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Air Pollution in Nigeria

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Current Air Quality
73
Moderate
on Tuesday, Jun 18th 2024, 19:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
89
Benin City
2
74
Abuja
3
58
Calabar
4
-
Ibadan
5
-
Port Harcourt
6
-
Akure
7
-
Maiduguri
8
-
Osogbo

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
-
Auchi
2
-
Lagos
3
-
Ikeja
4
-
Ebute Ikorodu
5
-
Makoko
6
-
Kaduna
7
-
Osogbo
8
-
Maiduguri
Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous

Air Pollution in Nigeria

There is a good reason to worry about the Air Quality in Nigerai, as it ranks 152th (out of 180 countries) at the Environmental Performance Index for Air Quality.

Furthermore, according to the most recent World Health Organization air pollution database 2016 the air quality in several cities in Nigeria reaches PM2.5 concentrations from unhealthy to hazardous levels:

CityPM2.5 Conc.PM2.5 AQIHealth ImpactYearMeausrement
Aba373
416
Hazardous20091 station, NA
Abakaliki88
168
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Afikpo72
159
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Enugu115
182
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Ile-Ife103
175
Unhealthy20101 station, University campus
Kaduna423
449
Hazardous20132 stations, industrial area
Nnewi57
151
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Nsukka117
183
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Onitsha594
500
Hazardous20091 station, NA
Orlu52
142
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups20091 station, NA
Owerri158
208
Very Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Umuahia274
324
Hazardous20091 station, N
(Source: WHO (World Health Organization) Ambient (outdoor) air pollution database 2016)

Public Air Quality Information availability

Unfortunately, there is not any kind of information available from the Federal Ministry of the Environment (www.environment.gov.ng) about Air Quality, whether it relates to a possible monitoring network, or to the actual values recorded by this monitoring network. To our current knowledge, there should most likely not be any kind of automated monitoring network avaiable.

There is unfortunatley, not any information either from the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.

Looking at other Environmental agencies in Nigeria (source),

A schoolboy walks through smoke and fumes emitted from a waste dump in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt
(photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images, courtesy of WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health 2018)

Air Quality Forecast

Air quality historical data

Lagos
Ibadan 9outside
Rivers State University Port Harcourt - CAR
NIMET, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria
Ojodu Berger
Ibadan 1outsidee
University of Ilorin - CAR, Ilorin, Nigeria
Ibadan 11outside
General Hospital Rigasa
Ibadan 18 outside
Lagos Island Health Center, Egbe, Lagos, Nigeria
Atmospheric & Space Weather Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Osun State University Campus, Osogbo, Nigeria.
Ita Elewa Primary HealthCare Centre, Ikorodu
Space-Earth Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Benin Campus, Benin City, Nigeria.
Ibadan 23outside
Ibadan 15oustide
Ikorodu AQMRG
APAPA AQMRG
University of Maiduguri - CAR
LASEPA Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria
Shobayo Close, Araromi, Lagos
Ibadan 4outside
Ibadan Outside Sensor (SL048)
Ibadan 12outside
Mariere Hall, unilag
Eric Maiduguri road
Agege, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 6outside
Ikotun, Lagos, Nigeria
EDO STATE SECRETARIAT (PALM HOUSE)
Oshodi lagos
UNILAG main gate area, lagos Nigeria
Egbeda, Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Lagos Nigeria
Ibadan 19outside
Ibadan 7outside
Akoka, lagos Nigeria
Gadson, Akure
Calabar
NIMR, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
EDOGIS
Makoko, Lagos Mainland
Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun - CAR
UNILAG AQMRG
Mountain Top University
Ibadan 22 outside
NIMET HQ ABUJA
Space Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Abuja, Nigeria.
Ministry of Science and tech, Abuja, Nigeria
Ibadan 13outside
Ikeja General Hospital Road, Ikeja, Lagos
Ibadan 20 outside
Ibadan 16outside
Iba Town Rd, Ojo 102101, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan Study OUTSIDE (SL052)
University of Ibadan - CAR, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ibadan 8outside
CRUTECH,Calabar - CAR
Banana Island, Lagos, Nigeria
LAMATA, Ikorodu Road, Ketu, Lagos
FECA, Akure
UNILAG Central Research Laboratory, Lagos
Benin Airport Nimet Office
LSDPC housing estate, Ebute Meta, Lagos, Nigeria
Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of
71
 🇪🇬 Egypt
93
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
109
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
97
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
43
 🇰🇪 Kenya
74
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
30
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia
31
 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
133
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
76
 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
277
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
119
 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
80
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
32
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
66
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
129
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
6
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
13
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
68
 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
100
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
67
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
130
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
15
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
20
 🇨🇳 China
127
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
92
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
47
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
24
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
41
 🇮🇳 India
232
 🇮🇷 Iran
145
 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
73
 🇯🇵 Japan
65
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
134
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
69
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
39
 🇱🇦 Laos
50
 🇲🇴 Macao
39
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
55
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
71
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
30
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
53
 🇵🇭 Philippines
146
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
52
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
59
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
146
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq
58
 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
50
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
125
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
50
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
24
 🇸🇬 Singapore
54
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
64
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
29
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
53
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
122
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
36
 🇹🇷 Turkey
73
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
47
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
108
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
46
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
64
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
48
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
43
 🇫🇷 France
57
 🇩🇪 Germany
290
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
10
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
12
 🇬🇷 Greece
61
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
50
 🇭🇺 Hungary
44
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
65
 🇯🇪 Jersey
17
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
53
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
22
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
24
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
30
 🇱🇻 Latvia
35
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
48
 🇲🇹 Malta
46
 🇲🇨 Monaco
32
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
35
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
65
 🇵🇱 Poland
44
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
16
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
27
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
26
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
10
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
31
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
21
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
34
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
41
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
28
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
16
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
17
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
39
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
36
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
2
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
41
 🇷🇴 Romania
44
 🇷🇺 Russia
60
 🇸🇲 San Marino
53
 🇷🇸 Serbia
54
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
66
 🇪🇸 Spain
68
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
24
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
25
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
82
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados
22
 🇧🇿 Belize
27
 🇧🇲 Bermuda
12
 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
12
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
8
 🇨🇦 Canada
100
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
37
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada
20
 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
11
 🇯🇲 Jamaica
2
 🇲🇶 Martinique
26
 🇲🇽 Mexico
107
 🇲🇸 Montserrat
18
 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
25
 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
26
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
17
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
44
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
6
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama
16
 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
16
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas
11
 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
35
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands
14
 🇺🇸 United States
286

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
89
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
3
 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
48
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga
13
 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
37
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of
45
 🇧🇷 Brazil
116
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
9
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
77
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
64
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
31
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
25
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
74
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela
5

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.



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