Table 2 Top 15 ranked countries of premature mortality linked to outdoor air pollution in 2010

From: The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale

Country

Deaths (×103)

Residential energy

Agriculture

Natural

Power generation

Industry

Biomass burning

Land traffic

China

1,357

32 (76)

29 (7)

9 (3)

18 (7)

8 (3)

1 (2)

3 (2)

India

645

50 (77)

6 (1)

11 (1)

14 (5)

7 (3)

7 (9)

5 (4)

Pakistan

111

31 (67)

2 (1)

57 (23)

2 (1)

2 (2)

2 (3)

3 (3)

Bangladesh

92

55 (78)

10 (2)

0 (0)

15 (6)

7 (2)

7 (8)

6 (4)

Nigeria

89

14 (31)

1 (0)

77 (52)

0 (0)

0 (0)

8 (16)

0 (0)

Russia

67

7 (18)

43 (26)

1 (0)

22 (17)

8 (5)

8 (21)

11 (13)

USA

55

6 (12)

29 (17)

2 (2)

31 (19)

6 (5)

5 (9)

21 (36)

Indonesia

52

60 (64)

2 (0)

0 (0)

5 (3)

4 (2)

27 (29)

2 (2)

Ukraine

51

6 (13)

52 (32)

0 (0)

18 (17)

9 (7)

5 (18)

10 (13)

Vietnam

44

51 (74)

12 (2)

0 (0)

13 (4)

8 (3)

12 (14)

4 (3)

Egypt

35

1 (2)

3 (3)

92 (88)

2 (2)

1 (1)

0 (1)

1 (3)

Germany

34

8 (17)

45 (26)

0 (0)

13 (10)

13 (8)

1 (3)

20 (36)

Turkey

32

9 (20)

29 (19)

15 (6)

19 (14)

11 (8)

6 (19)

11 (14)

Iran

26

1 (3)

6 (6)

81 (75)

4 (4)

3 (3)

1 (2)

4 (7)

Japan

25

12 (29)

38 (22)

0 (0)

17 (15)

18 (14)

5 (8)

10 (12)

World

3,297

31 (59)

20 (7)

18 (11)

14 (7)

7 (3)

5 (8)

5 (5)

  1. Columns 3–9 show contributions (%) of the seven main source categories, the leading one in bold. For details and additional countries, see Extended Data Table 3. In parentheses are shown sensitivity calculations with carbonaceous particles having a five times larger impact than inorganic aerosol compounds.