Exposure to ambient particulate matter pollution is responsible for many deaths every year.
Almost two million deaths were attributable to air pollution exposure in both China and India in 2019. Two of the most harmful air pollutants to human health are nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter. Number of deaths attributable to air pollution exposure in 2019, by select country
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Statistics on Emissions worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global cumulative CO2 emissions 1750-2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Global cumulative CO2 emission shares by region 1750-2020
- Premium Statistic Cumulative CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion worldwide 1750-2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Global cumulative CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and land use 1850-2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide 1959-2021
Greenhouse gas emissions
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- Premium Statistic Global greenhouse gas emissions 1990-2019
- Basic Statistic Annual global emissions of carbon dioxide 1940-2021
- Premium Statistic Largest global emitters of carbon dioxide 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Global carbon dioxide emissions 2010-2021, by select country
- Basic Statistic Global carbon dioxide emissions per capita 1960-2021
- Premium Statistic Global carbon dioxide emissions per capita 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Largest producers of methane worldwide 2019, by leading country
Segments
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- Basic Statistic Global greenhouse gas emissions shares 2019, by sector
- Premium Statistic Global greenhouse gas emissions shares 2020, by sub sector
- Premium Statistic Global distribution of CO₂ emissions 2021, by sector
- Basic Statistic Global CO2 emissions 1970-2021, by sector
- Basic Statistic Global CO₂ emissions from coal use 1960-2021, by select country
- Basic Statistic Global carbon dioxide emissions from cement manufacturing 1990-2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Food system GHG emissions worldwide, by segment
Air pollutants
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- Premium Statistic Average PM2.5 levels in most polluted countries worldwide 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Average PM2.5 levels in the most polluted capital cities worldwide 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Annual PM2.5 pollutant reductions in selected cities worldwide 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Nitrogen oxide emissions worldwide 2020, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global deaths due to air pollution 2019, by type
- Premium Statistic Global deaths caused by air pollution 2019, by country
Outlook
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- Premium Statistic Projected change in CO2 emissions worldwide 2021, by select country
- Basic Statistic Projected global greenhouse gas emissions 2030, by scenario
- Premium Statistic Greenhouse gas emission reduction targets 2030, by country
- Basic Statistic Total carbon dioxide emissions worldwide 2000-2050, by region
- Premium Statistic Forecast carbon offset prices 2030-2050, by scenario
Further related statistics
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- Peru: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Uruguay: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Barbados: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Belize: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- St Lucia: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Paraguay: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Guatemala: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Puerto Rico: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- El Salvador: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Bahamas: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Cuba: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Mexico: deaths from air pollution 2000-2019
- St Vincent & the Grenadines: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Honduras: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Jamaica: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Cities with the highest concentration of PM2.5 particulates in Poland 2020-2021
- Deaths from household air pollution from solid fuels in India 1990-2019
- Cayman Islands: fossil CO2 emissions per capita 2015-2017
- Industrial and residential waste gas emissions in China: Lhasa 2013
- Global PM exposure based on population-weighted concentration by major country 2016
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- Peru: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Uruguay: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Barbados: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Belize: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- St Lucia: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Paraguay: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Guatemala: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Puerto Rico: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- El Salvador: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Bahamas: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Cuba: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Mexico: deaths from air pollution 2000-2019
- St Vincent & the Grenadines: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Honduras: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Jamaica: deaths from air pollution 2000-2017
- Cities with the highest concentration of PM2.5 particulates in Poland 2020-2021
- Deaths from household air pollution from solid fuels in India 1990-2019
- Cayman Islands: fossil CO2 emissions per capita 2015-2017
- Industrial and residential waste gas emissions in China: Lhasa 2013
- Global PM exposure based on population-weighted concentration by major country 2016
IHME, & Health Effects Institute. (October 21, 2020). Number of deaths attributable to air pollution exposure in 2019, by select country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/830953/deaths-due-to-air-pollution-in-major-countries/
IHME, und Health Effects Institute. "Number of deaths attributable to air pollution exposure in 2019, by select country." Chart. October 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/830953/deaths-due-to-air-pollution-in-major-countries/
IHME, Health Effects Institute. (2020). Number of deaths attributable to air pollution exposure in 2019, by select country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/830953/deaths-due-to-air-pollution-in-major-countries/
IHME, and Health Effects Institute. "Number of Deaths Attributable to Air Pollution Exposure in 2019, by Select Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/830953/deaths-due-to-air-pollution-in-major-countries/
IHME & Health Effects Institute, Number of deaths attributable to air pollution exposure in 2019, by select country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/830953/deaths-due-to-air-pollution-in-major-countries/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Number of deaths attributable to air pollution exposure in 2019, by select country [Graph], IHME, & Health Effects Institute, October 21, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/830953/deaths-due-to-air-pollution-in-major-countries/