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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 1.91 million