State of Global Air Report 2020

Recently the State of Global Air 2020 (SOGA 2020) report was released by US-based Health Effects Institute and Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project.

Key Findings

  • India recorded the highest annual average PM 2.5 concentration exposure in the world last year.
  • India was followed by Nepal, Niger, Qatar and Nigeria in high PM 2.5 exposures.
  • India had the highest burden of infant deaths due to air pollution followed by Nigeria (67,900), Pakistan (56,500), Ethiopia (22,900), and the Democratic Republic of Congo (1,200).
  • The first-ever comprehensive analysis of air pollution’s global impact on new-borns has found that high particulate matter contributed to the ....
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