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The Clean Air issue seeks a situation where ambient air is of high quality − free of hazardous pollutants, smoke or dust. The air in cities and rural areas is clean & safe all year long, permitting for outdoor activities without a risk for health. The Clean Air issue relates to the Sustainable Development Goals 13.

As a proxy for this issue, the GAPFRAME currently uses a publicly available indicator, exposure to air pollution (EPI, 2014), measuring average exposure of the population to tiny particles in ambient air. In the next revision round of the framework, the Clean Air issue will be completed with other indicators, to cover the air pollution problem more broadly.


0 - 5.0	A THREAT	5.1 - 6.6	CRITICAL	6.7 - 7.4	WATCHLIST	7.5 - 8.8	SAFE SPACE	8.9 - 10	TOWARDS IDEAL

Map Clean Air

COUNTRY	REGION	GEOPOLITICS	RESULT	RANK
Afghanistan	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries	9.4	121
Albania	Southern Europe	Developed regions	8.3	141
Algeria	Northern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Andorra	Southern Europe	Developed regions		179
Angola	Middle Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Antigua and Barbuda	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Argentina	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Armenia	Middle East	Developing regions	8.4	138
Australia	Australasia (Oceania)	Developed regions	10	1
Austria	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.9	150
Azerbaijan	Middle East	Developing regions	9.4	123
Bahamas	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Bahrain	Middle East	Developing regions	7.7	157
Bangladesh	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries	3.2	175
Barbados	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Belarus	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	8.4	139
Belgium	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.2	163
Belize	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Benin	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Bhutan	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries	5.0	173
Bolivia	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Southern Europe	Developed regions	8.7	134
Botswana	Southern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Brazil	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Brunei	South-East Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	8.1	146
Burkina Faso	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Burundi	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	9.7	117
Cabo Verde	Western Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Cambodia	South-East Asia	Least developed countries	10	1
Cameroon	Middle Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Canada	North America	Developed regions	10	1
Central African Republic (CAR)	Middle Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Chad	Middle Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Chile	South America	Developing regions	10	1
China	Eastern Asia	Developing regions	0.2	178
Colombia	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Comoros	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Costa Rica	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Cost)	Western Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Croatia	Southern Europe	Developed regions	8.1	145
Cuba	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Cyprus	Middle East	Developing regions	9.4	122
Czech Republic	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.4	161
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Middle Africa	Least developed countries	9.1	125
Denmark	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Djibouti	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Dominica	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Dominican Republic	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Ecuador	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Egypt	Northern Africa	Developing regions	6.5	168
El Salvador	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Equatorial Guinea	Middle Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Eritrea	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Estonia	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Fiji	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions	10	1
Finland	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
France	Western Europe	Developed regions	9.6	119
Gabon	Middle Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Gambia	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Georgia	Middle East	Developing regions	9.6	120
Germany	Western Europe	Developed regions	8.2	143
Ghana	Western Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Greece	Southern Europe	Developed regions	9.1	126
Grenada	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Guatemala	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Guinea	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Guyana	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Haiti	Central America	Least developed countries	10	1
Honduras	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Hungary	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.2	164
Iceland	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
India	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions	2.8	177
Indonesia	South-East Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Iran	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions	9.3	124
Iraq	Middle East	Developing regions	6.8	167
Ireland	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Israel	Middle East	Developing regions	8.3	141
Italy	Southern Europe	Developed regions	8.2	144
Jamaica	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Japan	Eastern Asia	Developed regions	9.0	128
Jordan	Middle East	Developing regions	8.5	137
Kazakhstan	Central Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Kenya	Eastern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Kiribati	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries	10	1
Kosovo	Southern Europe	Developed regions		179
Kuwait	Middle East	Developing regions	6.0	170
Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Laos	South-East Asia	Least developed countries	5.3	172
Latvia	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Lebanon	Middle East	Developing regions	7.8	153
Lesotho	Southern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Liberia	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Libya	Northern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Liechtenstein	Western Europe	Developed regions		179
Lithuania	Northern Europe	Developed regions	9.0	129
Luxembourg	Western Europe	Developed regions	8.6	135
Macedonia	Southern Europe	Developed regions	7.7	155
Madagascar	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Malawi	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Malaysia	South-East Asia	Developing regions	9.6	118
Maldives	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions		179
Mali	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Malta	Southern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Marshall Islands	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		179
Mauritania	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Mauritius	Eastern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Mexico	Central America	Developing regions	9.9	115
Micronesia	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		179
Moldova	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.9	149
Monaco	Western Europe	Developed regions		179
Mongolia	Eastern Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Montenegro	Southern Europe	Developed regions	8.8	132
Morocco	Northern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Mozambique	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Myanmar (Burma)	South-East Asia	Least developed countries	7.9	151
Namibia	Southern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Nauru	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		179
Nepal	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries	3.1	176
Netherlands	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.8	152
New Zealand	Australasia (Oceania)	Developed regions	10	1
Nicaragua	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Niger	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Nigeria	Western Africa	Developing regions	10	1
North Korea	Eastern Asia	Developing regions		179
Norway	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Oman	Middle East	Developing regions	10	1
Pakistan	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions	3.3	174
Palau	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions	10	1
Palestine	Middle East	Developing regions		179
Panama	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Papua New Guinea	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions	10	1
Paraguay	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Peru	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Philippines	South-East Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Poland	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.2	165
Portugal	Southern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Qatar	Middle East	Developing regions	7.7	156
Republic of the Congo	Middle Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Romania	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.5	160
Russia	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Rwanda	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America	Developing regions		179
Saint Lucia	Central America	Developing regions		179
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America	Developing regions		179
Samoa	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		179
San Marino	Southern Europe	Developed regions		179
Sao Tome and Principe	Middle Africa	Least developed countries		179
Saudi Arabia	Middle East	Developing regions	8.9	130
Senegal	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Serbia	Southern Europe	Developed regions	7.9	148
Seychelles	Eastern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Sierra Leone	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Singapore	South-East Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Slovakia	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.4	162
Slovenia	Southern Europe	Developed regions	8.0	147
Solomon Islands	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries	10	1
Somalia	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
South Africa	Southern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
South Korea	Eastern Asia	Developing regions	5.7	171
South Sudan	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		179
Spain	Southern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Sri Lanka	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions	10	1
Sudan	Northern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Suriname	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Swaziland	Southern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Sweden	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
Switzerland	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.8	154
Syria	Middle East	Developing regions	7.1	166
Taiwan	Eastern Asia	Developing regions	7.7	158
Tajikistan	Central Asia	Developing regions	8.3	140
Tanzania	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Thailand	South-East Asia	Developing regions	7.6	159
Timor-Leste	South-East Asia	Least developed countries	10	1
Togo	Western Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Tonga	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions	10	1
Trinidad and Tobago	Central America	Developing regions	10	1
Tunisia	Northern Africa	Developing regions	10	1
Turkey	Middle East	Developing regions	8.8	133
Turkmenistan	Central Asia	Developing regions	10	1
Tuvalu	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries		179
Uganda	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Ukraine	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	8.9	131
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Middle East	Developing regions	9.0	127
United Kingdom (UK)	Northern Europe	Developed regions	10	1
United States of America (USA)	North America	Developed regions	10	1
Uruguay	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Uzbekistan	Central Asia	Developing regions	8.5	136
Vanuatu	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries	10	1
Venezuela	South America	Developing regions	10	1
Vietnam	South-East Asia	Developing regions	6.4	169
Yemen	Middle East	Least developed countries	9.8	116
Zambia	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries	10	1
Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa	Developing regions	10	1

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