World Air Quality Report: India ranked on the eighth spot within the record of world’s top 10 most polluted countries after SWISS agency IQAir launched its ‘World Air Quality Report’ 2022. However, India improved its rating because it dropped from fifth to eighth place.
Meanwhile, within the record of most polluted cities, 39 of fifty cities are in India.
Top 10 most polluted countries in world
| Rank | Top 10 most polluted countries in world |
| 1 | Chad |
| 2 | Iraq |
| 3 | Pakistan |
| 4 | Bahrain |
| 5 | Bangladesh |
| 6 | Burkina Faso |
| 7 | Kuwait |
| 8 | India |
| 9 | Egypt |
| 10 | Tajikistan |
Chad, Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Kuwait, India, Egypt and Tajikistan have been the top 10 most polluted countries whereas Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, and New Zealand met the World Health Organization (WHO) PM2.5 guideline (annual common of 5 Aug/m3 or much less).
| Countries which meet WHO PM2.5 guideline |
| Australia |
| Estonia |
| Finland |
| Grenada |
| Iceland |
| New Zealand |
The agency analysed its report after aggregating information from 131 countries based mostly on 30,000 ground-based displays.
What ‘World Air Quality Report’ 2022 reveals about India
- In India, the transportation sector contributed nearly 20-35 per cent of the PM2.5 air pollution. Other sources for worsening air high quality are industrial items, coal-fired energy vegetation and biomass burning.
- Delhi ranked 4th within the top 50 most polluted cities on this planet. Lahore’s Pakistan is the most polluted city, whereas Hotan in China ranked second. Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi is in third place.
- Delhi’s PM2.5 stage is nearly 20 occasions the protected restrict, the report acknowledged.
- Delhi has up to now been the most polluted capital on this planet and the report made a distinction between ‘higher’ Delhi and New Delhi the capital. Both are within the top 10 and the notorious distinction of being the world’s most polluted capital goes to Chad’s N’Djamena.
- Meanwhile, NCR areas together with Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad have seen a decline in air pollution ranges.
- The report mentioned that there’s a 34 per cent decline in Gurugram to 21 per cent in Faridabad if in comparison with the common PM2.5 ranges reported in earlier years.
- Delhi has seen a decline of eight per cent.
- According to the report, 31 cities together with 10 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 7 in Haryana, have seen a steep proportion decline in air pollution ranges.
- “A total of 38 cities and towns have seen a rise in pollution compared to an average of previous years,” acknowledged the report.
- As per the report, among the many six metro cities, Kolkata was ranked the most polluted after Delhi. However, Chennai was acknowledged to be the cleanest with air pollution ‘simply’ 5x the WHO’s protected stage. The metro cities — Hyderabad and Bengalurua — noticed air pollution ranges uptick over the common since 2017.
“The total economic cost equates to over $8 trillion dollars, surpassing 6.1 per cent of the global annual GDP. Exposure to air pollution causes and aggravates several health conditions which include, but are not limited to, asthma, cancer, lung illnesses, heart disease, and premature mortality,” the report mentioned.
(With inputs from IANS)
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