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
52
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
43
🇰🇪 Kenya
69
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
15
🇱🇸 Lesotho
59
🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
60
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
87
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
52
🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
82
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
63
🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
48
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
38
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
110
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
27
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
20
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
51
🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
58
🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
95
🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
100
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
62

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
96
🇧🇹 Bhutan
72
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
11
🇰🇭 Cambodia
8
🇨🇳 China
135
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
71
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
34
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
20
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
27
🇮🇳 India
221
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
173
🇯🇵 Japan
81
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
72
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
30
🇱🇦 Laos
22
🇲🇴 Macao
17
🇲🇾 Malaysia
58
🇲🇳 Mongolia
20
🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
51
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
55
🇵🇭 Philippines
78
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
20
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
38
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
150
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
49
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
76
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
36
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
80
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
67
🇸🇬 Singapore
38
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
32
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
42
🇮🇱 State of Israel
62
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
96
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
20
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
42
🇹🇷 Turkey
81
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
113
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
48
🇨🇾 Cyprus
51
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
74
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
29
🇫🇷 France
61
🇩🇪 Germany
66
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
34
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
29
🇬🇷 Greece
46
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
64
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
80
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
38
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
18
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
17
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
22
🇱🇻 Latvia
4
🇲🇰 Macedonia
54
🇲🇹 Malta
43
🇲🇨 Monaco
33
🇲🇪 Montenegro
46
🇳🇱 Netherlands
42
🇵🇱 Poland
71
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
33
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
33
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
33
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
17
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
53
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
15
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
46
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
65
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
10
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
21
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
19
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
22
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
62
🇷🇴 Romania
53
🇷🇺 Russia
53
🇸🇲 San Marino
69
🇷🇸 Serbia
70
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
101
🇪🇸 Spain
71
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
48
🇺🇦 Ukraine
46
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
36
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
11
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
14
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
115
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
7
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
25
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
49
🇲🇽 Mexico
79
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
23
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
55
🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
95
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
55
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
5
🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
65
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
92

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
58
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
15
🇳🇿 New Zealand
39
🇳🇺 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
31
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
63
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
17
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
129
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
44
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
65
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 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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