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 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
66
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
102
🇰🇪 Kenya
68
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
14
🇱🇸 Lesotho
119
🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
1
🇾🇹 Mayotte
62
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
70
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
67
🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
74
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
77
🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
48
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
37
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
243
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
15
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
57
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
98
🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
121
🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
103
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
108
🇧🇹 Bhutan
89
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
6
🇰🇭 Cambodia
7
🇨🇳 China
148
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
94
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
22
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
22
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
18
🇮🇳 India
218
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
172
🇯🇵 Japan
56
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
71
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
35
🇱🇦 Laos
26
🇲🇴 Macao
22
🇲🇾 Malaysia
64
🇲🇳 Mongolia
25
🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
40
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
41
🇵🇭 Philippines
96
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
15
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
45
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
149
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
53
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
88
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
40
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
89
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
92
🇸🇬 Singapore
40
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
39
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
51
🇮🇱 State of Israel
55
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
48
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
76
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
60
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
28
🇹🇷 Turkey
80
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
114
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
29
🇨🇾 Cyprus
38
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
39
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
26
🇫🇷 France
70
🇩🇪 Germany
65
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
26
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
17
🇬🇷 Greece
35
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
45
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
45
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
41
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
12
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
21
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
17
🇱🇻 Latvia
4
🇲🇰 Macedonia
33
🇲🇹 Malta
28
🇲🇨 Monaco
30
🇲🇪 Montenegro
12
🇳🇱 Netherlands
37
🇵🇱 Poland
40
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
35
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
35
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
20
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
8
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
19
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
13
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
27
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
28
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
12
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
43
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
34
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
14
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
6
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
20
🇷🇴 Romania
28
🇷🇺 Russia
87
🇸🇲 San Marino
46
🇷🇸 Serbia
39
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
32
🇪🇸 Spain
75
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
32
🇺🇦 Ukraine
11
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
61
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
39
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
21
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
44
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
6
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
25
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
44
🇲🇽 Mexico
67
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
30
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
39
🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
73
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
44
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
10
🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
41
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
61

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
53
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
14
🇳🇿 New Zealand
26
🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
47
🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
36
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
37
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
24
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
149
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
40
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
62
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
45
🇸🇷 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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