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Air Pollution in Nigeria

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Current Air Quality
64
Moderate
on Saturday, Apr 20th 2024, 00:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
107
Benin City
2
91
Abuja
3
52
Calabar
4
45
Osogbo
5
28
Ebute Ikorodu
6
-
Ikeja
7
-
Ibadan
8
-
Port Harcourt

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
-
Makoko
2
-
Maiduguri
3
-
Auchi
4
-
Lagos
5
-
Kaduna
6
-
Akure
7
-
Port Harcourt
8
-
Ibadan
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

Ibadan Study OUTSIDE (SL052)
NIMET, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria
Ikotun, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 12outside
Ibadan 19outside
University of Ibadan - CAR, Ibadan, Nigeria.
NIMET HQ ABUJA
Benin Airport Nimet Office
Ibadan 9outside
Ibadan 6outside
Oshodi lagos
Ojodu Berger
University of Maiduguri - CAR
Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos Island Health Center, Egbe, Lagos, Nigeria
Banana Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 11outside
Ibadan 10outside
NIMR, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
LSDPC housing estate, Ebute Meta, Lagos, Nigeria
Iba Town Rd, Ojo 102101, Lagos, Nigeria
Calabar
Ibadan 4outside
Bayero University, Kano - CAR
Rivers State University Port Harcourt - CAR
Ikeja General Hospital Road, Ikeja, Lagos
University of Ilorin - CAR, Ilorin, Nigeria
Ikorodu AQMRG
LAMATA, Ikorodu Road, Ketu, Lagos
Space Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Abuja, Nigeria.
Ibadan 18 outside
Ita Elewa Primary HealthCare Centre, Ikorodu
Mariere Hall, unilag
Lagos
aq_g0_9
Ibadan 16outside
Ibadan Outside Sensor (SL048)
Ibadan 1outsidee
Atmospheric & Space Weather Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Osun State University Campus, Osogbo, Nigeria.
UNILAG main gate area, lagos Nigeria
Egbeda, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 8outside
Gadson, Akure
UNILAG Central Research Laboratory, Lagos
LASEPA Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Lagos Nigeria
APAPA AQMRG
UNILAG AQMRG
Akoka, lagos Nigeria
EDO STATE SECRETARIAT (PALM HOUSE)
Ibadan 5outside
CRUTECH,Calabar - CAR
Ibadan 15oustide
Ibadan 7outside
Ibadan 23outside
Eric Maiduguri road
Ministry of Science and tech, Abuja, Nigeria
Ibadan 20 outside
Agege, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 13outside
Shobayo Close, Araromi, Lagos
Makoko, Lagos Mainland
General Hospital Rigasa
FECA, Akure
EDOGIS
Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun - CAR
Space-Earth Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Benin Campus, Benin City, Nigeria.
Ibadan 22 outside

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
6
 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt
93
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
93
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
70
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
9
 🇰🇪 Kenya
54
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
88
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia
20
 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
70
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
34
 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
44
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
154
 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
76
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
31
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
34
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
52
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
60
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
19
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
25
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
44
 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
39
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
15
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
166
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
13
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
99
 🇨🇳 China
299
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
139
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
62
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
41
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
50
 🇮🇳 India
502
 🇮🇷 Iran
115
 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
93
 🇯🇵 Japan
124
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
76
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
161
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
90
 🇱🇦 Laos
149
 🇲🇴 Macao
50
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
69
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
68
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
118
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
62
 🇵🇭 Philippines
41
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
30
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
64
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
132
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq
95
 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
62
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
136
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
53
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
15
 🇸🇬 Singapore
38
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
103
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
85
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
63
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
94
 🇹🇷 Turkey
108
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
58
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
102
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
36
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
50
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
45
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
51
 🇫🇷 France
70
 🇩🇪 Germany
44
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
38
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
20
 🇬🇷 Greece
42
 🇬🇬 Guernsey
8
 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
34
 🇭🇺 Hungary
39
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
41
 🇯🇪 Jersey
29
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
26
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
19
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
26
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
48
 🇱🇻 Latvia
12
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
49
 🇲🇹 Malta
29
 🇲🇨 Monaco
19
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
25
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
34
 🇵🇱 Poland
59
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
39
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
15
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
36
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
23
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
16
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
17
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
30
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
21
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
36
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
21
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
32
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
20
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
2
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
22
 🇷🇴 Romania
38
 🇷🇺 Russia
54
 🇸🇲 San Marino
36
 🇷🇸 Serbia
55
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
30
 🇪🇸 Spain
73
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
36
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
15
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
36
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados
2
 🇧🇿 Belize
31
 🇧🇲 Bermuda
33
 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
69
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
17
 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
19
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada
22
 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
43
 🇯🇲 Jamaica
38
 🇲🇶 Martinique
65
 🇲🇽 Mexico
152
 🇲🇸 Montserrat
27
 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
4
 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
46
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
98
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
111
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
128
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama
42
 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
25
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas
80
 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
45
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
112

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
54
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
21
 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
15
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
30
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga
4
 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
28
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of
32
 🇧🇷 Brazil
50
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
89
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
87
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
84
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
26
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
27
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
73
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

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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