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
61
🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
85
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
68
🇰🇪 Kenya
29
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
56
🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
2
🇾🇹 Mayotte
35
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
100
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
35
🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
97
🇹🇩 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
15
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
15
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
65
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
16
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
70
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
34
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
181
🇧🇹 Bhutan
99
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
13
🇰🇭 Cambodia
56
🇨🇳 China
168
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
110
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
17
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
18
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
63
🇮🇳 India
188
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
161
🇯🇵 Japan
55
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
150
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
10
🇱🇦 Laos
81
🇲🇴 Macao
72
🇲🇾 Malaysia
67
🇲🇳 Mongolia
91
🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
157
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
49
🇵🇭 Philippines
81
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
25
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
15
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
99
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
85
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
121
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
20
🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
118
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
84
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
36
🇸🇬 Singapore
67
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
58
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
96
🇮🇱 State of Israel
52
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
58
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
50
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
8
🇹🇼 Taiwan
71
🇹🇷 Turkey
145
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
92
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
62
🇨🇾 Cyprus
30
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
122
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
24
🇫🇷 France
95
🇩🇪 Germany
113
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
18
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
46
🇬🇷 Greece
70
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
117
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
157
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
70
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
22
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
55
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
68
🇱🇻 Latvia
4
🇲🇰 Macedonia
102
🇲🇹 Malta
35
🇲🇨 Monaco
35
🇲🇪 Montenegro
54
🇳🇱 Netherlands
109
🇵🇱 Poland
82
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
46
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
123
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
51
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
50
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
70
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
12
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
75
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
66
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
19
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
67
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
17
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
55
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
49
🇷🇴 Romania
95
🇷🇺 Russia
64
🇸🇲 San Marino
30
🇷🇸 Serbia
106
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
79
🇪🇸 Spain
97
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
80
🇺🇦 Ukraine
14
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
147
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
11
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
10
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
90
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
51
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
18
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
28
🇲🇽 Mexico
93
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
20
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
50
🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
64
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
49
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
5
🇵🇦 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
9
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
102

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
45
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
18
🇳🇿 New Zealand
26
🇳🇺 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
19
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
59
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
31
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
73
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
92
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
24
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
72
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
59
🇸🇷 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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