Breathing in Fukuoka is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 5.0 million people across 66 districts in Fukuoka. The average PM2.5 level is 13.7 µg/m³—2.7× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Fukuoka

Fukuoka faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 5.0 million across 66 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 13.7µg/m³. That's 2.7 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 227 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 Fukuoka met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.84 years longer.

That's 4.2M years of life stolen from 5.0 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 Fukuoka. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Ōkawa
    1.1 years lost
  • 2.Yanagawa
    1.1 years lost
  • 3.Ōki
    1.1 years lost
  • 4.Chikugo
    1 years lost
  • 5.Kurume
    1 years lost
  • 6.Tachiarai
    1 years lost
  • 7.Ogōri
    1 years lost
  • 8.Chikuzen
    1 years lost
  • 9.Hirokawa
    1 years lost
  • 10.Miyama
    1 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
0%
0
5-10 µg/m³
0%
1K
10-15 µg/m³
89%
4.4M
15-25 µg/m³
11%
549K
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 66 Districts in Fukuoka

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Fukuoka1.5M
14.3
0.9 years
Kitakyūshū892K
12.4
0.7 years
Kurume284K
15.7
1.0 years
Ōnojō142K
13.8
0.9 years
Iizuka126K
12.8
0.8 years
Ōmuta112K
14.8
1.0 years
Chikushino101K
14.4
0.9 years
Munakata93K
12.0
0.7 years
Kasuga88K
13.4
0.8 years
Yukuhashi70K
12.3
0.7 years
Dazaifu69K
14.0
0.9 years
Fukutsu69K
12.4
0.7 years
Nakagawa66K
13.5
0.8 years
Maebaru63K
13.7
0.9 years
Yanagawa60K
16.3
1.1 years
Nōgata56K
12.5
0.7 years
Kasuya56K
14.1
0.9 years
Koga56K
13.3
0.8 years
Ogōri54K
15.3
1.0 years
Chikugo51K
15.7
1.0 years
Asakura49K
14.3
0.9 years
Nakama48K
12.9
0.8 years
Shime46K
14.0
0.9 years
Tagawa44K
12.2
0.7 years
Yame42K
14.4
0.9 years
Mizumaki39K
13.0
0.8 years
Miyama37K
15.0
1.0 years
Kanda36K
12.2
0.7 years
Shingū34K
13.5
0.8 years
Umi34K
13.7
0.9 years
Kama34K
12.2
0.7 years
Chikuzen30K
15.1
1.0 years
Okagaki30K
12.4
0.7 years
Sasaguri29K
13.4
0.8 years
Sue29K
13.7
0.8 years
Miyawaka26K
12.3
0.7 years
Ukiha25K
13.5
0.8 years
Buzen24K
12.3
0.7 years
Ōkawa24K
16.5
1.1 years
Fukuchi23K
12.3
0.7 years
Hirokawa19K
15.0
1.0 years
Miyako18K
11.5
0.6 years
Kurate17K
12.7
0.8 years
Chikujō17K
12.3
0.7 years
Shima17K
13.3
0.8 years
Onga15K
13.1
0.8 years
Ashiya14K
12.8
0.8 years
Kawasaki14K
11.7
0.7 years
Ōki14K
16.1
1.1 years
Keisen13K
12.7
0.8 years
Tachiarai13K
15.5
1.0 years
Nijō11K
12.7
0.8 years
Kōge10K
12.7
0.7 years
Kurogi10K
11.5
0.6 years
Hisayama10K
13.0
0.8 years
Itoda9K
12.7
0.7 years
Kawara9K
11.1
0.6 years
Soeda8K
10.6
0.6 years
Kotake8K
12.8
0.8 years
Tachibana7K
13.0
0.8 years
Yoshitomi6K
11.9
0.7 years
Ōtō4K
11.4
0.6 years
Aka3K
10.6
0.6 years
Hoshino2K
10.9
0.6 years
Tōhō2K
10.7
0.6 years
Yabe1K
9.4
0.4 years

Showing 66 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.