Air Pollution in South-africa

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Air Pollution in South-africa

Please note that Air Quality monitoring is now available for South Africa: aqicn.org/map/southafrica/

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The Republic of South Africa, along with the Republic of Senegal is a leading example for Africa, for being the country with the most transparency on its Air Quality. The Air Quality monitoring network coverage is really good, and all the information is available publically and freely from the saaqis.org.za website.

Update June 4th 2015: The Air Quality data service from saaqis.org.za is temporarilly not available. We are now investigating, together with the South African Weather Service team responsible for SAAQIS, a solution for getting the data back online.

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
72
🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
83
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
48
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
23
🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
5
🇾🇹 Mayotte
74
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
101
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
70
🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
90
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
27
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
27
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
93
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
5
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
51
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
110
🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
71
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
14

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
236
🇧🇹 Bhutan
98
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
15
🇰🇭 Cambodia
118
🇨🇳 China
171
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
125
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
36
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
22
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
93
🇮🇳 India
436
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
381
🇯🇵 Japan
47
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
155
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
65
🇱🇦 Laos
103
🇲🇴 Macao
164
🇲🇾 Malaysia
75
🇲🇳 Mongolia
167
🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
98
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
37
🇵🇭 Philippines
76
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
33
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
18
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
124
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
180
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
69
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
39
🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
105
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
16
🇸🇬 Singapore
50
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
44
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
124
🇮🇱 State of Israel
58
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
107
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
67
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
40
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
29
🇹🇼 Taiwan
54
🇹🇷 Turkey
107
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
103
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
83
🇨🇾 Cyprus
33
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
88
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
54
🇫🇷 France
78
🇩🇪 Germany
127
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
20
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
53
🇬🇷 Greece
50
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
30
🇭🇺 Hungary
149
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
104
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
73
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
46
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
44
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
85
🇱🇻 Latvia
119
🇲🇰 Macedonia
75
🇲🇹 Malta
75
🇲🇨 Monaco
12
🇲🇪 Montenegro
80
🇳🇱 Netherlands
108
🇵🇱 Poland
184
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
39
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
55
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
53
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
54
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
80
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
142
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
70
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
112
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
62
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
19
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
51
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
9
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
58
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
86
🇷🇴 Romania
132
🇷🇺 Russia
121
🇸🇲 San Marino
37
🇷🇸 Serbia
160
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
142
🇪🇸 Spain
74
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
71
🇺🇦 Ukraine
98
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
62
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
5
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
10
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
57
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
15
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
21
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
31
🇲🇽 Mexico
109
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
20
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
7
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
34
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
30
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
17
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
99

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
42
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
14
🇳🇿 New Zealand
15
🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
14
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
59
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
26
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay
57
🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
133
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
60
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
96
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
5
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
65
🇸🇷 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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