PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Algeria's Bordj Bou Arréridj Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Bordj Bou Arréridj

Bordj Bou Arréridj faces significant air pollution challenges. 56% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 861 thousand across 34 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 5.4µg/m³. That's 1.1 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 90 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Bordj Bou Arréridj met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.04 years longer.

That's 34K years of life stolen from 861 thousand people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Bordj Bou Arréridj. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Tixter
0.1 years lost
2.Bir Kasdali
0.1 years lost
3.Ain Taghrout
0.1 years lost
4.Bordj Bou Arreridj
0.1 years lost
5.El Anseur
0.1 years lost
6.Ain Tesra
0.1 years lost
7.Sidi Embarek
0.1 years lost
8.Ras El Oued
0.1 years lost
9.Hasnaoua
0 years lost
10.El Achir
0 years lost

Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³

24.6%

212K

5-10 µg/m³

75.4%

649K

10-15 µg/m³

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 34 Districts in Bordj Bou Arréridj

Complete air quality data for every district in Bordj Bou Arréridj, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Bordj Bou Arreridj	208K	5.8	0.1 years
Ras El Oued	66K	5.5	0.1 years
Khelil	36K	5.2	0.0 years
Bordj Ghdir	36K	5.2	0.0 years
El Hamadia	32K	5.3	0.0 years
Mansoura	31K	4.9	0.0 years
El Achir	28K	5.4	0.0 years
Hasnaoua	28K	5.4	0.0 years
Medjana	25K	5.3	0.0 years
El Ach	24K	5.2	0.0 years
El M'Hir	23K	5.0	0.0 years
Ouled Dahmane	23K	5.1	0.0 years
Ksour	21K	4.9	0.0 years
Bendaoud	21K	4.7	0.0 years
Bir Kasdali	20K	5.8	0.1 years
Ain Taghrout	18K	5.8	0.1 years
Bordj Zemoura	17K	4.9	0.0 years
Ghilassa	17K	4.8	0.0 years
El Anseur	17K	5.8	0.1 years
Sidi Embarek	16K	5.6	0.1 years
Belimour	16K	5.2	0.0 years
Rabta	15K	5.0	0.0 years
Djaafra	15K	4.7	0.0 years
Tixter	15K	6.0	0.1 years
Ain Tesra	14K	5.6	0.1 years
Colla	12K	4.7	0.0 years
Teniet En Nasr	11K	4.7	0.0 years
Ouled Brahem	10K	5.2	0.0 years
El Main	10K	4.7	0.0 years
Haraza	9K	4.5	0.0 years
Taglait	9K	5.0	0.0 years
Tesmart	8K	4.9	0.0 years
Ouled Sidi Brahim	4K	4.7	0.0 years
Tafreg	3K	4.7	0.0 years

Showing 34 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Bordj Bou Arréridj is Injurious to Health.