Air Pollution in North Korea

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53
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60
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14
🇱🇸 Lesotho
26
🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
3
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45
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
54
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
48
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
47
🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
40
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
31
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
82
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
17
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
88
🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
7
🇬🇲 The Gambia
65
🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
68
🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
80
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
40

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
200
🇧🇹 Bhutan
67
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
66
🇨🇳 China
204
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
199
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
51
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16
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72
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315
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
376
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92
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99
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
36
🇲🇴 Macao
65
🇲🇾 Malaysia
68
🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
51
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
79
🇵🇭 Philippines
81
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45
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40
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
139
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
101
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
127
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
23
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84
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52
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
74
🇸🇬 Singapore
90
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
49
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
68
🇮🇱 State of Israel
64
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
47
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
8
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
66
🇹🇼 Taiwan
61
🇹🇷 Turkey
160
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
85
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
43
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34
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88
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42
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82
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101
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17
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23
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65
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
73
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
80
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81
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16
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16
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31
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22
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71
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43
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27
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44
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64
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115
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26
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13
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30
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16
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63
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73
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66
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94
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28
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12
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44
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13
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82
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44
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103
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112
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132
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53
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48
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31
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63
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57
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51
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
14
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
40
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
13
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28
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67
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94
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30
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57
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33
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56
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55
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38
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123

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55
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15
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22
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15
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58
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14
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67
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61
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54
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25
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65
🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQIAir Pollution LevelHealth ImplicationsCautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no riskNone
51 -100ModerateAir 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.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers 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.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effectsActive 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
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth 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+HazardousHealth alert: everyone may experience more serious health effectsEveryone 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.