5th World Air Quality Report 2022

• India stands at 8 as per World Air Quality Report 2022, Ranking lower than Last Year’s (2021) 5 place.
• The report released – By IQ Air.
• The report released on 15 March, 2023

Key findings

• For 2022, the country has witnessed a little drop in the ranking as 2022 data goes down to 8th with the PM2.5 level.
  • Delhi ranked 4th out of 50 of the world’s
    most polluted cities in terms of PM2.5 with levels 92.6 µg/m3 in 2022, a little below the average of 96.4 µg/m3 in 2021.
  • The WHO guideline for annual PM2.5 levels is 5 µg/m3.
• Lahore was the most polluted city in the world, followed by Hotan in China, and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan.
• New Delhi is the second most polluted capital city in the world, with N’Djamena in Chad topping the list.
• Chad, Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh are the 5 most polluted countries in 2022