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 Tipaza Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Tipaza

Tipaza faces significant air pollution challenges. 42% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 801 thousand across 26 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 5.3µg/m³. That's 1.1 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 88 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 Tipaza met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.04 years longer.

That's 32K years of life stolen from 801 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 Tipaza. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Douaouda
0.1 years lost
2.Fouka
0.1 years lost
3.Kolea
0.1 years lost
4.Bou Ismail
0.1 years lost
5.Chaiba
0.1 years lost
6.Ain Tagourait
0 years lost
7.Sidi Ghiles
0 years lost
8.Tipaza
0 years lost
9.Hattatba
0 years lost
10.Ahmer El Ain
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

43.3%

347K

5-10 µg/m³

56.7%

454K

10-15 µg/m³

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 26 Districts in Tipaza

Complete air quality data for every district in Tipaza, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Fouka	92K	6.1	0.1 years
Bou Ismail	84K	5.9	0.1 years
Hadjout	74K	4.6	0.0 years
Kolea	55K	6.0	0.1 years
Cherchel	53K	4.9	0.0 years
Ahmer El Ain	43K	5.1	0.0 years
Hattatba	37K	5.3	0.0 years
Menaceur	36K	4.6	0.0 years
Tipaza	31K	5.4	0.0 years
Bourkika	31K	4.8	0.0 years
Ain Tagourait	29K	5.5	0.0 years
Douaouda	29K	6.2	0.1 years
Merad	29K	4.6	0.0 years
Gouraya	27K	4.6	0.0 years
Chaiba	22K	5.8	0.1 years
Damous	20K	5.0	0.0 years
Sidi Amar	17K	4.4	0.0 years
Sidi Rached	15K	5.0	0.0 years
Nador	14K	4.5	0.0 years
Sidi Ghiles	12K	5.5	0.0 years
Beni Mileuk	11K	4.1	0.0 years
Aghbal	11K	4.3	0.0 years
Messelmoun	11K	4.5	0.0 years
Larhat	10K	4.5	0.0 years
Sidi Semiane	5K	4.4	0.0 years
Hadjret Ennous	3K	4.6	0.0 years

Showing 26 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Tipaza is Injurious to Health.