11 Worst Countries for Air Pollution

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8. United Arab Emirates

Average PM2.5 pollution: 61 ug/m3

Average PM10 pollution: 161 ug/m3

The United Arab Emirates is one of the wealthiest regions of the world, but that doesn’t seem to have much influence on the level of pollution and how they handle things. On the other hand, most of the fortune built here comes from the oil and gas industries which are some of the biggest pollutants in the world. The UAE is rather small in size, but the population varies between 5 and 9 million, depending on who’s handing out the estimates. Either way, that’s a rather big number of people who can be affected by the polluted air in the area.

11 Worst Countries for Air Pollution

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