	6.48

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PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter) - Emissions - Environment - World Development Indicators

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