Air pollution data portal - World Health Organization (WHO)

Almost all of the global population (99%) are exposed to air pollution levels that put them at increased risk for diseases including heart disease, stroke, ... TheGlobalHealthObservatoryExploreaworldofhealthdata IndicatorsCountries GlobalHealthObservatory GHOHome Indicators Countries DataAPI GHOODataAPI AthenaAPI MapGallery Publications DataSearch Home/ Data/ GHO/ Themes/ Airpollutiondataportal × Subscribeheretoreceivenotificationswhenevercontentonthispagechanges. Subscribe Alreadysubscribed?Tounsubscribeclickhere. ×  Fromsmoghangingovercitiestosmokeinsidethehome,airpollutionposesamajorthreattohealthacrosstheglobe. Almostalloftheglobalpopulation(99%)areexposedtoairpollutionlevelsthatputthematincreasedriskfordiseases includingheartdisease,stroke,chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease,cancerandpneumonia. WHOmonitorstheexposure levelsandhealthimpacts(i.e.deaths,DALYs)ofairpollutionatthenational,regionalandgloballevelfromambient (outdoor)andhouseholdairpollution.Suchestimatesareusedforofficialreportingliketheworldhealthstatistics,andtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals.   AirPollutionDataPortal Burdenofdisease 7million deathseachyearfromexposuretoambientandhouseholdairpollution Householdexposure 2.4billion peopleprimarilyrelyonpollutingfuelsandtechnologiesforcooking Ambientexposure 91% oftheworld’spopulationliveinplaceswhereairpollutionlevelsexceedWHOguidelinelimits Airpollutiondata Burdenofdiseasefromairpollution Totalburdenofdiseasefromhouseholdandambientairpollution Householdairpollution Ambientairpollution Ambientairpollutionexposure AmbientairpollutiondataAirqualitydatabaseModelledestimatesofparticulatematterairpollutionModelledexposuretoparticulatematterairpollutionDatabaseonsourceapportionmentstudiesforparticulatematter Householdairpollutionexposure HouseholdairpollutiondataHealtheffectsfromliquidandgaseousfuelsdatabaseGlobaldatabaseofhouseholdairpollutionmeasurementsHouseholdenergydatabaseCookingfuelandtechnologydatabase(byfuelcategory)  Interactivetoolsandresources AirQ+tool AirQ+performscalculationsthatallowquantificationofthehealtheffectsofexposuretoairpollution,includingestimatesofthereductioninlifeexpectancy Learnmore Visualizationofnationalairqualitystandards Interactivemapshowsthepresenceofairqualitystandardsincountriesaroundtheworldfordifferentpollutants Learnmore CleanHouseholdEnergySolutionsToolkit(CHEST) Containstoolsandresourcesforcountriestodevelopcleanhouseholdenergypoliciesandprogrammes Learnmore HouseholdMultipleEmissionSourcesModel(HOMES) Webmodelthatpredictsindoorconcentrationsandpersonalexposuresofairpollutantsfromcooking,heatingorlighting Learnmore Benefitsofactiontoreducehouseholdairpollution(BAR-HAP)tool Planningtoolthatcalculatesthecostsandbenefitsoftransitionstocleanerhouseholdenergy Learnmore PerformanceTarget(PT)Model ThePTmodelcalculatestheemissionratesrequiredforstoves,heaters,orlampstoachievespecificairqualityandhealthtargets. Learnmore Publications 22September2021 WHOglobalairqualityguidelines:particulatematter(‎PM2.5andPM10)‎,ozone,nitrogendioxide,sulfur... Cleanairisfundamentaltohealth.Comparedto15yearsago,whenthepreviousedition oftheseguidelineswaspublished,thereisnowamuchstronger... Download ReadMore 22September2021 WHOglobalairqualityguidelines:particulatematter(‎PM2.5andPM10)‎,ozone,nitrogendioxide,sulfur... Cleanairisfundamentaltohealth.Comparedto15yearsago,whenthepreviousedition oftheseguidelineswaspublished,thereisnowamuchstronger... Download ReadMore 4September2020 PersonalinterventionsandriskcommunicationonAirPollution Thisreportpresentstheresultsofanexpertconsultationwhoseobjectivesweretoreviewandassessthecurrentscientificevidenceonquestionsrelated... Download ReadMore 13May2016 Ambientairpollution:Aglobalassessmentofexposureandburdenofdisease ThisreportpresentsasummaryofmethodsandresultsofthelatestWHOglobalassessmentofambientairpollutionexposureandtheresultingburdenof... Download ReadMore 21January2014 WHOGuidelinesforindoorairquality:Householdfuelcombustion In2014,WHOissuedthefirst-everhealth-basedguidelinesoncleanfuelsandtechnologiesforhouseholdcooking,heatingandlighting.Theseguidelines... Download ReadMore SDG7EnergyProgressReportBurningOpportunity:CleanHouseholdEnergyforHealth,SustainableDevelopment,andWellbeingofWomenandChildren Relatedteams Airqualityandhealth Environment,ClimateChangeandHealth Relatedhealthtopic Physicalenvironment Airpollution Contactus Forgeneralinquiries: [email protected] Regardingcleanandpollutinghouseholdenergyuseorhouseholdairpollution: [email protected]RegardingdataorresourcesrelatedtoSDG7onenergyaccessandhealth: [email protected] Ifyouhaveanyfeedback,youarewelcometowriteithere. IfyouneedtoaccesstheoldGlobalHealthObservatorydata,youcandoithere.Butbeforeyouleave,pleaseprovideusyourfeedbackaboutournewdataportal. × FeedbackforthenewGHOportal Yourname* Youre-mailaddress* Thee-mailformatis"[email protected]" Comments* Submitthefeedback