Health impacts of air pollution by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
407,949
Italy
Lowest
0
Iceland
Median
25,011
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
684

What the numbers show

Health impacts of air pollution is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 407,949 in Italy; the lowest is 0 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 25,011, and the mean is 58,378.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 19.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 100.0%).

Health impacts of air pollution: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 407,949 2023 down 25.9% falling
2 Poland 302,510 2023 down 45.9% falling
3 Germany 216,546 2023 down 64.6% falling
4 France 160,874 2023 down 61.4% falling
5 Romania 160,029 2023 down 38.5% falling
6 Spain 140,261 2023 down 15.8% falling
7 Greece 97,856 2023 down 18.3% falling
8 Serbia 90,227 2023 down 21.2% falling
9 Bulgaria 72,781 2023 down 46.4% falling
10 Hungary 72,680 2023 down 44.2% falling
11 Czechia 51,363 2023 down 56.7% falling
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49,409 2023 up 19.0% falling
13 Netherlands 39,747 2023 down 60.7% falling
14 Albania 35,817 2023 down 25.3% falling
15 Slovakia 33,239 2023 down 45.4% falling
16 Belgium 30,396 2023 down 66.9% falling
17 Croatia 28,876 2023 down 32.0% falling
18 Austria 25,924 2023 down 58.0% falling
19 North Macedonia 25,011 2023 down 42.4% falling
20 Kosovo* 23,877 2023 down 42.5% falling
21 Portugal 22,894 2023 down 41.5% falling
22 Switzerland 13,630 2023 down 66.2% falling
23 Slovenia 11,163 2023 down 39.6% falling
24 Lithuania 9,116 2023 down 65.4% falling
25 Denmark 7,333 2023 down 61.3% falling
26 Cyprus 6,579 2023 up 3.1% falling
27 Latvia 6,315 2023 down 62.0% falling
28 Montenegro 6,037 2023 down 28.7% falling
29 Ireland 3,613 2023 down 62.9% falling
30 Norway 2,367 2023 down 68.2% volatile
31 Sweden 1,970 2023 down 73.3% volatile
32 Malta 1,925 2023 down 1.7% falling
33 Luxembourg 743 2023 down 74.3% falling
34 Estonia 501 2023 down 85.3% volatile
35 Finland 339 2023 down 91.6% volatile
36 Liechtenstein 71 2023 down 44.5% volatile
37 Iceland 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Health impacts of air pollution
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
38 places, 684 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed