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.

Nigeria's Kebbi Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Kebbi

Kebbi faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 5.5 million across 21 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 16.6µg/m³. That's 3.3 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 275 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 Kebbi met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 1.13 years longer.

That's 6.2M years of life stolen from 5.5 million 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 Kebbi. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Ngaski
1.8 years lost
2.Yauri
1.7 years lost
3.Shanga
1.5 years lost
4.Danko Wasagu
1.5 years lost
5.Sakaba
1.5 years lost
6.Zuru
1.4 years lost
7.Koko/Besse
1.3 years lost
8.Bagudo
1.3 years lost
9.Fakai
1.2 years lost
10.Suru
1.2 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

5-10 µg/m³

10-15 µg/m³

42.5%

2.3M

15-25 µg/m³

57.5%

3.2M

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 21 Districts in Kebbi

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Birnin Kebbi	439K	14.6	0.9 years
Arewa Dandi	436K	13.5	0.8 years
Bagudo	434K	18.4	1.3 years
Danko Wasagu	398K	20.1	1.5 years
Maiyama	392K	14.8	1.0 years
Dandi	335K	16.4	1.1 years
Argungu	332K	15.3	1.0 years
Augie	330K	14.7	0.9 years
Gwandu	296K	13.4	0.8 years
Koko/Besse	254K	18.6	1.3 years
Zuru	242K	18.9	1.4 years
Suru	206K	17.2	1.2 years
Bunza	204K	15.5	1.0 years
Jega	194K	13.7	0.9 years
Ngaski	189K	23.3	1.8 years
Fakai	168K	17.7	1.2 years
Sakaba	158K	20.1	1.5 years
Aleiro	153K	13.6	0.8 years
Shanga	135K	20.2	1.5 years
Yauri	96K	22.5	1.7 years
Kalgo	95K	14.7	0.9 years

Showing 21 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Kebbi is Injurious to Health.