Air pollution, the invisible killer

Air pollution has become the biggest environmental cause of premature death, overtaking poor sanitation and a lack of clean drinking water. According to the WHO, more than 3.5 million people are being killed each year by the air that they breathe in urban areas, and the number is rising.

Most of this air pollution we cause results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline to produce electricity and power our vehicles.Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a good indicator of how much fossil fuel is burned and how much of other pollutants are emitted as a result.

Most Pollution Country 2018 Index –

Rank	Country	Pollution Index	Exp Pollution Index
1	Myanmar	93.03	170.73
2	Mongolia	92.65	170.25
3	Afghanistan	92.65	167.49
4	Bangladesh	88.93	160.20
5	Vietnam	88.10	157.79
6	Egypt	87.64	156.56
7	China	85.89	156.84
8	Lebanon	85.68	152.45
9	Nigeria	85.54	153.33
10	Nepal	84.01	149.43
11	Monaco	83.71	153.55
12	Peru	83.35	148.96
13	Jordan	82.26	146.15
14	Macedonia	82.04	149.19
15	Iran	81.21	148.73
16	Cambodia	79.41	140.74
17	Iraq	79.35	140.82
18	Ethiopia	77.96	137.09
19	Pakistan	77.50	136.34
20	Dominican Republic	76.80	134.90
21	Bahrain	76.41	140.96
22	India	75.89	133.27
23	Albania	75.21	131.62
24	Kazakhstan	73.71	133.61
25	Venezuela	73.66	130.46
26	Georgia	73.43	132.16
27	Thailand	72.86	127.41
28	Philippines	72.55	126.99
29	Kenya	72.26	127.44
30	Malta	71.93	125.85
31	Jamaica	71.89	126.27
32	Saudi Arabia	71.72	126.71
33	Qatar	70.24	124.31
34	Turkey	69.44	122.51
35	Hong Kong	69.35	124.40
36	Morocco	67.66	118.25
37	Ukraine	67.24	117.07
38	Chile	66.79	122.16
39	Malaysia	66.52	114.64
40	Tunisia	66.16	114.81
41	Mexico	66.13	114.39
42	Panama	65.91	117.08
43	Algeria	64.16	112.14
44	Armenia	63.55	116.29
45	Russia	63.26	109.00
46	Taiwan	63.25	110.35
47	Bulgaria	63.03	113.65
48	Colombia	62.47	112.16
49	South Africa	62.15	107.22
50	Bosnia And Herzegovina	61.56	109.96
51	Indonesia	60.66	103.35
52	Sri Lanka	60.64	104.15
53	Israel	60.27	106.78
54	Brazil	59.48	101.92
55	Ecuador	59.19	101.27
56	Mauritius	57.56	98.25
57	Serbia	56.58	97.06
58	United Arab Emirates	55.78	95.78
59	Cyprus	55.76	94.79
60	Argentina	53.64	91.84
61	Italy	53.11	89.45
62	Romania	53.04	88.86
63	South Korea	52.87	94.95
64	Greece	52.85	91.59
65	Poland	51.12	89.59
66	Costa Rica	49.87	87.09
67	Uruguay	49.37	86.85
68	Belgium	48.92	82.92
69	Hungary	46.57	80.02
70	Oman	42.78	70.42
71	Japan	41.66	68.02
72	Czech Republic	41.02	68.84
73	Slovakia	40.67	68.56
74	France	40.41	67.80
75	Spain	38.11	63.21
76	United Kingdom	37.71	61.78
77	Belarus	36.00	58.48
78	Singapore	33.94	58.17
79	Lithuania	33.14	54.55
80	Croatia	32.73	53.46
81	Latvia	31.81	51.48
82	United States	31.70	53.76
83	Portugal	30.53	49.60
84	Ireland	28.66	48.10
85	Canada	27.70	45.91
86	Germany	27.32	43.59
87	Netherlands	27.16	44.77
88	Slovenia	26.25	46.22
89	Australia	24.76	39.81
90	Denmark	23.60	36.12
91	Switzerland	23.01	36.74
92	Austria	22.87	36.85
93	New Zealand	21.77	36.93
94	Norway	20.22	33.08
95	Sweden	19.10	30.57
96	Estonia	17.17	29.21
97	Iceland	13.73	24.90
98	Finland	12.07

Source- Numbeo.com