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Air Pollution in Nigeria

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Current Air Quality
112
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Wednesday, Apr 17th 2024, 08:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
151
Abuja
2
150
Ebute Ikorodu
3
94
Benin City
4
53
Calabar
5
-
Ibadan
6
-
Osogbo
7
-
Ikeja
8
-
Auchi

Cities with the best air quality

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

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

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
5
 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of
62
 🇪🇬 Egypt
85
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
126
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
127
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
70
 🇰🇪 Kenya
64
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
21
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia
57
 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
79
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
95
 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
52
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
79
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
182
 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
38
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
11
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
109
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
66
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
11
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
4
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
126
 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
40
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
23
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
157
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
13
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
67
 🇨🇳 China
162
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
124
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
51
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
31
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
53
 🇮🇳 India
178
 🇮🇷 Iran
77
 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
99
 🇯🇵 Japan
62
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
57
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
147
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
39
 🇱🇦 Laos
143
 🇲🇴 Macao
46
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
65
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
94
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
115
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
59
 🇵🇭 Philippines
71
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
32
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
64
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
131
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq
89
 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
61
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
148
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
59
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
59
 🇸🇬 Singapore
55
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
101
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
61
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
84
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
49
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
76
 🇹🇷 Turkey
79
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
45
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
49
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
23
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
47
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
34
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
20
 🇫🇷 France
49
 🇩🇪 Germany
64
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
43
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
25
 🇬🇷 Greece
60
 🇬🇬 Guernsey
4
 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
57
 🇭🇺 Hungary
32
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
62
 🇯🇪 Jersey
35
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
41
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
22
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
47
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
29
 🇱🇻 Latvia
2
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
59
 🇲🇹 Malta
93
 🇲🇨 Monaco
29
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
31
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
35
 🇵🇱 Poland
60
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
38
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
28
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
27
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
27
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
21
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
38
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
14
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
22
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
22
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
26
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
26
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
16
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
2
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
33
 🇷🇴 Romania
41
 🇷🇺 Russia
62
 🇸🇲 San Marino
45
 🇷🇸 Serbia
36
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
30
 🇪🇸 Spain
77
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
31
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
48
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
44
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados
38
 🇧🇿 Belize
42
 🇧🇲 Bermuda
9
 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
5
 🇨🇦 Canada
42
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
17
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada
29
 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
22
 🇯🇲 Jamaica
50
 🇲🇶 Martinique
31
 🇲🇽 Mexico
108
 🇲🇸 Montserrat
7
 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
11
 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
28
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
74
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
126
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
71
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama
32
 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
24
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas
22
 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
49
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands
3
 🇺🇸 United States
118

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
64
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
39
 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
16
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga
11
 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
21
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of
41
 🇧🇷 Brazil
72
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
42
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
83
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
113
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
58
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
14
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
93
 🇸🇷 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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